Requirements for the Interactive Media & Game Design (IMGD) program include general education, campus-specific general education requirements, liberal arts and sciences, program core, career concentration and general electives.
General Education – 30 credits
Matches SUNY general education requirements. It is recommended that students take MAT 115 for their Mathematics General Education requirement, especially if a student plans to pursue the Computer Programming Professional Skills cluster.
Liberal Arts & Sciences – 62 credits
Students will earn at least 62 credits in the liberal arts and sciences, with most surpassing 70 credits. At least 30 credits will be earned in general education courses. A total of 24 credits will be earned in the Program Core. A total of eight (8) credits in the Career Concentration (COM 219 and COM 239) will carry liberal arts and sciences designation.
Campus-specific general education requirements – 0-4 credits
SUNY Polytechnic Institute requires one natural science course, and an upper-division writing course. Natural science may be satisfied within general education credits. Upper-division writing is satisfied within the program core.
Program Requirements – 60 credits
Program Core – 24 credits
COM 108 – Introduction to Digital Media Production
COM 302 – Professional Presentations
COM 320 – Information Design
COM 350 – Visual Thinking and Writing
COM 380 – Critical Perspectives on Digital Culture
COM 499 – Portfolio Review and Professional Development
Career Concentration – 24 credits
COM 219 – Introduction to Video Game Design and Culture
COM 239 – Gamification Theory
COM 309 – Machinima and 3D Animation
COM 319 – Asset Production
COM 419 – Video Game Design Studio
COM 429 – Professional Game Production
Professional Skills – 12 credits
Students select three courses in one of the following professional skills clusters:
Computer Programming (additionally requires MAT 115)
• Must take:
• CS 108 – Computing Fundamentals
• CS 240 – Data Structures and Algorithms (prereq CS 108 and MAT 115)
• Take one of the following:
• CS 249 – Object Oriented Programming
• CS 350 – Information and Knowledge Managements
• CS 450 – Computer Graphics
• Business, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
• MKT 301 – Marketing Management Principles
• MKT 312 – Marketing Management Problems
• MKT 321 – Advertising Management
• ENT 375 – Introduction to Entrepreneurship
• Asset Production
• ART 110 – 2D Design or ART 135 – Drawing
• COM 213 – Animation and Vector Graphics
• COM 413 – Advanced Digital Animation
• COM 414 – Advanced Digital Graphic Design
General Electives – 30-34 credits
