Game & Interactive Design
Level up with game & interactive design.
At Alfred State, you’ll turn your creativity into career-ready design skills. The Game & Interactive Design program combines artistry and technology, providing hands-on experience in UX, app and web design, data visualization, and interactive entertainment. You’ll graduate with versatile skills that open doors to careers across gaming, interactive media, and emerging digital fields.
Pioneer Quotes:
"The game & interactive design program offers a hands-on, studio-based approach to design, programming, and storytelling." Tammy Brackett, Professor, DMA
Program Details
Courses You May Take
DGMA4303: 3D Game Design
Credits: 0-3
DGMA6503: Interface Design
Credits: 0-3
DGMA8303: Game Design Studio 2
Credits: 0-3
Entrance Requirements
Required
- Algebra
- Geometry
Recommended
- Algebra 2
- Physics
Required Technology & Equipment
A tier 4 or Apple MacBook Pro laptop computer is required for students entering the game and interactive design program. Laptop specifications are available at www.alfredstate.edu/required-laptops.
SKILLS YOU'LL LEARN
In the two-year AS, you’ll build technical skills to design, produce, and critique interactive media while also developing problem-solving and time-management abilities. As you advance into the BS, you’ll expand into team-based production environments, apply historical and theoretical perspectives to game design, and strengthen professional communication. By the time you graduate, you’ll be ready to contribute to creative projects and launch a career in gaming, app development, or interactive media.
Facilities and Labs
Alfred State provides labs, equipment, and learning spaces that mirror the tools and technology used in the real world.
With 200+ labs on campus and experiential learning in every major, you’ll work with the same resources the pros use and be ready for the workplace on day one.
Facilities and Labs
Alfred State provides labs, equipment, and learning spaces that mirror the tools and technology used in the real world. With 200+ labs on campus and experiential learning in every major, you’ll work with the same resources the pros use and be ready for the workplace on day one.
LAND A GREAT CAREER
Wondering where your skills can take you? Our career tool lets you explore real job titles, key skills, salary ranges, and job outlook data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics nationally or for New York State.
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You've seen our wide variety of majors at Alfred State, our great faculty who help you build your skills, and that you can do it at an incredible low cost. Now's the time to become an Alfred State Pioneer.
