Art & Design: Games & Playable Media

The foundation of the program is game making, with students working together to make games each year. Students also learn about the history of games, the interpretation of games and game culture, expression of ideas and creating experiences through games, and approaches to design, communication, teamwork, and artistic innovation.

Study and Research Opportunities

• Research opportunities with graduate students/faculty including:
  • The Critical Realities Lab - led by micha cárdenas
  • The Other Lab - led by A.M. Darke
  • Social Emotional Technology Lab - led by Katherine Isbister
  • ASSIST Lab - led by Sri Kurniawan
  • Augmented Design Lab - led by Jim Whitehead
  • Expressive Intelligence Studio - led by Michael Mateas & Noah Wardrip-Fruin
• The Ludo Lab Center for Games & Playable Media Research. The Ludo Lab seeks to approach the issues & opportunities that shape our collective future - including Social and Environmental Justice, Gender Equality, Identity, and Representation.

• IELTS (International English Language Testing System): Overall band score of 6.5 or higher*, includes IELTS Indicator Exam (through fall 2022)
• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language): Minimum score of 550 on the paper-based test or 80 on the Internet-based test, includes TOEFL iBT Home Edition (fall 2021 only)
• SAT (March 2016 or later) Writing & Language Test: 31 or higher
• SAT (prior to March 2016) Writing Exam: 560 or higher
• ACT combined English-Writing or English Language Arts portion: 24 or higher
• AP English Language and Composition, or English Literature and Composition: 3, 4, or 5
• IB Standard Level examination in English: Literature, or Language and Literature: 6 or 7
• IB Higher Level examination in English: Literature, or Language and Literature: 5, 6, or 7
• Duolingo English Test (DET): Minimum score of 115 (through fall 2022)

The AGPM B.A. serves as the sister program to the Computer Science: Computer Game Design (CS:CGD) B.S. major. While the CS:CGD major prepares its students for engineering and developer roles, the AGPM program focuses on artist, designer, or producer roles in the games industry including:

• 2D / 3D Artist
• Game Designer
• Game Programmer
• Game Writer
• Producer
• Sound Designer
• User Interface (UI) Designer
• User Experience (UX) Designer

Outside of the games industry, students have gone on to careers in games research, science, academia, marketing, graphic design, fine art, illustration, and other types of media and entertainment.