Interactive Narrative for Games & Digital Media Curriculum

Our program offers something truly special: a curriculum that lets you choose your own adventure. By emphasizing writing and creative media, this program allows you to explore and open doors to career opportunities creating narrative design and interactive media in various settings and on a variety of platforms—even some that are just emerging as the next big thing. 

You'll round out your studies with a robust selection of electives, including program electives and special collaboration-based electives.

Year 1

Year 1 Fall Semester Courses

  • INN 110 Introduction to Interactive Narrative
  • IXD 100 Interaction Design I
  • GMD/IXD/WRT/FLM OR MTH Program Elective
  • COR 101 Navigating Higher Education
  • COR 102 First Year Inquiry: Reading, Writing, & ____

Year 1 Spring Semester Courses

  • GMD 230 Interactive Narrative I
  • WRT 120 Intro to Creative Writing
  • GMD/IXD/WRT/FLM OR MTH Program Elective
  • COR 103 Navigating Your Information Landscape
  • COR 104 First Year Inquiry: Making, Doing _____

Year 2

Year 2 Fall Semester Courses

  • GMD 350 Interactive Narrative II
  • WRT 220 Intermediate Creative Writing
  • GMD/IXD/WRT/FLM Program Elective
  • COR 201 Making Meaning Through Science
  • COR 202 Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Year 2 Spring Semester Courses

  • IXD 200 Aesthetic Interactions
  • EGD 240 Creative Portfolio Tools
  • GMD/IXD/WRT/FLM Program Elective
  • Collaboration Elective I
  • COR 203 Making Meaning Through Culture
  • COR 204 Theoretical Perspectives

Year 3

Year 3 Fall Semester Courses

  • Program Elective
  • Math or Program Elective
  • General Elective
  • COR 301 Connecting Place & Identity
  • COR 302 Field Methods

Year 3 Spring Semester Courses

  • Collaboration Elective II
  • Science Lab
  • General Elective
  • COR 303 Connecting Past & Present
  • COR 304 Digital Methods

Year 4

Year 4 Fall Semester Courses

  • CCC INN 410 Capstone in Interactive Narrative
    or
    Capstone Elective
  • Program Elective
  • Program Elective
  • General Elective

Year 4 Spring Semester Courses

  • INN OR XXX 4XX Interactive Narrative Portfolio
    or
    Interactive Narrative Studio
    or
    Collaborative Elective III
  • Program Elective
  • Program Elective
  • General Elective

Electives

Program Electives

  • BRD 110 Video Storytelling
  • BRD 216 Broadcast Writing
  • BRD 230 Production of Social Media
  • BRD 245 Video Field Production
  • CRE 225 Art & Social Engagement
  • CRE ?XX Critical History of Play
  • CRE XXX CRE upper level topical course
  • EGD 101 Introduction to Game Development
  • ENG 215 Reading & Writing Fiction
  • ENG 250 Reading & Writing Poetry
  • ENG XXX Relevant English Elective of Choice
  • FLM 110 Introduction to Filmmaking
  • FLM 128 Screenwriting I
  • FLM 328 Screenwriting I
  • IGMD 110 Introduction to Game Design
  • GMD 200 Game Technology IGMD 300 Game Technology II
  • GMD 210 Principles of Game Design
  • GMD 310 Applied Ludology
  • IXD 201 Applied Interactions
  • IXD 340 User Research Methods & Analysis
  • IXD 450 Design for Social Innovation
  • IXD 440 Design Thinking & Participation
  • WRT 120 ntroduction to Creative Writing
  • WRT 200 Fundamentals of Journalism
  • WRT 205 Online Journalism
  • WRT 220 Intermediate Creative Writing
  • WRT 347 Transmedia Storytelling

Collaboration Elective I—choose one:

  • CCM 493 Communication & Creative Media Internship
  • GD 220 Game Studio I
  • EGD 380B Summer Studio
  • EMC Work for Credit


Collaboration Elective II—choose one:

  • BRD 445 Client-Based Production
  • CCM 493 Communication & Creative Media Internship 
  • EGD 320 Game Studio II
  • EGD 380B Summer Studio
  • IXD 350 Interaction Design Production
  • VCD 430 Creative Production Studio
  • WRT 346 Publishing in the 21st Century
  • EMC for Work Credit


Collaboration Elective III—choose one:

  • CCC 410EGD College Capstone in Game Development
  • CCC 410 College Capstone in Interaction Design
  • CCC 412 IXD College Capstone Project
  • EGD 420 Game Studio III