Game Design Thinking Minor, B.A., B.A.A., B.S.

The Game Design Thinking Minor offers students an interdisciplinary approach to the study of games and game design. Drawing upon several disciplinary approaches from across the university, it is structured to allow students to explore and apply the principles of good game design to a broad range of potential career options.

This is an interdisciplinary minor. Contact the Center for Learning through Games and Simulations (College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences) for more information or to declare the minor.

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

No more than 12 total hours may be counted from any one specific field tied to the minor. The other 12 credits must be counted from a selection of at least three other fields.

 

 

Program Requirements

Required Courses I (9 hours)

ART 207	Introduction to Animation: Traditional Media	3(0-6)
ENG 294WI	Introduction to Creative Writing	3(3-0)
HST 160/ENG 160	History of Game Design	3(3-0)

Required Courses II (9 hours)

Select three of the following:

CPS 282	Introduction to Multimedia Design	3(3-0)
CPS 382	Advanced Multimedia Design	3(3-0)
ENG 303WI	Technical Writing	3(3-0)
HST 260	Games, History, and Conflict	3(3-0)
PHY 212QR/MTH 212QR/STA 212QR	Games, Science, and Probability	3(2-2)

Required Capstone (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

HST 560	Mind Games	3(3-0)
ITC 383	Computer Game Design	3(3-0)

Total 24 semester hours

Required Courses III (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

ART 308	Storyboarding for Digital Media	3-6(Spec)
CPS 480	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence	3(3-0)
ENG 325	Stories, Spells, and Songs: Folklore and Folklife	3(3-0)
ENG 330	Gods, Monsters, and Immortality: Mythic Literature	3(3-0)
ENG 403	Document Design	3(3-0)
HST 120	Unlikely Princesses: Women of World History	3(3-0)
PES 373	Esport in Society	3(3-0)