Game Design PROGRAM
Students in Northeastern’s Game Design program create, design, innovate, and play games as a means of investigating and analyzing the human experience of play. Positioned at the intersection of digital arts, design, and computer science and guided by faculty in the College of Arts, Media and Design and the College of Computer and Information Science, our students are encouraged to become critical makers who develop innovative games, playful experiences, and meaningful artifacts across a broad array of media and contexts.
Majors BFA
Games
BFA
Digital Art and Game Design
BS
Computer Science and Game Development*
Flexible Curriculum Northeastern offers a range of curricular options encouraging students to design their own course of study or merge two majors together—even across colleges—into a single combined major. *The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Game Development is a combined major with the College of Computer and Information Science.
Minor Game Design
“I LOVE G A M ES. AS SO O N AS I LE A R NED TH AT G A M E DESIG N WAS A M AJO R AT C OLLEG E, I K NEW TH AT TH AT WAS W H AT I WA NTED TO D O. AT N O RTH E ASTER N, I CA N EXPLO RE ALL THE DIFFERENT PA RTS O F G A M E DESIG N, FRO M A RT, TO C O DE, TO M A RKETIN G, A N D M O RE.” –Julia Wlochowski, AMD’18
MORE INFORMATION ONLINE
northeastern.edu/camd/gamedesign
Experiential Learning
Co-op Demiurge Facebook Game Show Network
The game industry is extremely competitive. By taking a co-op position, students gain valuable work experience within their field of study while still in school. Students are placed at leading companies in gaming, simulation, software design, education, and research, performing relevant, full-time work in positions such as software engineers, artists, designers, testers, and producers.
Greenbrier Games Hasbro Harmonix Music Systems Microsoft Game Studios Muzzy Lane SAIC Corporation Subatomic Studios Tencent Boston Tapwalk
Global Experiences
Turbine Studios
Traditional Semester Abroad
Ubisoft
Dialogue of Civilizations
Zynga
International Co-op
Our Game Design students have unlimited opportunities to design, create, and play games. Meet weekly with the Game Development Club, make games in 48 hours at the Global Game Jam,® and play other students’ games at Northeastern’s Annual Game Showcase. Come play with us!
Apply
Digital Media Commons
APPLICATION DEADLINES
11.01.15 11.01.15 01.01.16
Early Action Early Decision Regular Decision
Game Design students stage a “happening” in Ryder Hall
Game Design Program 100 Meserve Hall 360 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115
CALL
617.373.5242
m.seifel-nasr@neu.edu
VISIT
northeastern.edu/camd/gamedesign
Maintain Eye Contact by Rob Beecher, AMD’14; Kiril Geshev, CCIS’14; Paul Murray, CCIS’14; Alex Ripple; Wendy Schiller, AMD’15; Jennifer Tella, AMD’15
Still from Lifelike by Robert Beecher, AMD’14, Kiril Geshev, CCIS’14, Paul Murray, CCIS’14