Master of Science in Game Design

The Game Design master of science program prepares you for a specialized role in the gaming industry by teaching the skills needed to contribute to multidisciplinary development teams. The coursework focuses on user experience research, production, and design. You’ll choose a track that allows you to focus on your chosen area of expertise, whether that’s working as a user experience researcher, producer, or game designer to create and publish games, or specializing in a genre or industry niche to evaluate and enhance existing real-world products.Our goal is to provide you with the focused knowledge and understanding of game development necessary to be successful in design, production, and user-experience roles. Completion of this degree program will greatly enhance your ability to work in the fast-paced environment of a game studio. The program’s curriculum cultivates your design skills, project and team management abilities, leadership insight, and quality and usability testing competence while teaching varied game development methodologies used by game studios across the industry.

Graduate School applicants must possess one of the following to be eligible:A Full Sail Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.A baccalaureate or higher level degree from another accredited postsecondary educational institutionrecognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Degree held must be of similar scope and subject matteras to prepare applicants for the educational program objectives of the Graduate School Degree Program,with a transfer academic average of 2.0. Applicants who meet these criteria will be considered foradmission pending an evaluation of a copy of official transcripts. Transcripts are required to includegraduation date, final GPA and degree earned. Documentation of high school graduation or GED is notrequired. Complete the Technology Assessment. Applicants must achieve a score of 70 or higher to be admitted tothe program of study.