The B.S. in Game Design takes a social systems approach to game design, emphasizing the creative symbiosis that develops when game designers combine the age-old arts of storytelling and illustration with powerful new media platforms and state-of-the-art animation to translate their vision into compelling virtual realities.

Instead of the concentration and specialization components of other Media School degrees, and in keeping with the pre-professional design of many B.S. degrees, students will complete 45 credit hours of courses focused on the skills and knowledge required of game designers. This is in addition to the 12 credit Media School Core, which is shared by all Media School degrees.

Students with interests in game-programming, graphic design, animation, or music composition & sound production for multi-media will be able to use elective courses from the School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, the School of Art, Architecture, + Design, and the Jacobs School of Music toward their degree.

For detailed information about degree requirements, visit the most recent College of Arts & Sciences Academic Bulletin.