Game Programming Minor

General Requirements

21 credit hours of course work

All course work toward the minor must be completed with a grade of C or better.

The student will be responsible for any prerequisites to required courses.

At most, 9 credit hours of transfer work may be applied to the minor.

Course Requirements

• CS 1450 - Data Structures and Algorithms

• OR

• GDD 2200 - Object-Oriented Analysis, Design, and Implementation

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• CS 3350 - Introduction to Game Design and Development
• CS 4800 - Computer Graphics

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• CS 4780 - Advanced 3D Games and Digital Content Creation

• Graduate-level Games and Media Integration courses may also be used for these three courses.

• CS 1300 - Computational Linear Algebra

• OR

• MATH 3130 - Introduction to Linear Algebra

• Three other courses selected from programming-intensive GDD 3000 or 4000 level courses or above.

Note:

Many of these courses required significant programming.  Students pursuing the minor will need to have programming experience from formal course work or personal experience.