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Follow your interests
You can become a master storyteller who dreams up the mission, theme, plot, visuals and rules of a game, or the mastermind who focuses on game production and the business of gaming. Perhaps you have an entrepreneurial spirit and hope to start your own gaming studio.
Whatever your goals, we have a degree program to meet your needs. SNHU offers both a B.S. degree, for those interested in business or information technology, and a B.A. degree, for those more interested in the creative aspects of gaming.
You also can tailor your degree program with minors in marketing, business, creative writing, graphic design and more.
Professional standards
Regardless of which track you pursue, SNHU sets high academic standards. Our curriculum was modeled after recommendations of the International Game Developers Association, the world’s largest nonprofit membership organization serving professionals who create video games.
Focus your degree
The game design and development major emphasizes the creative, interactive storylines and environments of games and will give you a competitive edge in the technologies of game development. Choose one or more tracks in:
- Interactive Storytelling and Supportive Arts
- Visual and Audio Design
- Game Development and Supportive Technologies
- Psychology and Marketing of Games
- Game Production and the Business of Gaming
Career outlook
Electronic gaming has become one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world today. But gaming is used also for education, training and other important purposes. Consequently, the industry is large, diverse and growing, offering huge opportunities for a host of careers, including but not limited to:
- lead storyteller
- designer
- sound producer
- general producer
- programmer
The worldwide game industry is expected to reach $68 billion by 2012, with an increasing demand for university graduates with game-related skills. Our gaming major prepares students for these exciting new careers.
B.S. Required Core Courses
Game Design and Development Major Courses
GAM 135 Interactive 3-D Virtual Environments
GAM 207 Information Technology and Digital Games
GAM 303 Design of Virtual Game Environments
GAM 305 Digital Game Development
GAM 430 3D Modeling and Animation
GAM 450 Artificial Intelligence for eBusiness
GAM 465 Digital Multimedia Development
Select one concentration:
Interactive Storytelling and Supporting Arts Concentration
Choose 4 of the following:
ENG 327 Play Writing Workshop
ENG 329 Fiction Writing Workshop
LIT 301 World Mythology
LIT 305 Popular Fiction
COM 327 Journalism Practicum
Game Development and Supporting Technologies Concentration
Choose 4 of the following:
IT 201 Computer Platform Technologies
IT 230 Software Development With C#.Net
IT 232 Software Development w/C++.NET
IT 315 Object Oriented Analysis and Design
IT 330 Database Design and Management
IT 340 Network and Telecommunication Management
Psychology and Marketing of Games Concentration
Choose 4 of the following:
ADV 428 Promotional Research & Media Management
MKT 229 Principles of Integrated Marketing Communications
MKT 345 Consumer Behavior
PSY 305 Cognitive Psychology
PSY 216 Psychology of Personality
PSY 257 Social Psychology
Production and the Business of Gaming (BS) Concentration Only
Choose 4 of the following:
OL 320 Entrepreneurship
OL 342 Organizational Behavior
QSO 340 Introduction to Project Management
ECO 402 Intermediate Macroeconometrics
IT 467 Digital Commerce and eBusiness
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