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Program checklist · Graduate Certificate

Game Experience Design, Graduate Certificate (Boston)

Northeastern University · Boston, MA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Graduate Certificate
Credential class
ceterms:Certificate
CIP
11.0804
Catalog edition
Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Graduate Certificate in Game Experience Design offers training in the skills, tools, and methods needed to design successful game products, including social and mobile gaming; augmented and virtual reality; as well as games for health, education, and science. Students gain hands-on experience in designing games under faculty with industry expertise in game design. Game design courses focus on innovation; societal impact; and player-centric, experiential design approaches. The Graduate Certificate in Game Experience Design is a one-year, 17-semester-hour program. Upon successful completion of the certificate, students can opt to apply to the Master of Science in Game Science and Design and, if accepted, may apply credits gained through the certificate to requirements of that degree program.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
167358
CourseShelf checklist
CK_167358_8d766299
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Required Courses

2 items
  1. GSND 5110and GSND 5111
    Game Design and Analysisand Seminar for GSND 5110
    Not resolved to a course
    5
  2. 4

Electives

electives · 7 items
  1. Complete 8 semester hours from the following (multiple completions of ARTG 5000 or GSND 6000 may apply to the elective requirement):
    Not resolved to a course
    8
  2. 1-4
  3. 4
  4. 1-4
  5. 4
  6. 4
  7. 4
Source. Northeastern University, catalog Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.northeastern.edu/graduate/arts-media-design/art-design/game-experience-design-graduate-certificate/. Captured page pages/0938.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.