Dec 05, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Game & Media Studies, B.S. Sequence

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Suggested Four-Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (12 credits)

ENGL-122 Game & Media Studies (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.)
PHOTO-130 Introduction to Still and Moving Image Photography (3 cr.)

Winter Semester (3 credits)

Stout Core - Social Responsibility & Ethical Reasoning (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (12 credits)

ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)
ENGL-125 Professional Writing Elements of Style (3 cr.)
CS-141 Introduction to Programming (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.)

Summer Semester (3 credits)

DES-176 Introduction to Visual Narrative (3 cr.)

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (12 credits)

ENGL-222 Introduction to Cross-Functional Teams (3 cr.)
LIT-208 Fiction Into Film (3 cr.)
WGS-210 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.)

Winter Semester (3 credits)

Stout Core - Arts & Humanities (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (12 credits)

PSYC-225 Psychology of Video Games (3 cr.)
DES-322 Tabletop Game Design and Development (3 cr.)
ENGL-150 Issues in Games & Interactive Media (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Arts & Humanities (3 cr.)

Summer Semester (3 credits)

PHIL-235 General Ethics (3 cr.)

Third Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (12 credits)

ARTH-340 History of Interactive Media (3 cr.)
POLS-305 Clickbait: News, Media, and Politics in the U.S. (3 cr.)
APSS-301 Qualitative Research Methods (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Analytical Reasoning & Natural Sciences (3 cr.)

Winter Semester (3 credits)

Stout Core - Analytical Reasoning & Natural Sciences (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (13 credits)

BUMGT-380 Principles of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 cr.)
DES-310 Graphic Design I (3 cr.)
Applied Field (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Analytical Reasoning & Natural Sciences (4 cr.)

Summer Semester (3 credits)

Applied Field (3 cr.)

Fourth Year (29 credits)

Fall Semester (13 credits)

ENGL-450 Games Research User Experience (3 cr.)
ENGL-322 Worldbuilding (3 cr.)
DES-200 Design Concepts and Problems (3 cr.)
ENGL-398 Field Experience (1 cr.)
Applied Field (3 cr.)

Winter Semester (3 credits)

Stout Core Requirement (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (13 credits)

ENGL-451 Game & Media Studies Capstone (3 cr.)
ENGL-398 Field Experience (1 cr.)
Stout Core Requirement (3 cr.)
Applied Field (3 cr.)
Applied Field (3 cr.)