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Game Programming Specialization Courses

Description: The Game Development specialization is designed to give students a command of programming in C and C++ as well as other scripting languages (such as Unreal Script, XML, Lua and Python are commonly used in game development) associated with game development. The students will learn how the system architecture for games is designed with various considerations in mind such as the target platform and 2D or 3D graphics. Students will learn how to design and create their own game engines as well as how to program the game logic that uses those engines. Upon graduation, a student from the Game Development specialization will have completed both game modification projects and a number of games they have programmed from scratch and implemented on multiple platforms.

Potential careers for students interested in Game Development: 

Game Designer, Software Designer, Game Programmer, Software Engineer, Programmer/Analyst


Choose 9 courses for the Specialization,

Students can use the final 3 courses toward CCS Electives if they are 300/400 Level courses within the College of Computing Sciences

Course  ID Course Name Normally Offered Pre-requisites
CS 266/IT 266 Game Modification Development Fall ONLY IT 102
CS 280 Programming Language Concepts Fall and Spring IT 102
COM 335/IT 386 3-D Modeling and Animation Fall ONLY IT 201
CS 265/IT 265 Game Architecture and Design Spring ONLY IT 201
COM 345 Character Modeling and Animation Spring ONLY COM 335 or IT 386
CS 276/IT 276 2-D Game Development Spring ONLY CS 266/IT 266
Math 337 Linear Algebra Fall and Spring Math 111 and Math 112
IT 286/COM 266 Foundations of Game Production Fall ONLY CS 265/IT 265
CS 366/IT 366 3-D Game Development Fall ONLY CS 276/IT 276
AD 150 Color and Composition Fall  ONL:Y
STS 318 Educational Media Design Fall ONLY IT 201
IT 287 Advanced Game Production Spring ONLY IT 286/COM 266
IT 4**/COM 376 Game Studio Offered Periodically Senior Year
ARCH 434 Simulated Environments Fall ONLY Senior Year

High GPA

Math Requirements:

Pre-calc: Math 099, Math 108, Math 109 OR Math 098, Math 106, Math 107

Calc I: Math 111 or Math 138 or Math 113

Calc II: Math 112 or Math 238 or Math 114

Prob and Stat: Math 105 or Math 333

*Students interested in taking Math 337-- Linear Algebra should take:  (Math 099, Math 108 Math 109—if necessary) Calculus: Math 111 and Math 112

Science Requirements:

Any 2 natural science courses that complete the GUR.  Only one of these science courses requires a lab. 

See http://catalog.njit.edu/undergraduate/frontmatter/generaluniv.php for a full listing of courses

For Game Programming Physics I is Recommended

Specialization Substitutions:

Courses in the Specialization may be substituted in consultation with the advisor.

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