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Game Experience Design, Graduate Certificate

2022-2023 Edition

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The Graduate Certificate in Game Experience Design offers training in the skills, tools, and methods needed to design successful game products, including social and mobile gaming; augmented and virtual reality; as well as games for health, education, and science. Students gain hands-on experience in designing games under faculty  with industry expertise in game design. Game design courses focus on innovation; societal impact; and player-centric, experiential design approaches. The Graduate Certificate in Game Experience Design is a one-year, 17-semester-hour program. Upon successful completion of the certificate, students can opt to apply to the Master of Science in Game Science and Design and, if accepted, transfer credits gained through the certificate.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Required Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
GSND 5110
and GSND 5111
and GSND 5112
Game Design and Analysis
and Seminar for GSND 5110
and Recitation for GSND 5110
5
GSND 5130Mixed Research Methods for Games4

Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete 8 semester hours from the following (multiple completions of ARTG 5000 or GSND 6000 may apply to the elective requirement):8
ARTG 5000
Topics in Design
ARTG 5640
Prototyping for Experience Design
GSND 6000
Advanced Topics in Game Design
GSND 6240
Exploratory Concept Design
GSND 6250
Spatial and Temporal Design
GSND 6460
Generative Game Design

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

17 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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