SMU Guildhall provides an in-depth master’s degree and graduate certificate in digital game development tailored to students who wish to become actively involved in the game development industry as designers or artists.
In conjunction with the Guildhall, the Division of Art offers a B.F.A. degree in art that coordinates with the art creation and design specializations in game development in the master’s degree program at the Guildhall. This program provides the breadth and rigor of a B.F.A. degree while simultaneously providing an in-depth investigation of digital game development fundamentals through the curriculum of the Master of Interactive Technology.
The B.F.A./M.I.T. program is designed to furnish students with significant studio art training and a clear curriculum to prepare them for specialized graduate-level study of art creation, game creation and simulation at SMU Guildhall.
Students apply for admission to the Guildhall in the fall of the senior year. Students admitted to this program spend seven terms at the Meadows School and the last term at the Guildhall, located at SMU’s Plano campus. The first two modules of Guildhall courses (18 credit hours) complete the B.F.A. by substituting for ASAG 5310 , ASAG 5315 , and up to 12 credit hours of Advanced Art Studies. The student can then apply to the master’s program, which requires three additional terms and one summer term to complete the M.I.T. degree. More information about the B.F.A./M.I.T. program is available online at www.smu.edu/guildhall.