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    The Game Design and Interactive Analytics major combines analytical and creative skills. It includes 41 credits of required courses in areas like interactive design, creative writing, and human-computer interaction. An additional 19-21 credits in prerequisites like design, writing, and statistics must also be completed. The degree prepares students for game design careers or further education while emphasizing skills like research, communication, and design.

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    The Game Design and Interactive Analytics major combines analytical and creative skills. It includes 41 credits of required courses in areas like interactive design, creative writing, and human-computer interaction. An additional 19-21 credits in prerequisites like design, writing, and statistics must also be completed. The degree prepares students for game design careers or further education while emphasizing skills like research, communication, and design.

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    The Game Design and Interactive Analytics major combines analytical and creative skills. It includes 41 credits of required courses in areas like interactive design, creative writing, and human-computer interaction. An additional 19-21 credits in prerequisites like design, writing, and statistics must also be completed. The degree prepares students for game design careers or further education while emphasizing skills like research, communication, and design.

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    Game Design and Interactive Analytics


    Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts
    Requirements for the Major: 41 credits plus 19-21 prerequisite credits

    A major in Game Design and Interactive Analytics combines the cognitive and research skills of careful logistical thinking with the
    aesthetic and stylistic abilities required for the expression of creativity. While this degree is representative of liberal arts, and an ideal
    program to pursue multiple fields of graduate education, it also prepares students for the rigors of working in the game design
    industry. It strongly prioritizes clear communication with effective research, writing, and design skills.

    Prerequisites for courses for the major: Essential Competencies-Outcome Iterations


    **Transfer courses do not receive outcome iterations**
    CI IL W O Q GA V
    ARTS 104 Principles of Design II: Digital Media 3
    ARTS 245 Interactive Design I 3 x
    ENGL 101 or First Year Composition or 3 or x x x
    ENGL 252 Academic Writing 3 x x x
    ENGL 111 Interpretation of Literature 3 x x x
    MATH 095 or Intermediate Algebra or 3 or
    MATH 096 Introductory and Intermediate Algebra 5
    STAT 241 Principles of Statistics 4 x x
    These courses will not be counted in computing the GPA for the major.

    Requirements for the Major: Essential Competencies-Outcome Iterations


    **Transfer courses do not receive outcome iterations**
    CI IL W O Q GA V
    ARTS 199 Sophomore/Transfer Portfolio Review 0 x
    ARTS 335 Interactive Design II 3
    ARTS 375 Interactive Design III 3
    ARTS 425 Interactive Design IV 3
    ARTS 435 Interactive Design V 3
    ARTS/ENGL 330 Visual Culture and Rhetoric 3 x x x
    ENGL 202 or Intro to Creative Writing: Poetry or 3 x x x
    ENGL 204 or Intro to Creative Writing: Creative x x x
    Nonfiction or
    ENGL 206 Intro to Creative Writing: Fiction x x x
    ENGL 302 Advanced Creative Writing 3
    ENGL 329 Gender and Women’s Studies 3 x x
    ENGL 345* Writing for the Web 3 x x
    CPSC 210 Human-Computer Interaction 3 x x x
    BSAD/CPSC 241 Computer Science I 3
    GAME 201 Introduction to the Theory of Play 3
    GAME 301 Theory of Play 3
    GAME 470 Game Design and Interactive Analytics 2
    Capstone
    GAME 471 Game Design and Interactive Analytics 2
    Capstone
    ARTS 499 Senior Art and Design Exhibition 0 x x

    These courses will be counted in computing the 2.2 GPA required for this major. Students majoring in Game Design and Interactive
    Analytics must achieve a grade of C minus (C-) or above in all the required courses for the major in order to graduate.

    This information must be used in conjunction with the 2020-2021 Grand View University Catalog and does not reflect a student’s
    official record of progress. Students are expected to use the Progress tool found on myView > GV Self Service when monitoring
    and planning coursework. Other available resources include: Course Planning Documents (found on myView under Academics)
    and the faculty and staff who work with academic requirements.
    Page 2 of 2; Updated 02/06/2020

    Students are strongly encouraged to register for ARTS 399, BSAD 399, or CPSC 399 Internship.

    All entering transfer students must submit a portfolio or writing sample for review. Additional coursework may be required for entry into
    the program.

    *Please discuss course substitution with department chair, if needed.

    This information must be used in conjunction with the 2020-2021 Grand View University Catalog and does not reflect a student’s
    official record of progress. Students are expected to use the Progress tool found on myView > GV Self Service when monitoring
    and planning coursework. Other available resources include: Course Planning Documents (found on myView under Academics)
    and the faculty and staff who work with academic requirements.

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