The Game Design and Music combined major with a concentration in Music Technology prepares students to manage all aspects of music and sound design integral to the creative process in Game Design. Students focus on the digital sound technologies, audiovisual integration techniques and collaborative skills, grounded in real-world experience, that are necessary to apply one’s musical imagination effectively in a game design environment. Also emphasized are the aesthetic, expressive, psychological and social perspectives essential to meaningful engagement across a broad range of applications in the game industry.

Students will engage in building and developing games and playable media experiences while completing courses in computer science and specialized game technology and design.

The Department of English and the Department of Art + Design offer an interdisciplinary combined major in English and graphic and information design.

The Department of Mathematics and the Department of Art + Design offer a combined major in mathematics and graphic and information design.

Inform the reporting of critical and complex stories through the design of data visualizations, messages, interactions and experiences.

Students interested in the combined major integrate the study of communication skills and processes with the study of the creation of the narrative arts, required for professional work in documentary film, game art and promotion, visualization, motion graphics, interactive art, illustration, and short animated films.

The computer science and media arts combined major is ideal for creative students who love technology. You’ll acquire a solid foundation in both fields through curriculum that spans photography, animation, video, database design, computer graphics, and human-computer interaction. Media Arts general learning outcomes 1. Demonstrate awareness of the foundation and historical methods of digital media and applying research in portfolio development. 2. Analyze and critique artistic media effectively through both verbal and written communication, showing the ability to collaborate with peers and related disciplines. 3. Create a large body of portfolio work representing a wide range of concepts reflecting advanced level of analysis 4. Evaluate current and future trends in the development digital media by employing skills to disseminate and share information over the medium. 5. Explain and employ a unique personal style that shows significant contribution in the medium.

Students pursuing the combined major are able to integrate the theory and practice of contemporary media studies with the deep appreciation of the narrative arts that is required for professional work in documentary film, game art and promotion, visualization, motion graphics, interactive art, illustration, and short animated films.

Combine the production, performance, and art of theatre with design of messages, services, interactions, and experiences.

This program is designed for students who want to combine a knowledge of the art of theatre with the theories and practice-based design disciplines.

The Animation minor immerses student in the creation of animated artwork and assets for short animated films, game art and promotion, documentary films, visualization, motion graphics, illustration, and interactive art.

An ideal complement to many majors, the Art History minor builds the techniques of visual intelligence necessary to successfully navigate an increasingly image-driven world.

The Art minor allows students to complement any degree with a broad exploration of visual studies, fine arts, and design.

Creative Computing will equip students to use code as a medium for art, design, and games, focusing on the expressive, aesthetic, and reflexive dimensions of programming. It will introduce students to computational forms of creative and critical thinking, bolstering Northeastern’s offering of humanics-centered courses.

The creative fabrication minor is comprised of a suite of courses that introduces the student to studio principles and practices that will inform the creative, intuitive, and critical processes that are vital when realizing ideas into physical material form.

Investigate human needs and experiences to devise improved services, systems and environments.

The Game Art Minor offers students to become immersed in the study and practice of the visual arts and animation within the game medium. Students are afforded the opportunity to think critically and work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams to produce art and animation assets that are critical to the success of projects in the game medium.

The game design minor allows students in other areas of study to become familiarized with the basics of game design.

Create messages and meaning using visual form and the integration of text, image and data.

This is an interdisciplinary minor that provides a foundation in the design and development of immersive experiences in the exploration of human connection and interaction through media and technology.