2017-2018 Spring Publication

Oct 14, 2025

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2017-2018 Spring Publication [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Game Design and Simulation Developer (Programming) Specialization, AAS

[AAS_GDSP degree offered at LSC-Kingwood]

Prerequisite Semester

COSC 1301 - Introduction to Computers 3 Credits OR
ITSC 1301 - Introduction to Computers 3 Credits

First Year

First Semester

GAME 1303 - Intro to Game Design and Development 3 Credits
COSC 1309 - Logic Design 3 Credits
MATH 1314 - College Algebra 3 Credits
Elective Creative Arts/Language, Philosophy, & Culture 3 Credits ¹
SPCH 1318 - Interpersonal Communication 3 Credits

Second Semester

GAME 1304 - Level Design 3 Credits
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I 3 Credits
COSC 1320 - C Language 3 Credits
ITSE 2317 - Java Programming 3 Credits
GAME 1343 - Game and Simulation Programming I 3 Credits

Third Semester

GAME 2338 - Game Testing 3 Credits

Second Year

First Semester

ITSE 2331 - Advanced C++ Programming 3 Credits
GAME 1359 - Game and Simulation Programming II 3 Credits
ARTV 1303 - Basic Animation 3 Credits
GAME 2305 - Interactive Writing II 3 Credits

Second Semester

GAME 2303 - Artificial Intelligence Programming I 3 Credits
INEW 2338 - Advanced Java Programming 3 Credits
SOCI 1301 - Principles of Sociology 3 Credits
GAME 2332 - Project Development I 3 Credits ²OR
GAME 2386 - Internship 3 Credits ²

Total Credit Hours 60

¹Choose from the AAS Associate of Applied Science core
²Capstone course

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