Computer Science, Game Development Track, B.S.

Students majoring in computer science with a particular interest in computer game development, modeling, simulation or related fields may enroll in the computer science game development track. In addition to the regular requirements of the Computer Science, B.S. , students in the game development track must complete:

Requirements

Each of these may also count toward the computer science major requirements.

PHYS 121 - Introductory Physics I (4.00) (section D)
CMSC 435 - Computer Graphics (3.00) (section E)
CMSC 471 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3.00) (section E)
CMSC 493 - Capstone Games Group Project (3.00) (section F)

Electives

Two additional CMSC 400-level electives from the following list. (These electives may also count toward section F of the computer science degree requirements)

CMSC 437 - Graphical User Interface Programming (3.00)
CMSC 448 - Software Engineering II (3.00)
CMSC 455 - Numerical Computations (3.00)
CMSC 461 - Database Management Systems (3.00)
CMSC 479 - Introduction to Robotics (3.00)
CMSC 481 - Computer Networks (3.00)
CMSC 483 - Parallel and Distributed Processing (3.00)

Note

Other electives with prior permission of the game development track director.