Game Studies Certificate - Program Requirements

SUNY Seamless Transfer is a SUNY-wide program intended to make transferring to UB and other SUNY Schools simple and efficient for SUNY students. SUNY has defined courses that SUNY students can take before transferring which will apply to the major at UB and ensure timely graduation.

Information about the Transfer Path for this major can be found on the SUNY website.

Students are encouraged to contact their academic advisor or department to discuss how their coursework will apply to their degree.

(Must have a 2.500 GPA in the prerequisite courses)

DMS 110 Programming for Digital Art or DMS 121 Basic Digital Arts or DMS 155 Intro to New Media
DMS 259 Intro to Media Analysis

Core Courses
Students must choose 3 of the following 4 options:

ART 425 Designed Play
DMS 448 Games, Gender and Culture
DMS 462 Game Design
Art 499 or DMS 499 Independent Study (Note: This option is a capstone project, yielding a game or research paper, and if selected it must be taken after the other courses.) 

Minimum of four courses or 13 credits of approved electives

Note: 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.

Electives

• ART 375 Science, Culture, and Media
• ART 425 Interactive Computer Art II
  
• DMS 220 Machines, Codes, and Culture
• DMS 332 Game and Animation Workshop
• DMS 423 Programming Graphics I
• DMS 424 Programming Graphics II
• DMS 431 Advanced Modeling
• DMS 435 Narrative Scriptwriting
• DMS 438 Virtual Worlds I
• DMS 439 Virtual Worlds II
• DMS 457 Locative Media and the City
• DMS 463 Interactive Fiction
• DMS 474 Seminar on Postmodernism
• DMS 485 Media Robotics
• DMS 486 Computational Media
• ENG 370 Multimedia Literature

Minors and certificates must be completed in conjunction with a major and all university degree requirements must be met.

Students should consult with an academic advisor to determine how any transfer or exam credit might be utilized in meeting general education, prerequisite, or minor requirements.

Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This chart should not be used for financial aid purposes.