BES in Educational Studies with Emphasis in Educational Games and Simulations Design
Degree Program Description
The BES in Educational Studies with Emphasis in Educational Games and Simulations Design is primarily for students who wish to be involved in education, but do not want to be certified to teach. The emphasis area will fill a need for undergraduate learners to become adept at designing games and/or other technology supported, student-centered learning environments. The degree can be completed 100% online.
Major Program Requirements
The BES in Educational Studies with Emphasis in Educational Games and Simulations Design requires students to complete 120 credit hours. Students are required to complete all University general education, and University graduation requirements, in addition to at least 24 credit hours of educational core courses and 25 credit hours of emphasis area course requirements.
Students must earn no less than a 2.00 GPA, as defined by the GPA of Record. Students must meet the residence requirements of MU. The student must be recommended for the degree by the faculty of the College of Education and Human Development. At 60 credit hours of completed coursework, students will be required to complete a Graduation Plan that will serve as a preliminary graduation check. All courses are offered with online options.
| Educational Core Courses | 24 | |
| IS_LT 2222 | Information Management and the Successful Scholar | 3 |
| IS_LT 3450 | Introduction to Research in Educational Settings | 3 |
| or ED_LPA 3450 | Introduction to Research in Educational Settings | |
| IS_LT 4355 | Web Design and Development | 3 |
| IS_LT 4361 | Introduction to Digital Media | 3 |
| IS_LT 4473 | Introduction to Project Management | 3 |
| IS_LT 4500 | Educational Studies Game Design Senior Capstone | 3 |
| or ED_LPA 4975 | Educational Studies Senior Capstone | |
| ED_LPA 4115 | Introduction to Learning Spaces | 3 |
| ESC_PS 4115 | Human Learning | 3 |
| Emphasis Area Content Courses | 25 | |
| ED_LPA 3204 | Social Justice for Educational Leaders | 3 |
| or AG_ED_LD 2250 | Introduction to Leadership | |
| INFOTC 2620 | Computer Modeling and Animation I | 3 |
| English Creative Writing Course (2000-level or higher recommended) or Digital Storytelling (DST_VS) 3850 | 3 | |
| Creative Writing: Introduction to Creative Writing | ||
or ENGLSH 2510 | Creative Writing: Intermediate Fiction | |
or ENGLSH 2520 | Creative Writing: Intermediate Nonfiction Prose | |
or ENGLSH 2530 | Creative Writing: Intermediate Poetry | |
or ENGLSH 4510 | Creative Writing: Advanced Fiction | |
or ENGLSH 4520 | Creative Writing: Advanced Nonfiction Prose | |
or ENGLSH 4530 | Creative Writing: Advanced Poetry | |
or DST_VS 3850 | Video Games and Storytelling | |
| IS_LT 4310 | Seminar in Information Science and Learning Technologies (Digital Modeling for Game Design (course number changing to IS_LT 4351) | 3 |
| IS_LT 4308 | Game Engine Skills | 2 |
| IS_LT 4384 | Designing Games for Learning | 3 |
| IS_LT 4385 | Designing Games for Learning II | 3 |
| IS_LT 4375 | Mobile Web App Development | 3 |
| IS_LT 4386 | Microlearning | 1 |
Semester Plan
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| ENGLSH 1000 | 3 | General Education Math Requirement | 3 | ||
| Humanities | 3 | American History or Government | 3 | ||
| IS_LT 2222 (Social Science) | 3 | Humanities | 3 | ||
| ED_LPA 3204 or AG_ED_LD 2250 | 3 | Biological, Physical, Mathematical Science | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ED_LPA 4115 (Spring Semester Even Years) | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| Biological, Physical, Mathematical Science | 3 | Biological, Physical, Mathematical Science w/Lab | 3 | ||
| IS_LT 3450 or ED_LPA 3450 | 3 | Writing Intensive Course | 3 | ||
| IS_LT 4310 | 3 | IS_LT 4308 | 2 | ||
| IS_LT 4361 | 3 | ESC_PS 4115 | 3 | ||
| INFOTC 2620 | 3 | IS_LT 4473 | 3 | ||
| IS_LT 4310 (Educational Objectives) | 1-3 | ||||
| 16-18 | 14 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| Humanities | 3 | Writing Intensive Course (3000/4000 level) | 3 | IS_LT 4386 | 1 |
| IS_LT 4355 (Social Science) | 3 | IS_LT 4385 | 3 | ||
| IS_LT 4384 | 3 | English Creative Writing (2000-level or higher recommended) or DST_VS 3850 | 3 | ||
| IS_LT 4375 (Fall Semester Odd Years) | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 2 | ||||
| 15 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| Elective | 3 | IS_LT 4500 or ED_LPA 4975 | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||||
| Total Credits: 123-125 | |||||
Degree Audit
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Past MU students can request a degree audit by contacting the Academic Advising Unit of the division in which they were last enrolled at MU. For contact information, go to https://advising.missouri.edu/contact/.
Prospective students, can access a preliminary MU degree audit via https://www.transferology.com. Information on the college credits already earned will have to be manually entered before it can be evaluated against current degree requirements.
For additional details on degree audits, go to https://registrar.missouri.edu/degrees-audits/degree-audits/.
Major and Career Exploration
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