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2019-2020 University Catalog 
    
2019-2020 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Game Development and Design, BS


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About the Program

Whether you want to contribute to blockbuster AAA titles, study virtual reality, or use gaming to help with medical therapies, Purdue University’s game studies major has a place for you. Purdue has been a leader in preparing students for careers in the games and animation industries. Because our professors are interested in new ideas and uses for computer games, they will help you stretch your imagination throughout the program. You will take classes in game development and design, animation, visualization, rendering and programming.

Research projects open to undergraduate students have focused on the use of games for sustainable energy, therapy and medicine, entertainment, information visualization and more. See examples at www.gamesinnovation.org.

Game Studies Website

Degree Requirements


120 Credits Required

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (64 credits)


Electives (15 credits)


  • Any course, any subject - Credit Hours: 15.00

 

Additional Degree Requirements


Click here for Game Development and Design Supplemental Information .

Cornerstone Certificate requirements.  Click here for Cornerstone Certificate .

University Core Requirements


  • Human Cultures Humanities
  • Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
  • Information Literacy
  • Science #1
  • Science #2
  • Science, Technology, and Society
  • Written Communication
  • Oral Communication
  • Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Prerequisite Information:


For current pre-requisites for courses, click here.


 

Program Requirements


14 Credits


16 Credits


Fall 2nd Year


15 Credits


16 Credits


Fall 3rd Year


15 Credits


Spring 3rd Year


15 Credits


Fall 4th Year


17 Credits


Spring 4th Year


12 Credits


Notes


  • Students must earn a “C-” or better in all CGT courses.
  • 120 semester credits & 2.00 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
  • Purdue policy states that a student may attempt a course no more than three (3) times.
  • An attempt is defined as all courses displayed on a student’s transcript including, but not limited to A,B,C,D,E,F,W,WF,I and IF32 credit hours of 30000 or 40000 level Purdue courses for graduation.
  • Cornerstone Certificate is required with this major.

Critical Course


The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

Disclaimer


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