Savannah College of Art and Design
B.A. in Game Development
Savannah, USA
BA
DURATION
180 hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
USD 41,130 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* total, full-time student for one academic year
Key Summary
About: Study interactive design and game development at the Savannah College of Art and Design. You’ll get access to AR/VR labs, industry collaborations, and competitions such as the E3 College Game Competition. SCAD supports portfolio development, conference participation, and hands-on production across animation, XR, UI/UX, environment and character art. Study on campus in the US, in France, or online.
Career Outcomes: Launch careers as level designer, game designer, UX designer, XR engineer, technical artist, environment artist, character artist, narrative designer, mobile designer, or pursue web development or texture roles. Recruiters from Blizzard, Google, Microsoft and Riot Games visit for interviews.
Bring your A-game to the interactive design and game development program at SCAD, lauded by The Princeton Review and Animation Career Review. SCAD students have access to superpowered tech including AR/VR labs, win prestigious gaming competitions like E3 College Game Competition and Intel University Games Showcase, and move the needle at companies such as Apple, Adobe, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and more. From participation in professional conferences to collaborations with digital media giants, SCAD students capitalize on their passion for interactive design.
Foundation studies: 20 hours
- DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
- DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
- DRAW 101 Drawing II: Composition and Media
- DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
General education: 90 hours
- COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
- BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
- CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
- CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
- ENGL 123 Ink to Ideas: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
- DIGI 130 Digital Communication
- MATH 140 The Geometry of Physical Space
- BUSI 220 Business II: Economic Principles
- PHIL 301 Aesthetics
- ARLH or ARTH elective
- ARLH or ARTH elective
- ENGL elective
- ENGL elective
- General education elective
- General education elective
- General education elective
- Social/behavioral sciences elective
- Social/behavioral sciences elective
Major curriculum: 50 hours
- GAME 121 Introduction to Game Development
- GAME 130 Digital Design Aesthetics
- GAME 220 Core Principles: Programming
- GAME 236 Core Principles: Game Art
- GAME 256 Core Principles: Game Design
- GAME 266 Core Principles: Game Tech
- GAME 326 Applied Principles: Programming
- Select one of these three options:
- GAME 336 Applied Principles: Game Art
- GAME 356 Applied Principles: Game Design
- GAME 366 Applied Principles: Game Tech
- GAME 405 Game Development Studio I
- Select one of these three options:
- GAME 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
Additional electives: 20 hours
Total course of study: 180 hours
Become a level designer, a web developer, or a texture artist. At SCAD, professionals visit students every quarter to interview for positions and review portfolios. Recent visitors include Blizzard Entertainment, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Riot Games, and more representatives. These opportunities reflect our status as one of the world’s most acclaimed universities for the study of interactive design and game development.
Launch your career as a professional:
- User interface designer
- XR engineer
- Mobile game/app designer
- Environment artist
- Game designer
- UX designer
- Narrative designer
- Technical artist
- Character artist
Get recruited and hired by the best of the best:
- Apple
- Adobe
- Meta
- YouTube
- Activision Blizzard
- Electronic Arts
- Gearbox Software
- Microsoft
- Epic Games