Bachelor of Arts in Design – Interactive Entertainment Major – Computer Game Development Programming Concentration

Our Vision: To become the pre-eminent, modern, multi-media design program in the country, offering design degrees, which provide students with a solid grounding in the arts, saleable technical expertise in interior, graphic, or interactive media design and a well-rounded general education foundation.

The Bachelor of Arts in Design degree offers majors in three areas of concentration: Interactive Entertainment, Graphic Design and Interior Design. Interactive Entertainment is further split into an arts-based Game Design major and a programming-based Game Development major. Each major which comprises the Bachelor of Arts in Design degree equips students with a broad range of marketable skills and a strong general education foundation upon which a lifelong, successful career can be built.

Course selections in each of the three art-based concentrations include both a solid grounding in the fine and visual arts, and hands-on practical core courses which stress the understanding of the underlying design processes and concept development. Students will learn firsthand how to create effective visual communication; how to develop and communicate design solutions; and how to create, capture and manipulate both traditional and new media design elements, all in a clear manner in keeping with the professional standards of their chosen field of study.

The program of study in Game Development prepares students for a career in the development and production of video games. This major features a solid base in computer programming fundamentals upon which core courses add the specific skills they need to apply their foundational knowledge in programming, art, concept design, engine design, animation and computer graphics to all aspects of video game development.

Whichever major a student chooses in the Bachelor of Arts in Design degree program, students can be assured of small classes with attentive, knowledgeable faculty, up-to-date equipment, and plenty of room to explore personal visions. Upon graduation, students will have the right technical skills, a firm theoretical base, opportunities for career internships, and a strong portfolio as solid evidence of their abilities.