Game Programming Concentration
The game programming concentration provides students with the basic concepts involved in the video game development process. The required courses give the student an introductory knowledge of both 2D and 3D game programming, as well as resource management, concepts of designing games, and general graphics theory. The elective courses allow the student to focus on a particular aspect of game development: game design, game/player interaction, game programming, or graphics. This concentration is only open to undergraduate Computer Science majors in the College of IS&T.
Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| CSCI 2510 | INTRODUCTION TO GAME PROGRAMMING | 3 |
| CSCI 3510 | ADVANCED GAME PROGRAMMING | 3 |
| CSCI 4620 | COMPUTER GRAPHICS | 3 |
| Elective Courses 1 | ||
| Select 9 hours from the following (limit of 1 non-CSCI course): | 9 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE | ||
| 2D GRAPHICS: IMAGE PROCESSING | ||
| HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION | ||
| USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | ||
| ALGORITHMS FOR ROBOTICS | ||
| AUTOMATA, COMPUTABILITY, AND FORMAL LANGUAGES | ||
| DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | ||
| COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGERY | ||
| GAME DESIGN AS ART | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
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NOTE: This list of electives is not exhaustive. Students can take other courses as electives under approval of the UPC.