Game Development and Interactive Media

Students in the Game Development & Interactive Media program will learn how to design, develop, produce, test and market a variety of media, including video games, serious games and other interactive media. Learning will take place in leading-edge classrooms and laboratories lead by award-winning faculty. 

Our unique business and information technology approach reflects on course and lab work that prepares you for a multitude of options from starting and running your own studio to a career within the video game, serious game, simulation and multimedia domains. Careers can include programmers, artists, project managers, game user researchers or simulation specialists and more.

You can participate in research activities through summer research programs under the supervision of our top researchers in areas including virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, games user research, serious games, gamification, hardware and software design for games.

For those interested in graduate studies, the Faculty offers Master's and PhD programs in Computer Science (Digital Media)

The field of video games comprises many fields involving programming, arts, entrepreneurship, and design. At our university, we strive to have the latest technologies for you to conduct your academic and research work. We additionally hire top tier faculty to offer you the best learning and research experience with the highest standards.

Students in the Game Development and Interactive Media Program participate in several experiential learning opportunities including:

• Capstone: a consulting-based project partnered with industry or faculty in teams during your fourth year.
  • Examples: Durham Regional Police, IBM, Lakeridge Health, Lenovo, Region of Durham, Mount Sinai Hospital, Hospital for Sick Children.

• Internship: paid positions open in your second and third year if you hold a minimum overall 3.0 GPA or more.
  • Examples: IBM, KPMG, Ministry of Finance, Ubisoft, Cisco.
• Incubator: you projects or companies chosen from 'pitches' with the entrepreneurial support from an assigned faculty member.
• International: intern or study abroad opportunities with key partners across the world.
  •  Examples: Finland, Hungary, Hong Kong, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Japan, West Indies and more!

Graduates of this program have obtained full-time positions at various companies including: Ubisoft, EA Canada, Autodesk, Gameloft, and Compulsion Games amongst others. Many choose to start their own company while others pursue a graduate degree in our Computer Science program.

Please visit the Career Opportunities section.

Your advisor can provide you with program checklists and course schedules to assist you as you progress through your program. Designed to be used together, checklists and course schedules will help you select the courses required to progress towards the completion of your degree.

Checklists and course schedules are distributed to you as a guide for course planning assistance. It is your responsibility to confirm current prerequisite and course requirements for your degree program.

You are always advised to meet with your academic advisor regularly to ensure they are meeting graduation requirements.

For more information, please contact your Academic Advisor.