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Game Studies Pathway

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY

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Program
Award
Game Studies Pathway
CIP
11.0204
Credits (computed from items)
89
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
194824
CourseShelf checklist
CK_194824_21b207c9
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Requirements

23 items
  1. GSAS 1600
    History and Culture of Games
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  2. GSAS 1040
    Introduction to Game Art
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  3. GSAS 1600
    History and Culture of Games
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  4. GSAS 2120
    Concept Art
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  5. GSAS 2255
    UI Art
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  6. GSAS 2265
    Introduction to Worldbuilding
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  7. GSAS 2560
    Game Sound and Musical Play
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  8. GSAS 2610
    Designing Musical Games
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  9. GSAS 2940
    Studies in Games
    Not resolved to a course
    1
  10. GSAS 4100
    Psychology Of Games
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  11. GSAS 4115
    Environment Art
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  12. GSAS 4125
    Character Art
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  13. GSAS 4200
    Lighting, Rendering, & Cinematography
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  14. GSAS 4230
    Game Animation
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  15. GSAS 4240
    Writing for Games I
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  16. GSAS 4250
    Writing for Games II
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  17. GSAS 4260
    Game Narrative Design
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  18. GSAS 4270
    Level Design
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  19. GSAS 4440
    Music, Sound & Screen Media
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  20. GSAS 4530
    Computer Graphics for Games
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  21. GSAS 4550
    Game Architecture
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  22. GSAS 4567
    Adaptations in Games and Media
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  23. GSAS 4826
    200 Year Old Vampires – Reflecting on Motion Picture History
    Not resolved to a course
    4
Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10174&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0159.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.