Game Development and Design, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (41 credits)

• CGT 10101 - Foundations Of Computer Graphics Technology
• CGT 11600 - Geometric Modeling For Visualization And Communication
• CGT 11800 - Fundamentals Of Imaging Technology
• CGT 14100 - Internet Foundations Technologies And Development
• CGT 20500 - Portfolio Review
• CGT 21500 - Computer Graphics Programming I
• CGT 24100 - Introduction to Computer Animation
• CGT 24500 - Game Development I: Core Skills And Technologies
• CGT 25001 - Computer Graphics Professional Practices I
• CGT 25500 - Game Development II: Design And Psychology
• CGT 25600 - Principles Of User Experience Design
• CGT 34000 - Digital Lighting And Rendering for Computer Animation
• CGT 34500 - Game Development III: Environment Modeling For Games
• CGT 40500 - Senior Portfolio Review
• CGT 41101 - Contemporary Problems In Applied Computer Graphics I
• CGT 41201 - Contemporary Problems In Applied Computer Graphics II
• CGT 44500 - Game Development IV: Procedural Asset Creation For Games
• CGT 45001 - Computer Graphics Professional Practices II
• Intercultural Requirement - Credit Hours: 0.00
• Humanities Requirement - Credit Hours: 0.00
• Professional Requirement - Credit Hours:0.00

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (64 credits)

• ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics (satisfies Human Culture Behavior/Social Science for core)
• MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• MGMT 45500 - Legal Background For Business I

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• PHYS 21800 - General Physics (satisfies Science Selective for core) or
• PHYS 22000 - General Physics (satisfies Science Selective for core)

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• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology (satisfies Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core)
• SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity (satisfies Written Communication for core & a Cornerstone Area A)
• SCLA 10200 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication II: Modern World (satisfies Oral Communication for core & a Cornerstone Area A)
• TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology (satisfies Information Literacy AND Science, Technology & Society Selective for core)
• Human Cultures (satisfies Humanities for Core & a Cornerstone Selective) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities Elective (possible Cornerstone Selective) - Credit Hours: 6.00
• Science Selective (satisfies Science Selective for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Advanced English Selective (possible Cornerstone Selective) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Statistics Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Communication Selective (possible Cornerstone Selective) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Management Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• CGT Global Selective (possible Cornerstone Selective) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Technical Electives - Credit Hours: 9.00

Electives (15 credits)

• Any course, any subject - Credit Hours: 15.00

Additional Degree Requirements

• Game Development and Design Supplemental Course Information .
• 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.

Program Requirements

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 IF
• 32 credit hours of 30000 or 40000 level Purdue courses for graduation
• Cornerstone Certificate is required with this major.

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