Applied Humanities: Game Studies Emphasis

Program Overview

Applied Humanities: Game Studies Emphasis

Overview

Develop the knowledge and skills you'll need to understand and work with the world's most popular medium, opening career doors in the global game industry, game and media journalism, digital humanities, new media policy, finance, law, entrepreneurship, digital culture studies, and related fields.

Program Details

Level of Math

• General Knowledge: This strand involves the general understanding and appreciation of how mathematics is used to solve problems in everyday life. The G-strand does not prepare a student for any further work grounded in mathematics and assumes the student will not proceed beyond the basic Foundations level noted above. Thus only those students whose major requires the most general knowledge of mathematics should take this strand.

Level of Second Language

• 4th Semester Proficiency: Fourth-semester skill level in a second language is required. B.A. degree students may fulfill this requirement with one of the following options:
  • Scoring the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona.
  • Completion of a two-course sequence beyond the second semester of post-secondary language instruction.
  • Completion with a C or higher of a 300- or 400-level language course at the post-secondary level.
  • Completion of one course beyond the third semester in combination with an AP (Advanced Placement) score, IB (International Baccalaureate) score or a CLEP (College Level Entrance Program) score determined by the individual language department.
  • An AP, IB, or CLEP language score determined by individual language departments
  • A minimum of one semester study abroad in a language program approved by the appropriate language department as the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level.

Pre-major Required?

• No

This Major's College

• College of Humanities

Degree

• Bachelor of Arts

Sample Plans

4-Year Sample Plan

• First Year:
  • 1st Semester:
    • ENGL 101 - First Year Writing 1 (GE Foundation Composition)
    • GE Foundation Second Language (First Semester)
    • MATH General Strand (GE Foundation Math)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • Introduction to the General Education Experience (Entry Course)
    • General Elective
  • 2nd Semester:
    • ENGL 102 - First Year Writing 2 (GE Foundation Composition)
    • GE Foundation Second Language (Second Semester)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • General Elective
• Second Year:
  • 3rd Semester:
    • GE Foundation Second Language (Third Semester)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • PAH 200: Introduction to Applied Humanities
    • General Elective
    • General Elective
  • 4th Semester:
    • GE Foundation Second Language (Fourth Semester)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
    • PAH 201: Applied Humanities Practice: Techniques and Technologies for Public Enrichment
    • Minor Course
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
• Third Year:
  • 5th Semester:
    • PAH 372: Intercultural Competence: Culture, Identity, Adaptation, and Intercultural Relations
    • PAH 230: Video Games as Artifacts: Appreciating Interactive Multimedia Entertainment
    • PAH/HUMANITIES elective
    • Minor Course
    • Minor Course
  • 6th Semester:
    • PAH 420: Innovation and the Human Condition: Learning How to Improve Life in the Community and Beyond
    • PAH 383: Pre-Internship: Building Career Readiness
    • PAH 231: Global Video Game Cultures and Their Origins
    • ISTA 350 OR CSC 210 (recommended)
    • Minor Course
• Fourth Year:
  • 7th Semester:
    • PAH 493: Internship
    • PAH 330: The Video Game Industry: An Introduction to the Business of Making Money with Play
    • PAH 331: Video Game Studies: Critical/Cultural Approaches
    • Minor Course
    • General Elective
    • General Education Portfolio (Exit Course)
  • 8th Semester:
    • PAH 498: Senior Capstone
    • APCV 405: Introduction to Game Design (3 units) or ISTA 251: Introduction to Game Design
    • APCV 406: Introduction to Game Development (3 units) or ISTA 451: Game Development
    • Minor Course
    • General Elective

Map Transfer Coursework

• Enter your coursework from Arizona universities or community colleges to see how they can map to this major.
• Connect with The University of Arizona Academic Advisors to validate how your coursework will transfer.

About the Transfer Mapping Categories

• Maps to One Requirement: A transfer course with this designation matches a UAZ course that maps to one requirement for this major.
• Can Map in Multiple Ways: A transfer course with this designation matches a UAZ course that maps to more than one requirement for this major.
• Ask an Advisor: A transfer course with this designation matches a UAZ course that has not yet been mapped to a requirement for this major, or it means that the transfer course was input incorrectly.