Admission to the program is competitive. A minimum overall GPA of 3.000 is required, as well as at least a 3.500 GPA in courses listed under Computing Fundamentals in the table below. Students are admitted to the major through consultation with the program director.
The major requires a final capstone project, where students, working with a faculty adviser, develop an independent project in creative computing. Projects may include an art installation, performance, original software (tool, library or application) or a scholarly article. It is expected that students will present their projects in a public forum.
SMU Degree Requirements
An SMU undergraduate degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours and must include completion of the University’s Common Curriculum , one major and a combination of electives and/or other majors or minors. Completion of certain majors requires more than 120 hours to finish the degree. The credit hours within this curriculum are distributed as follows: