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MI 230 - Game Design

Analyze, critique, and design of non-digital and digital games. Overview of game industry.

Average Grade - 3.240
Median Grade - 4.0
25 total students

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MI 337 - Compositing and Special Effects

Conceptual and technical use of animation and compositing software for television, cinema, interactive media, and live performance.

Average Grade - 2.333
Median Grade - 3.0
15 total students

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MI 347 - Advanced Three-Dimensional Computer Animation

How aesthetic skill, technical competency, and engaging performance are woven together to create compelling animation using 3D computer graphics. Use of industry standard software to create, manipulate and render synthetic characters and their environments.

Average Grade - 3.052
Median Grade - 3.5
29 total students

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MI 377 - Advanced 3D Modeling

Learn advanced techniques in 3D modeling and texturing for games, movies, television, and motion graphics.

Average Grade - 2.694
Median Grade - 3.0
49 total students

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MI 402 - Topics in Game Studies (W)

Cultural, technological, and design evolution of games. Current and historical genres, content, audience, and industries for games. Conventional and emerging theories of game processes and effects. Critical examination of empirical research concerning social impacts of games.

Average Grade - 3.251
Median Grade - 3.5
298 total students

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MI 455 - Game Design and Development II

Advanced design, architecture, and creation concepts related to the development of real-time interaction 3D design for gaming, simulation, and immersive virtual environments.

Average Grade - 3.653
Median Grade - 3.5
36 total students

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MI 482 - Building Virtual Worlds (W)

Theoretical and practical approaches to the planning, design, and development of virtual worlds for games and simulations.

Average Grade - 3.674
Median Grade - 4.0
23 total students

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MI 490 - Independent Study

Directed study under faculty supervision.

Average Grade - 3.125
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

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MI 495 - Game and Interactive Media Projects (W)

Experiencing game production in a team setting. Understand the production cycle (including specification, design, prototyping, implementation, testing, and documentation). Planning and manage game design, development, and production tasks. Discussing and experience professionalism, ethics, and communication. Developing presentation methods.

Average Grade - 3.625
Median Grade - 4.0
28 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2025

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