Game Programming

Get ready to transform your gaming dreams into reality. Learn from industry experts, collaborate with teams of designers, and produce a portfolio of market-ready work to start your game programming career ahead of the rest.

(CIP 11.0204)

Cutting-edge facilities & equipment

Facilities include:

• State-of-the-art workstations,
• Virtual Reality Suite (Emerging Technologies Lab),
• Equipment sign out,
• Comprehensive game library and consoles,
• Private tutoring spaces.

Gain proficiency with software and languages such as:

• Microsoft Visual Studio,
• Unreal Engine,
• Unity Engine,
• C++ and C#,
• GitHub,
• SQL,
• Adobe Photoshop,
• Maya.

The Bachelor of Science in Game Programming consists of 120 credits over 10 quarters (with two breaks).

QUARTER 1

• History of Games
• Introduction to Computer Programming
• Applied Mathematics
• Rhetoric and Composition

QUARTER 2

• Introduction to Game Design
• Object Oriented Programming in C++ I
• Geometry and Linear Algebra
• Critical Thinking

QUARTER 3

• Digital Imaging
• Object Oriented Programming in C++ II
• Introduction to C# Programming
• Statistics

QUARTER 4

• Introduction to Level Design
• 2D Games Programming
• Programming for Game Engines
• Physics of Motion, Light and Sound

QUARTER 5

• Basic 3D Concepts
• Game Tools and Pipelines
• Algorithms and Data Patterns
• Calculus For Physics
• 3D Graphics and Applications

QUARTER 6

• 3D Graphics Programming
• Software Development and Testing
• Intro to Mobile Programming
• Portfolio I

QUARTER 7

• Real-time GPU Programming
• Mini games and Prototyping
• Preproduction and Project Management
• Artificial Intelligence

QUARTER 8

• Animation for Games
• Production Team I
• Studio Elective

QUARTER 9

• Concurrency and Parallel Programming
• Production Team II
• Studio Elective
• Gameplay Programming

QUARTER 10

• Network Programming
• Senior Portfolio
• Post-production
• Studio Elective

*Actual course order subject to change