Bachelor of Fine Arts
Offered in: Atlanta, Hong Kong*, Savannah
* Pending approval by the SACS Commission on Colleges.
Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.
* Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements in this catalog.
† Select one of these two courses.
‡ Select one of these two courses.
§ Select one of these two courses.
** Select one of these two courses.
* Pending approval by the SACS Commission on Colleges.
Core curriculum
| Foundation studies | 40 hours | |||
| DRAW | 100 | Drawing I | ||
| DRAW | 101 | Drawing II | ||
| DRAW | 200 | Life Drawing I | ||
| DSGN | 100 | 2-D Design | ||
| DSGN | 101 | Color Theory | ||
| DSGN | 102 | 3-D Design | ||
| — | Studio Elective | |||
| — | Studio Elective | |||
| General education | 55 hours | |||
| ARTH | 100 | Survey of Western Art I | ||
| ARTH | 110 | Survey of Western Art II | ||
| ARTH | 207 | 20th-century Art | ||
| — | ARLH/ARTH Elective | |||
| — | ARLH/ARTH Elective | |||
| CMPA | 110 | Advanced Survey of Computer Art Applications | ||
| COMM | 105 | Speech and Public Speaking | ||
| ENGL | 123 | Composition | ||
| — | ENGL Elective | |||
| — | Natural Sciences/Mathematics* | |||
| — | Social/Behavioral Sciences* | |||
Major curriculum | 75 hours | |||
| ITGM | 130 | Digital Design Aesthetics | ||
| ITGM | 380 | Interactive Design and Game Development Portfolio | ||
| — | ANIM, FILM, ITGM, MOME, SNDS, TECH, VSFX Elective | |||
| — | ANIM, FILM, ITGM, MOME, SNDS, TECH, VSFX Elective | |||
| — | ANIM, FILM, ITGM, MOME, SNDS, TECH, VSFX Elective | |||
| ITGM | 405 | Interactive Design and Game Development Studio I | ||
| ITGM | 465 | Interactive Design and Game Development Studio II | ||
| ITGM | 475 | Interactive Design and Game Development Postproduction | ||
| Choose one concentration: Game Art and Design | ||||
| ITGM | 121 | Introduction to Game Development | ||
| ITGM | 240 | Modeling, Materials and Lighting | ||
| ITGM | 250 | Fundamentals of Game Design | ||
| ITGM | 272 | Video Game Industry Survey | ||
| ITGM | 315 | C++ Programming I | ||
| ITGM | 351 | Cognitive Art of Game Design† | ||
| ITGM | 352 | Environment and Level Design† | ||
| ITGM | 402 | Game Design Criticism and Analysis‡ | ||
| ITGM | 452 | Level Design Mechanics‡ | ||
| Interactive Design and Physical Computing | ||||
| ITGM | 122 | Introduction to Interactive Design | ||
| ITGM | 230 | Information Design for Dynamic Media | ||
| ITGM | 241 | Survey of Interactive Entertainment | ||
| ITGM | 260 | Interactive Design | ||
| ITGM | 303 | Programming for Interactivity | ||
| ITGM | 350 | User-centered Design for Dynamic Media§ | ||
| ITGM | 353 | Interactive Web Design§ | ||
| ITGM | 403 | Information and Interfaces** | ||
| ITGM | 440 | Physical Computing** | ||
| — | Electives (10 hours) | |||
| Total course of study | 180 hours | |||
Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.
* Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements in this catalog.
† Select one of these two courses.
‡ Select one of these two courses.
§ Select one of these two courses.
** Select one of these two courses.
Contact Interactive Design and Game Development
- itgm@scad.edu
- Hong Kong/Savannah/eLearning: 800.869.7223 or 912.525.5100
- Atlanta: 877.722.3285 or 404.253.2700
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Contact Admission
Events
Hong Kong Interest Meeting in Atlanta for Current Students
Feb. 12, 2010
SCAD Atlanta Day for Juniors
Feb. 27, 2010
News
- Dec. 18, 2009
Ross keynote speaker at SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 - Dec. 15, 2009
SCAD brings augmented reality to Game Show - Dec. 14, 2009
SCAD announces the Art History of Games - Dec. 10, 2009
SCAD kicks off historic revitalization
Recognition
- Professor Brenda Brathwaite honored for game
- SCAD receives iDMAa Innovative Program Award
- Wei-Chieh Tseng wins second at SIGGRAPH
- The Art History of Games is Gamasutra feature
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