Example course layout for B.I. in Game Design and Development
* – course offered during Summer Semester
** – course only offered that semester
# – course doesn’t count towards degree requirements
Begin by taking a Math Placement exam. If placed in MATH 1040, schedule will look similar to the following.
| Fall Semester (15 Credit Hours) |
| ENTP 1000 Intro to Entrepreneurship |
| **GDD 1100 Intro to Game Development |
| *ENGL 1310 Rhetoric & Writing 1 |
| # MATH 1040 College Algebra |
| GPS 1010 or Approved Innovation Elective |
| Spring Semester (16 Credit Hours) |
| **GDD 1200 Intro Programming for Game Development |
| **INOV 1010 The Innovation Process |
| # MATH 1050 Elementary Functions of Calculus |
| Cross Discipline Core Course |
| Cross Discipline Core Course |
| Fall Semester (16 Credit Hours) |
| **GDD 2200 Object-Orientated Analysis, Design, and Implementation |
| INOV 2010 Innovation Team: Analyze & Report |
| *MATH 1350 Calculus I |
| Cross Core Discipline Course |
| BLAW 2010 Business & Intellectual Property Law |
| Spring Semester (17 Credit Hours) |
| **GDD 2150 Fundamental Game Design Concepts |
| **CS 2250 Advanced Data Structures in C++ |
| **INOV 2100 Tech Writing, Proposals & Presentations |
| PES 1110 General Physics I |
| PES 1160 Advanced Physics Lab I |
| Open Elective |
| Fall Semester (18 Credit Hours) |
| **CS 3350 Intro to Game Design & Development |
| **CS 4800 Computer Graphics |
| **GDD 2100 Game Design for Diverse Populations |
| INOV 3010 Innovation Team, Reporting & Analysis |
| *CS 2300 Computational Linear Algebra |
| Cross Discipline Core Course |
| Spring Semester (15 Credit Hours) |
| **GDD 3400 Artificial Intelligence for Games |
| GDD Concentration Course |
| GDD Concentration Course |
| Cross Discipline Core Course |
| Natural Science Elective |
| Fall Semester (15 Credit Hours) |
| GDD Concentration Course |
| GDD Concentration Course |
| Natural Science Elective |
| INOV 4010 Innovation Team: Design & Lead |
| Open Elective |
| Spring Semester (15 Credit Hours) |
| GDD 4900 Commercial Game Develop Practicum |
| ENTP 4500 Entrepreneurship & Strategy |
| GDD Concentration Course |
| Open Elective |
| Open Elective |
