Game Design, BFA (Boston)

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Art and Design at Northeastern

• ARTF 1000 — Art and Design at Northeastern

Game Studies

• GAME 1110 — Games and Society
• GAME 2650 — Introduction to Game Research Methods

Game Design

• GAME 2500 — Foundations of Game Design
• GAME 2950 — Game Studio
• GAME 3700 — Rapid Idea Prototyping for Games

Game Development

• All of:
  • ARTG 2262 — Prototyping with Code
  • ARTG 2263 — Lab for ARTG 2262
• GAME 2010 — The Business of Games
• GAME 3300 — Game Interface Design
• GAME 3400 — Level Design and Game Architecture
• GAME 3800 — Game Concept Development

Game Aesthetics

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Complete 4 semester hours of ARTF coursework not applied to other requirements of this program

• All of:
  • ARTD 2370 — Animation Basics
  • ARTD 2371 — Animation Tools
• ARTF 1220 — Elements of Visual Composition
• ARTF 1240 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation

Capstone

From the catalog

A grade of C or higher is required:

• GAME 4700 — Game Design Capstone

Game Design and Development

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Complete 12 semester hours of the following as long as prerequisites have been met:

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • GAME 1850 — Experimental Game Design
  • GAME 2991 — Research in Game Design
  • GAME 4000 — Topics in Game Design
  • GAME 4460 — Generative Game Design
  • GAME 4600 — Game Production

Game Aesthetics and Critical Play

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Complete 12 semester hours from the following as long as prerequisites have been met:

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • GAME 2355 — Narrative for Games
  • GAME 2750 — Games Criticism and Theory
  • GAME 2755 — Games and Social Justice
  • GAME 4155 — Designing Imaginary Worlds

Art + Design

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Complete 8 semester hours from the following as long as prerequisites have been met:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • All of:
    • ARTD 1001 — Media Art, Culture, and Social Justice
    • ARTD 1002 — Seminar for ARTD 1001
  • ARTD 2000 — Introduction to Immersive Media
  • ARTD 3000 — Topics in Media Arts
  • ARTD 3470 — Animation 1
  • ARTD 3472 — Character Design for Animation
  • ARTD 3473 — Animation for Games
  • ARTG 3250 — Physical Computing
  • All 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)

Art History

4 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours of ARTH courses.

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