Game Design and Experiential Media with Artificial Intelligence (B.S.)
Create original games and interactive experiences with storytelling, design craft, programming, and artificial intelligence.
Build the Next Generation of Interactive Worlds
Bring creative vision and technical fluency together to design compelling experiences, intelligent game systems, and new forms of interactive storytelling.
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Tech’s B.S. in Game Design and Experiential Media with Artificial Intelligence program connects game design, storytelling, systems thinking, and technical production with the ability to explore and critically evaluate emerging AI methods.
Join a growing community of creators through game-related coursework, student projects, the gamebIITes showcase, IPRO work, esports, and the university’s student chapter of the International Game Developers Association.
Program Overview
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Tech’s B.S. in Game Design and Experiential Media with Artificial Intelligence combines game design, interactive storytelling, digital art, software development, human-computer interaction, and AI. Develop a creative and technical portfolio while exploring how emerging technologies support prototyping, production, intelligent game systems, and interactive experiences.
Explore adaptive game behavior, AI-assisted prototyping, procedural content systems, and accessibility. Develop responsible creative practices around authorship, intellectual property, data, and quality, then bring your skills together in a substantial project through the degree’s capstone sequence.
What You’ll Learn
- Design games and interactive experiences around players, creative goals, and coherent systems.
- Use AI for research, prototyping, code assistance, procedural systems, testing, and experimentation.
- Explore AI-enabled characters, adaptive systems, and interactive storytelling.
- Evaluate intellectual property, provenance, bias, accessibility, energy use, quality, and authorship in generative media.
- Collaborate across creative and technical roles to bring interactive projects from concept to production.
- Build and test an AI-enabled game or experiential-media project through the program’s applied work.
Career Opportunities
Prepare for careers in game design, systems design, technical design, interactive media, gameplay and tools development, quality assurance, user research, and creative technology. Build a portfolio that demonstrates how you connect creative direction with technical execution.
Develop the design and programming foundation for opportunities across games and interactive experiences. Your portfolio, specialization, and experience will help shape your career path in this competitive field.
- Game Designer
- Technical Game Designer
- Interactive Media Developer
The published 118–120-credit requirements combine game-design coursework, software and web development, graphics, technical electives, a two-course capstone, STEM coursework, core requirements, IPRO, and both nine-credit AI certificates.
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Tech reviews applicants holistically, considering academic preparation, course rigor, essays, and program-specific criteria. First-year applicants submit an application, high-school transcripts, and required materials; SAT and ACT scores are optional. Recommended preparation includes four years of English, four years of mathematics, and three years of laboratory science. Transfer applicants are assessed on previous college work and preparation for their selected major. The program welcomes applicants interested in design, interactive media, programming, storytelling, and creative problem-solving. Confirm additional portfolio or program-specific requirements with Undergraduate Admission.
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Tuition and Fees
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