BS in Information Technology – Gaming Design Level Up Your Future
120
Credit Hours
100% online, 8-week courses
Transfer in up to 75% of the degree total
Enter the Exciting Field of Gaming Design with Liberty’s Video Game Designer Degree
You want more than the typical 9 to 5 job. You want to spend every day doing what you love. Imagine doing just that while using your passion for gaming to create fun for others in a field you thrive in. By conferring a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information Technology (IT) – Gaming Design degree, you can develop the technical skills you need to achieve all of this and more.
The evolution of gaming has changed the world. Gaming is used to teach people of all ages new ways to socialize, strategize, complete tasks, and work as a team. Parents use online games as learning platforms for their children, while teens and young adults can develop motor and social skills while having fun. There are even games that can serve as therapy for the elderly.
From classic video game systems to games on your phone, the gaming industry plays a big part in our society today. If you are looking for a career with high impact and unlimited room for creativity, then a video game designer degree is the degree for you.
Liberty’s information technology – gaming design degree can give you the programming and design skills you need to join the exciting and evolving game design industry. These skills can also be applied to a variety of other creative and technical professionals, as well. With so many new opportunities in this rapidly growing job market, now is the time to jump in. Turn your passion into a career with Liberty’s online game design degree!
Why Choose Liberty’s Video Game Design Program?
Success in the video game space requires near perfection. With so much competition between platforms and with today’s rapid tech advancements, new games need to meet a high standard in order to succeed.
By choosing Liberty, you’re choosing one of the best colleges for video game design. You can be confident that you will not only be prepared for the current industry, but also for all the changes to come to the future of gaming.
Learn from One of the Best Colleges for Video Game Design
At Liberty, your success is our success. We’ve designed our online degrees to help students like you gain the skills you need to make your dreams a reality. With years of experience in the distance learning space, Liberty has created a game design degree that outranks its competition. Our BS in IT – Gaming Design program is ranked #1 by Bestcolleges.com as one of the best online programs in video game design.
Stay on Top of Trends in the Interactive Design and Game Space
With all of the rapid changes in the online game design industry, Liberty prepares students with a program focused on current tools and best practices — ensuring that you are at the forefront of new technology and trends. With our information technology – video game design degree, you can learn technical skills in programming and design that are critical for your future in game design.
As important as your passion for the gaming space is, your ability to understand the technical aspect of game design is vital to your success in the field. That’s why Liberty offers the kind of degree in game design that provides a foundation in information technology. Liberty’s game design degree will give you experience in current software programs and languages used in the industry.
On top of developing technical skills, you can also take advantage of our online community of future game designers. By getting to know like-minded students, you can grow your network and open the door to future career opportunities.
What Will You Study in Our Online Gaming Design Bachelor’s Degree?
While it’s important, there is more to video game design than learning how to program a video game. In addition to having a strong foundation in programming and software management, you will need graphic design and animation skills. This skill set will allow you to create stunning content that comes to life for the player.
At Liberty, we’ve got you covered. Our online game design bachelor’s degree includes a broad range of courses in both information technology and gaming design. The information technology portion of your degree provides an in-depth study of the computer science skills you’ll need to program a video game.
Your gaming design courses will provide vital graphic design and game development skills. By earning a degree that pulls all of this knowledge together for you, you’ll be well-prepared for a successful career in game design.
Not only that, but our video game design program also offers the option to complete an internship. This optional internship can help you gain practical experience before you graduate, allowing you to expand your résumé and stand out to future employers. Whether you are looking to be a game artist, designer, or programmer, our online game design degree can equip you to be an asset to any employer.
With our dual emphasis on programming and design skills, you will be ready for a variety of careers in the video game industry.
Potential Career Opportunities
- Creative director
- Graphics director
- Mobile user interface designer
- Software programmer
- Video game designer
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Degree Information
- This online information technology degree falls under the School of Business.
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Tuition & Aid
Your success is our success, which is why we are committed to providing quality academics at an affordable tuition rate. While other colleges are increasing their tuition, we have frozen tuition rates for the majority of our undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs for the past 9 years – and counting.
To continue our mission of providing affordable education, electronic textbooks are provided for all undergraduate courses at no cost to you. As a full-time student, this could save you an estimated $800-2,000 per year on textbooks!
Undergraduate Full Time | $390/Credit |
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Undergraduate Part Time | $455/Credit |
Military Undergraduate | $250/Credit |
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
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Admission Information for Liberty’s BS in Information Technology – Gaming Design Degree
Admission Requirements
- Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9595.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
- Send official high school transcripts or official GED test scores.*
- Students may be allowed to enroll in up to 12 credit hours with Liberty with the submission of our High School Self-Certification Form (login required – you will first need to claim your Liberty Account).
- Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system).
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
- Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.
*Official high school transcript requirement may be waived with college transcripts from an accredited college/university showing at least 12 earned credit hours with an acceptable GPA.
Note: A 2.0 or above cumulative GPA is required for admission in good standing.
Transcript Policies
High School Transcript Policy
Applicants may submit a High School Self-Certification Form in lieu of a final official high school transcript in order to enroll in up to 12 credit hours at Liberty University.
- Applicants may submit a college transcript showing 12 or more credits from an accredited institution and a High School Self-Certification Form in lieu of high school transcripts.
Students must submit official high school transcripts, or official college transcripts showing at least 12 credit hours earned with an acceptable grade point average (GPA) from an accredited institution, in order to register for additional courses.
The official high school transcript, GED requirement, and High School Self-Certification Form can be waived if the applicant has earned an associate degree or higher.
Final transcripts must reflect all coursework and final grades received for grades 9-12, a graduation date, and an overall GPA. (Mailed transcripts must be in a sealed and unopened envelope.)
Unofficial College Transcript Policy
Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:
- Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
- Cumulative GPA
- A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
- Degree and date conferred (if applicable)
Official College Transcript Policy
An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.
If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Military Transfers
If you have military-only transfer credits (completed basic training and enlistment), you must request an official military transcript. Please go to the Military Transfer Credit webpage to request your military transcript.
International Applicants
If you are an international applicant, you may be required to have your international transcripts reviewed. Information regarding the transcript evaluation process for international students can be found by visiting NACES.
Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.
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Military
Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students across the globe.
Who May Qualify?
- Active Duty
- Reserve/National Guard
- Veterans/Retirees
- Spouses of Service Members and Veterans/Retirees
- Current Department of Defense Employees
Available Benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses
- Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $565 per course)*
- 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
- Potential college credit for military training
*Not applicable to certificates.
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I do in my information technology courses?
- Explore advanced Java skills critical for programming applications.
- Build foundational knowledge in web architecture and current technologies utilized in the development of a website.
- Develop computer systems skills, including the design of computer hardware and operating systems, application programming, data storage, network and client/server concepts, and systems development life cycle.
- Participate in projects that provide hands-on experience with industry-leading SQL and RDBMS tools and ER CASE tools currently popular in business and government settings.
- Understand principles of system administration activities, applications, operating systems, and domains.
- Study and apply the concepts, theory, and practice of effective user interactive computer software, including user-centered design principles, guidelines, and evaluation for designing a software product.
- Explore human interaction with mobile applications, internet applications, and social networking technology.
- Complete a capstone project that designs and builds systems and emphasizes IT project management as well as quality assurance.
- Identify critical business process and envision how technology can be developed to provide solutions that generate competitive advantage.
What will I do in my game design courses?
- Develop graphic design skills in page layout, visual hierarchy, and critique.
- Study how to prepare digitized art for electronic media and print.
- Gain practical experience in the design and evaluation of 2D/3D still and motion graphics by storyboarding, designing, animating, and rendering 2D/3D graphic options.
- Train with industry standard 3D graphics programs.
- Explore how to use C# programming.
- Examine concepts in database connectivity and web applications.
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