Game Programming, Minor

This minor provides students with the opportunity to cover the fundamental concepts of programming a video game, while also teaching them some of the core essentials of computer programming and software creation. This minor is ideal for students who are interested in writing code and creating games, but don’t want to make it their major.

Advisement Sheet

Student Learning Outcomes

Analyze a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline.
Learn about how video games are created, and complete at least 2 video game projects.

Curriculum Requirements

Required Courses

CMAC 1200 - Problem Solving and Programming Constructs Credit Hours: 3
CMAC 1240 - Computer Programming I Credit Hours: 3
CMAC 2040 - Object Oriented Programming Credit Hours: 3
CMAC 3700 - 2D Game Programming Credit Hours: 3
CMAC 3720 - 3D Game Programming Credit Hours: 3
STAT 2020 - Elements of Statistics Credit Hours: 3
OR
QBA 2000 - QBA 2: Statistical Analysis Credit Hours: 3
OR
PSYC 3000 - Psychological Statistics Credit Hours: 4 (1 lab/3 lecture)

Electives

Choose one from the following:
CMAC 3740 - Mobile Application Development Credit Hours: 3
CMAC 3780 - Computer Graphics Credit Hours: 3
CMAC 4200 - Artificial Intelligence Credit Hours: 3
No more than 4 courses can be shared between this minor and any other minor or major.

Totals Credits: 21

Notes:

Students enrolled in the Applied Computing program with game programming concentration can’t enroll in this minor.
Available to all other majors