Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated. 

Core Requirements

Required Core
GSND 5110
and GSND 5111
Game Design and Analysis
and Seminar for GSND 5110
5
GSND 5122Business Models in the Game Industry1
GSND 5130Mixed Research Methods for Games4
Thesis
Students complete Games Project, then select either Thesis or a second completion of Games Project, in consultation with the program coordinator.
GSND 7995Games Project4
Thesis Conclusion
Complete an additional 4 Semester Hours from the following:4
Thesis
Games Project

Core Electives

Game Design
Complete one of the following:4
Advanced Topics in Game Design
Applied Game Design
Exploratory Concept Design
Spatial and Temporal Design
Game Science
Complete one of the following:4
Advanced Topics in Game Science
Psychology of Play
Biometrics of Design
Data-Driven Game Design

 Other Electives

Complete any two (8 Credit Hours) of the following courses listed.8
If ARTG 5000 or GSND 6000 or GSND 6001 is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.
Elective courses outside of CAMD are subject to availability and registration policy of the home college.
Science
Computer/Human Interaction
Laboratory in Cognition
Programming
Game Artificial Intelligence
Building Game Engines
Generative Game Design
Art
Topics in Design
Information Design Studio 1: Principles
Visual Communication for Information Design
Information Visualization Principles and Practices
and Information Design Critique Seminar
Extended Realities
Immersive Media: Extended Realities (XR) History, Theory, and Impact
Seminar for EXRE 5010
Developing Extended Realities (XR)
Designing Extended Realities (XR)
Other
Visual Cognition
Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals
Design Systems
Prototyping for Experience Design
Design for Behavior and Experience
Mobile Application Development
Web Development
Collecting, Storing, and Retrieving Data
Introduction to Data Mining/Machine Learning
Information Design and Visual Analytics
Telling Your Story with Data

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

34 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

Sample Plan of Study

Two Years, One (Optional) Co-op

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer Full SemesterHours
GSND 5110
and GSND 5111
5Elective4Co-op (optional) 0
GSND 51304Elective4 
 9 8 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHours 
GSND 51221GSND 7990 or 79954 
GSND 79954Elective4 
Elective4  
 9 8 
Total Hours: 34