Freshman Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours		Spring Semester	Credit Hours
ACAD1001	First Year Experience	2	ENGL1003	Writing about Literature	3
INFO1001	Technology and Society	3	GAME1120	Intro. to Game Design	3
ENGL1001	English Composition I	3	ARTS1100	Principles of Drawing	3
GAME1001	History of Game Dev.	3	INFO1100	Intro. to Programming	3
ARTS1301	Principles of Design	3		Elective (Math 2000+)	3
	Elective (Math)	3
		17			15

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours	Spring Semester		Credit Hours
INFO1400	Programming in C++	3	SOCI1001	Introduction to Sociology	3
GRPH2130	Tech. of Raster Imaging	3	ARTS2800	Life Drawing	3
GRPH2120	Tech. of Vector Imaging	3	GAME2120	2D Game Design	3
GAME2110	Storyboarding Animation	3		Elective (Science/lab)	4
	Elective (Science/lab)	4		Elective (Humanities)	3
		16			16

Junior Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours	Spring Semester		Credit Hours
GAME3120	3D Modeling	3	ENGL2003	Public Speaking	3
GAME3111	Comp. Ill. for Game Design	3	GAME3130	3D Animation	3
GAME3150	Level Design	3	GAME3160	Machinima	3
	Elective (Humanities)	3	GAME3170	Game Prod. and Proto.	3
	Elective (INFO2000+)	3		Elective (Social Science)	3
		15			15

Senior Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours	Spring Semester		Credit Hours
GAME4120	Literary Dev. of Virtual Worlds	3	GAME4400	Special Topics in Game Development	3
GAME4300	Career Internship/Design Elective (3000+)	3	GAME4520	Senior Game Project II	3
GAME4510	Senior Game Project I	3	GAME4610	Portfolio	3
	Open Elective (2000+)	3		Open Elective (2000+)	3
	Elective (Social Science/Humanities 3000+)	3		Elective (Non-Western 3000+)	3
		15			15
				Total Credits:	124

The curriculum is comprehensive and provides the student with real world development and programming skills by offering courses in programming, Java, Active X Technologies, Data Structures, Artificial Intelligence, C++, 2 and 3 D Dimensional Animations, and Game Prototyping.

The program includes a broadly scoped education that includes courses in language arts, science, mathematics, and social sciences. The game development student will also have a sound background in the development and programming of electronic computer games and computer operating systems, as well as, solid computer programming skills that can be applied to any Information Technology (IT) career.

Courses in history and literature will help in creating the story-line and environment. Courses in algebra, statistics, and calculus will help the game developer create intricate polygon-driven games, and psychology and sociology will guide the game developer in game and character creation and development. Game Development is not strictly a programming major, as the game developer student will take classes in design, illustration and game graphics.

This sample curriculum sequence illustrates how a student might progress through the program. Course sequencing may vary as long as prerequisites are met.

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Game Programming

Example Curriculum