Game Design and Development (MS) at University of Southern California

A two-year intensive program of 38 units, 28 of them required, with 12 of those taken in the second year for final capstone projects. Students are expected to complete an internship or professional work in the summer after their second semester. Every School of Cinematic Arts graduate student completes an approved practicum (CNTV 593).

Faculty: School of Cinematic Arts (SCA)  |  Duration: 2 years; 38 units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

16 units of core courses (Interactive Design and Production I, Experiments in Interactivity I and II, Design for Interactive Media, Procedural Expression or Game Development for Designers), 12 capstone units (Graduate Advanced Game Project, Ideation and Concept Development, Game Development Capstone) and 10 units of electives such as 3-D Graphics and Rendering, Motion Capture, Sound Design for Games, Business and Management of Games and Advanced Storytelling for Interactive Media.

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