Game Science and Design, MS (Oakland)

Graduatemajor2027 catalogArts Media DesignOakland34 semester hours totalverified parse

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Required Core

• All of:
  • GSND 5110 — Game Design and Analysis
  • GSND 5111 — Seminar for GSND 5110
• GSND 5122 — Business Models for Creative Media
• GSND 5130 — Mixed Research Methods for Games

Thesis

From the catalog

Students complete Games Project, then select either Thesis or a second completion of Games Project, in consultation with the program coordinator.

• GSND 7995 — Games Project

• From the catalog

  Thesis Conclusion

  Complete an additional 4 Semester Hours from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • GSND 7990 — Thesis
  • GSND 7995 — Games Project

Game Design

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • GSND 6000 — Advanced Topics in Game Design
  • GSND 6225 — Applied Game Design
  • GSND 6240 — Exploratory Concept Design
  • GSND 6250 — Spatial and Temporal Design

Game Science

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • GSND 6320 — Psychology of Play
  • GSND 6340 — Biometrics of Design
  • GSND 6350 — Data-Driven Game Design

Other Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete any two (8 semester hours) of the following courses listed.

If ARTG 5000 or GSND 6000 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

• One of:
  • CS 5340 — Computer/Human Interaction
  • PSYC 4612 — Laboratory in Cognition

Programming

• One of:
  • CS 5150 — Game Artificial Intelligence
  • CS 5850 — Building Game Engines
  • GSND 6460 — Generative Game Design

Extended Realities

• One of:
  • EXRE 5010 — Immersive Media: Extended Realities (XR) History, Theory, and Impact
  • EXRE 5011 — Seminar for EXRE 5010
  • EXRE 5020 — Developing Extended Realities (XR)
  • EXRE 5030 — Designing Extended Realities (XR)

3D Art

• One of:
  • GSND 6520 — 3D Modeling and Asset Creation Principles

Platforms

• One of:
  • CS 5520 — Mobile Application Development
  • CS 5610 — Web Development

Experience Design

• One of:
  • ARTG 5000 — Topics in Design
  • ARTG 5610 — Design Systems
  • ARTG 5640 — Prototyping for Experience Design
  • ARTG 6310 — Design for Behavior and Experience

Data Analytics

• One of:
  • DA 5020 — Collecting, Storing, and Retrieving Data
  • DA 5030 — Introduction to Data Mining/Machine Learning
  • JRNL 6341 — Telling Your Story with Data

Information Design and Data Visualization

• One of:
  • ARTG 5100 — Information Design Studio 1: Principles
  • ARTG 5130 — Visual Communication for Information Design
  • All of:
    • ARTG 5150 — Information Visualization Principles and Practices
    • ARTG 5151 — Information Design Critique Seminar
  • ARTG 5310 — Visual Cognition
  • ARTG 5330 — Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals

GPA requirements

• 34 total semester hours required Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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