Program Overview

Introduction to NYU Game Center

The Game Design BFA is a 4-year Bachelors of Fine Arts program located inside NYU's famous Tisch School of the Arts. This program views games as a creative form of art, similar to other Tisch programs in film, dance, and theater.

Program Structure

The program structure introduces students to the fundamentals of games through the lenses of design, technology, and culture. As students progress, they have the flexibility to discover and pursue their own interests, taking courses that range from collaborative game production to critical analysis to specialized elements of visual and audio design. At the conclusion of their BFA study, students complete a senior project, either as an individual or with a group.

Curriculum

The curriculum includes a rigorous study in the liberal arts, preparing students for careers as game designers, developers, scholars, and critics, and other creative fields in the 21st century. Courses range from:

• Collaborative game production
• Critical analysis
• Specialized elements of visual and audio design

Research Areas

Research areas include game design, game development, and game scholarship, alongside a rigorous study in the liberal arts.

Student Work and Events

The NYU Game Center hosts various events, including discussions on games and philosophy, and showcases student work, such as the projects from the NYU Game Center Incubator cohort.

News and Achievements

The Tisch Initiative for Creative Research announces the cohort of HEAR US (Honoring, Elevating, and Recapitalizing Underrepresented Stories) grantees, and congratulates Indiecade Award nominated alumni and recipients of the Alfred P. Sloan Grant.

University Policy

New York University is committed to maintaining an environment that encourages and fosters respect for individual values and appropriate conduct among all persons, in accordance with applicable law and University policy, including its Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy.