Game Studies and Design Minor

UM’s Game Studies and Design minor consists of 18 credit hours and offers students a unique opportunity to explore academically the interdisciplinary concepts involved in game studies and design from a liberal-arts perspective. Designed to complement any major, students who pursue the minor study a range of games such as card games, board games, alternate reality games, serious games, and video games. Students will be able to select classes from a wide variety of disciplines including English, marketing, mathematics, philosophy and sociology, all of which play pivotal roles in the design and composition of the vast majority of games throughout history.

Undergraduate Research in Game Studies and Design is also available on an individual basis. For more information, contact Dr. Cathlena Martin at cmartin16@montevallo.edu or games@montevallo.edu.