Serious Games Design

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The rapidly growing Serious Games industry focuses on solving real-world problems using the universal appeal of play. In this major, you'll learn how to design and deliver game experiences to drive positive change in education, healthcare, marketing and more.

You’ll study game-based learning, puzzle design and game production, and use these skills to create emotionally rich and challenging experiences within your own games and simulations, including experiences for PC, mobile and virtual reality.

You can take your newfound knowledge and skills into the many companies that are now growing around the games industry.

Career opportunities

Job opportunities include embedded roles in government agencies and not-for-profits, as well as video games publishing, marketing, production and management.

Major (8)*

For a major in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

*Note: This major requires additional requisite course(s) to be completed.

Required courses (8)

Course	Semester of offer	Units	Requisites
SGD100 Environmental Health Practicum
SGD103 Communication and Thought
SGD200 Contemporary Communication Theory and Trends
SGD202 Introduction to Journalism
SGD214 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship
SGD304 Visual Journalism
SGD305 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
ICT352 Screen Production and Editing

Minor (4)

For a minor in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

*Note: This minor requires additional requisite course(s) to be completed.

Required courses (4)

Course	Semester of offer	Units	Requisites
SGD100 Online Journalism
SGD103 Broadcast Journalism
SGD200 News Writing and Reporting
SGD202 Feature Writing

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