Graduate Certificate in Serious Game and Simulation Design

Offered by the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, the Serious Games and Simulation Design (SGSD) graduate level certificate is a 16 credit-hour program that prepares students as practicing professionals to work in the fast growing educational (aka “serious”) games and simulation market. In this 100% online, hands-on certificate program, graduates will learn to: 

• Apply a systematic, agile, team-based and flexible process for game and simulation design.
• Apply skills for prototyping game and/or simulation designs using appropriate software or game engines.
• Apply principles of visual design to the design of game and simulation assets.
• Become fluent in usage of serious gaming and simulation technology equipment.
• Assess and evaluate learning outcomes from employing game/simulation strategies using user experience and usability methods.

Requirements

The graduate certificate is a 16 credit hour program. All courses are online. 

Required Courses:
IS_LT 7308	Game Engine Skills	2
IS_LT 7351	Digital Modeling for Serious Games	3
IS_LT 7384	Designing Games for Learning	3
IS_LT 9480	Internship in Information Science and Learning Technologies	2
IS_LT 9486	Advanced Designing Games for Learning	3
Electives:
IS_LT 7383	Rapid Prototyping for Learning and Information Systems	3
IS_LT 7888	Intro to VR-enabled Instructional Design	3
IS_LT 9467	Technology to Enhance Learning	3

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