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College of Fine Arts

BAA in Media Arts — Game Design (2024 - 2025)

1st year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
GEN ED: ENGL 101 College English I 1 0103 GEN ED: ENGL 102 College English II 1 0103
GEN ED: First-Year Seminar 0703 MART 102 Intro to Media Aesthetics and Analysis3
MART 101 Intro to Media Arts3 MART 220 Computer Modeling3
MART 104 Intro to Game Design3 MART 261 Game Technology and Coding I3
ARTF 136 Foundation 2-D Design3 ARTF 145 Foundation Drawing3
Fall Total Hours 15 Spring Total Hours 15

Total hours for 1st year: 30


2nd year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
GEN ED: Arts & Humanities 0603 GEN ED: COMM 111 Public Speaking 1 0203
MART 131 History of Video Games3 GEN ED: MATH 1__ College Algebra or Contemporary Math 1 0303
MART 222 Digital Animation I3 MART 299 Media Arts Practicum I1
MART 232 Game Design I3 MART 332 Game Design II3
MART 392 Professional Practices – Business Development1 COMM 206 Intro to Multimedia3
ARTH 125_ Art History3 Choose: ARTS 240 Intro to Life Drawing, or MART 270 Figure Drawing for Animators3
Fall Total Hours 16 Spring Total Hours 16

Total hours for 2nd year: 32


3rd year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
MART 311 Intro to Sound for Digital Media3 GEN ED: Social & Behavioral Sciences 0503
MART 361 Game Technology and Coding II3 GEN ED: Arts & Humanities 0603
MART 365 Props and Character Design3 MART 300 Lighting and Materials3
MART 393 Professional Practices – Legal Issues1 MART 355 Digital Sculpting3
MART 432 Game Design III3 MART 399D Media Arts Practicum II – GD2
Media Arts Elective3 Media Arts Elective2
Fall Total Hours 16 Spring Total Hours 16

Total hours for 3rd year: 32


4th year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
GEN ED: Natural & Physical Sciences w/ Lab 0404-5 GEN ED: Social & Behavioral Sciences 0503
MART 391 Professional Practices – Portfolio1 GEN ED: Diversity Designation 0703
MART 400 Level Design3 MART 499D Media Arts Practicum III – GD3
MART 450 3D Asset Pipeline3 Media Arts Elective2-3
Media Arts Elective3
Fall Total Hours 14-15 Spring Total Hours 11-12

Total hours for 4th year: 26


Hours needed to complete the degree: 120


  1. C- or higher required.

Systemwide General Education (SGE) Key

  • 010 English
  • 020 Communications
  • 030 Math/Statistics
  • 040 Natural and Physical Science
  • 050 Social and Behavioral Science
  • 060 Arts and Humanities
  • 070 Institutionally Designated/Diversity