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Nov 05, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Game Studies Certificate
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Two Introductory Courses (8 credits)
Three Game Studies Core courses (10-12 credits)
Four Electives (13-16 credits)
Total Credits Required for Certificate: 31-36
Academic Requirements
- The certificate is awarded concurrently upon completion of all program requirements and completion of a bachelor’s degree at the University at Buffalo. It cannot be awarded as a standalone certificate program even after the student has earned a bachelor’s degree.
- Must have a 2.500 GPA in the Introductory Courses (DMS 210 or DMS 121 and DMS 259 )
Learning Outcomes
- Upon completion of the certificate, students will be able to:
- Critically engage with scholarship relating to the history, theory and analysis of games, game culture, gender and diversity.
- Evaluate genres of video games and critically relate them to controversial cultural issues.
- Apply a formal iterative design process for a game, including prototyping and play-testing.
- Analyze the structural elements of a game and how they contribute (or not) to the success of the game.
- Identify, recall, and apply elements of game development technology (such as pixel art, 3D modelling, and game engines) to create both digital and analog games.
(HEGIS: , CIP: 09.0102 Mass Communication/ Media Studies)
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