Game Design and Development Minor

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Minor Requirements

Recommended Courses for Area A-F

Students should enter the Game Design and Development minor having taken course prerequisites needed for entrance into their planned program of study. Below is a list of courses that are prerequisites for courses included as options in Game Design and Development minor. Students should plan their desired program of study and identify which prerequisites they need to fulfill.

FLME 1010 - Film Aesthetics and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
FLME 2700 - History of the Motion Pictures 3 Credit Hours
ID 3000 - Drafting 3 Credit Hours
ART 1010 - Drawing I 3 Credit Hours
ART 1020 - Two-Dimensional Design 3 Credit Hours
ART 1030 - Three-Dimensional Design 3 Credit Hours
ART 1050 - Introductory Studio 3 Credit Hours

Required Courses for the Interdisciplinary Minor (15-18 Hours)

Students pursuing the interdisciplinary minor in Game Design and Development must take five courses. No more than two of the courses counting towards the minor can have the same course prefix. Additionally, no more than two of the five courses counting toward the minor may also count toward the major.

Choose two of the following

CMIS 3150 - Game Development I 4 Credit Hours
CMIS 4120 - Game Development II 4 Credit Hours
GRD 3000 - Introduction to Graphic Design 3 Credit Hours
GRD 3400 - Graphic Design Survey 3 Credit Hours
FLME 4780 - Special Topics 3 to 4 Credit Hours
FLME 4361 - Sound Design 4 Credit Hours
CSC 4821 - Fundamentals of Game Design 4 Credit Hours

Choose three of the following

CMIS 3150 - Game Development I 4 Credit Hours
CMIS 4060 - Designing Immersive Media Experiences 4 Credit Hours
CMIS 4070 - Media Analytics 3 Credit Hours
CMIS 4080 - Cross-Media Design 3 Credit Hours
CMIS 4100 - Game Design I 4 Credit Hours
or
CSC 4821 - Fundamentals of Game Design 4 Credit Hours
CMIS 4140 - 3D Modeling and Graphics 4 Credit Hours
CMIS 4160 - 3D Animation and Motion Graphics 4 Credit Hours
CMIS 4180 - Visual Effects for Games 3 Credit Hours
CMIS 4200 - Data Visualization 4 Credit Hours
CMIS 4310 - Virtual Production Pipeline 4 Credit Hours
CMIS 4680 - Social Media for the Entertainment Industries 3 Credit Hours
CMIS 4980 - Internship 1 to 6 Credit Hours
CSC 4820 - Interactive Computer Graphics 4 Credit Hours
DPP 3000 - Life Drawing 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 4204 - Special Topics: Literature, Criticism, and Theory 3 Credit Hours
or
FLME 4800 - Media Industries 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3150B - Introduction to Creative Writing - Fiction 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 4204 - Special Topics: Literature, Criticism, and Theory
3 Hours
or
FLME 4780 - Special Topics 3 to 4 Credit Hours
FLME 3115 - Screenwriting & Visualization for the Short Film/Video 3 Credit Hours
FLME 3155 - Digital Cinematography 4 Credit Hours
FLME 4000 - Acting/Directing for the Camera 4 Credit Hours
FLME 4120 - Production I 3 Credit Hours
FLME 4361 - Sound Design 4 Credit Hours
GRD 4310 - Interactive Design 3 Credit Hours
ID 3000 - Drafting 3 Credit Hours
ID 3300 - Interior Design: Theory 3 Credit Hours
ID 4100 - Lighting Design 2 Credit Hours
ID 3250 - Computer-Aided Drafting and Design I 2 Credit Hours
MUS 4730 - Computer Applications in Music 2 Credit Hours