The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Design at Northeastern University is your gateway to shaping the future of interactive media, focusing on games as a powerful aesthetic and expressive form. You will explore critical analysis and creative practice, preparing you for emerging trends in both video and analog game industries across diverse platforms and distribution channels. This undergraduate degree is designed for students eager to develop games and playful media within an independent creative context, cultivating your unique artistic voice through a curriculum that bridges theoretical analysis with hands-on game development.
This full-time, on-campus BFA programme, studied over four years, immerses you in game studies, game design, and game development, alongside essential art and design principles. You will engage with foundational concepts in game interface design, level design, and rapid idea prototyping, while also exploring game aesthetics and critical play through courses like Games and Society and The Business of Games. Throughout your studies, you will build a portfolio through projects and a significant capstone experience, graduating with the creative and technical skills to pursue diverse career paths in the dynamic world of game design.