Program: Game Programming Minor - University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Apr 02, 2025

2024-2025 Catalog

General Requirements

21 credit hours of coursework
All coursework 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
GDD 2150 - Fundamental Game Design Concepts
CS 3350 - Team-Based Game Production
CS 4800 - Computer Graphics
CS 2300 - Computational Linear Algebra
or
MATH 3130 - Introduction to Linear Algebra
Complete 6 hours of upper-division (4000+ level) programming intensive GDD courses or CS 4780. Graduate-level Games and Media Integration courses may also be used.

Note:

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