Contents
Catalog Links

Games Studies Minor

Sponsoring department:
Communications
Molloy Program of Study Code: GSTMI

The Communications department now offers a Game Studies minor. The ascendancy of gaming as a mainstream, professional career option offers opportunities that require new media skills and acute awareness of contemporary issues and debates in this rapidly growing industry. Through hands-on learning experiences, students will learn game design fundamentals as well as media production skills, common practices, and ethics related to careers in gaming and live streaming. New Media majors can pursue a concentration in game studies or majors from any program can minor.

Requirements

Required Courses

COM 2510Introduction to Game Studies

3
COM 2515Game Design for Social Good

3
COM 2860Gaming and Identity

3
 

Complete two additional 2000-level or higher Communications courses from the following list (6 credits)

COM 2100Public Speaking

3
COM 2110Gender and Communication

3
COM 2220Intersectionality in Popular Culture

3
COM 2230Queer Digital Storytelling

3
COM 2240Conflict and Communication

3
COM 2270Media Management

3
COM 2280Writing for the Web

3
COM 2300Screenwriting I

3
COM 2310Online Branding

3
COM 2440Online Content Production

3
COM 2460Civic Engagement with New Media

3
COM 2850Playful Media

3
COM 3020Photo Journalism

3
COM 3090Technology, Culture and Power

3
COM 3101Video Storytelling for the Web

3
COM 3400Research Methods for Game Studies

3
COM 3540Foundations of Media Theory

3
COM 3810Digital Applications for New Media

3
COM 4350Professionalization of Play

3
COM 4440Critical Making for New Media

3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Courses are chosen in consultation with an advisor.