Apply for the Game Design and Development Minor

Application details:

Enrollment in the Game Design and Development Minor is limited. Preferred selection criteria include:

• Completion of prerequisites courses by the time you take the first course in the Minor.
  1. Take the following course (3 credits):
     • CAS 117 Games and Interactivity
  2. Take two of the following courses (6 credits):
     • MI 227 Concept Design for Games, Film, and TV
     • MI 230 Games Design
     • MI 231 Games and Interactive Media Development
     • MI 247 3D Modeling and Design
     • CSE 232 Introduction to Programming II
     • CSE 331 Algorithms and Data Structures
     • CSE 335 Object-Oriented Software Design
     • GD 360 Graphic Design I
     • STA 201 Fundamentals of Comic Art and Graphic Novels
     • STA 380 Electronic Art
  
  
• Submission of a portfolio of game work, such as what would be obtained from CAS 117 or participation in Spartasoft, OR verification of the certificate of completion to the Introduction to Game Development online Coursera course prior to the beginning of MI445.
  
  
• A GPA 2.75 or higher within your major
  
  
• Junior standing by the time you take the first course in the Minor

More details on the Minor can be found at http://gamedev.msu.edu/gameminor.

Instructions:

Please fill out the form below and submit it by the end of March for entry in the game minor the following Fall semester. Applications will be reviewed periodically between now and the deadline. Apply early if possible! We only have 40 spots total. The deadline for applying is March 31st. Applications submitted AFTER the deadline will not be reviewed.

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Major Select your major Media & Information Computer Science and Engineering Art Other

Discipline Select the discipline that you are most interested in Artist Programmer Game Designer Sound Desinger Producer Other

Portfolio OR Certificate of Completion

Please either provide us with a URL to your web-based portfolio demonstrate your level of expertise, skills, and knowledge in game development, interactive media design, programming, and/or art OR provide a URL with verification of the certificate of completion to the Introduction to Game Development online Coursera course. If you do not have either, you can still apply and be accepted contingent on completing either CAS 117 Games and Interactivity (typically offer online in the summer) OR the Introduction to Game Development online course prior to the beginning of MI445 (such as over the summer).

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Statement of Purpose

Please write a brief statement of purpose on why you want to be involved in this Minor and why you think you are qualified to join the minor (max 1-2 paragraphs):

When would you like to begin the Minor

The Minor begins in the Fall semester with MI445, followed by MI455 in the Spring semester in year 1, and then MI497 in the Fall semester and MI498 in the Spring semester of year 2. You cannot take the courses out of sequence. The minor takes two academic years to complete.

Begin Semester Select semester Fall 2020 (applications closed)Fall 2021 (apply January - March 2021)

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