Course Requirements
Introductory Courses
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| CSC 400 | DISCRETE STRUCTURES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE | 4 |
| CSC 401 | INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING | 4 |
| CSC 402 | DATA STRUCTURES I | 4 |
| CSC 403 | DATA STRUCTURES II | 4 |
| CSC 406 | SYSTEMS I | 4 |
| CSC 407 | SYSTEMS II | 4 |
Foundation Courses
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| CSC 461 | OPTIMIZED C++ | 4 |
| SE 456 | ARCHITECTURE OF REAL-TIME SYSTEMS | 4 |
| CSC 486 | REAL-TIME NETWORKING (FORMERLY GAM 490) | 4 |
| CSC 588 | REAL-TIME MULTITHREADED ARCHITECTURE | 4 |
| SE 485 | REAL-TIME SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT I | 4 |
| SE 585 | REAL-TIME SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT II | 4 |
Major Elective Courses
Students must take a total of twenty-four (24) credit hours of Major Elective Courses. To ensure proficiency in one area, sixteen (16) credit hours of Major Elective Courses must be taken from either the Game Focus or Software Focus areas below.
Focus Area Requirements
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| SE 576 | GPU Architecture | 4 |
| CSC 562 | OPTIMIZED C++ MULTITHREADING | 4 |
Focus Area Electives
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 8 |
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| APPLIED 3D GEOMETRY | |
| RENDERING AND GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING | |
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| CONCURRENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT | |
| THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SAFE SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING | |
The remaining eight (8) credit hours of Major Elective Courses can be taken from among any CSC, GAM, or SE courses in the 421-699 range, with the following courses suggested:
Suggested Major Electives
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| GAM 476 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR COMPUTER GAMES | |
| GAM 450 | PHYSICS FOR GAME DEVELOPERS | |
| CSC 480 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE I | |
| CSC 471 | MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR IOS | |
| CSC 472 | MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR ANDROID | |
| CSC 435 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS I | |
| CSC 536 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS II | |
| CSC 464 | VIRTUALIZATION AND CLOUD COMPUTING | |
| SE 533 | SOFTWARE VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION | |
| SE 480 | SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE I | |
| CSC 466 | PROGRAM ANALYSIS | |