Undergraduate
WPI’s pioneering, top-ranked Interactive Media & Game Development (IMGD) bachelor’s degree will both stretch and focus your talents as you explore the blend of technology, arts, and design.
In our close-knit Interactive Media & Game Development bachelor’s degree program, faculty and students alike share a passion for finding new ways of looking at traditional media in order to create new media. Beginning on your first days on campus, you’ll be making things!—pushing boundaries and creating things that matter to you. Our students make games, interactive fiction, art installations, collaborative performances, virtual environments, and more. We can't wait to see what you make.
IMGD Degree Specializations
Our department offers two IMGD degrees for undergraduates: Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts. Under our IMGD BA degree you can optionally choose a concentration in visual art, technical art, audio, design, or writing based on your interests. And all IMGD students collaborate on project work, together and with students from across campus, to develop an impressive and industry-ready portfolio.
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IMGD Undergraduate Courses
As a student in our program, you’ll have the opportunity to take courses across the IMGD curriculum. Explore the dropdown below or take a look at WPI’s course catalogs to see the courses we offer!
Technology
Our technical development courses help students learn everything from engine building and data analysis to artificial intelligence and procedural content generation.
2D Art & Animation
Our 2D art and animation courses help students learn everything from concept illustration and storyboarding to traditional and digital animation practices.
3D Art & Animation
Our 3D art and animation courses help students learn everything from digital sculpting and polymodeling to lighting and texture mapping.
Technical Art
Our technical art courses help students learn everything from rigging and mesh optimization to motion capture and pipeline management.
Design
Our design courses help students learn everything from game engine scripting and iterative playtesting to digital prototyping and documentation.
Writing
Our IMGD writing courses help students learn everything from nonlinear and interactive narratives to character development and scriptwriting.
Audio
Our audio courses help students learn everything from music recording and sound effects to robotic and live-coding performances.
Interactive Media
Our interactive media courses help students learn everything from UI and UX design to history and future trends of interactive media.
Game Studies
Our game studies courses help students learn everything from the game development process to the philosophy and ethics of games.
As an undergraduate, you can also take semester-long graduate IMGD courses to count towards your degree! See WPI's policies on credit conversion for more details.
Interested in an IMGD Minor?
WPI’s minor in Interactive Media and Game Development (IMGD) enables students to explore their interests in gaming and connect them to their major field of study.
As a student in our interdisciplinary program, you will develop a solid base in IMGD theory, tools, and techniques, and hone in on an area of interest, from animation to audio arts. Throughout your course of study you will also have many opportunities to apply your knowledge to hands-on applications: create a digital painting, write a game narrative, design a piece of interactive art for public display, and more.
Get started by filling out our IMGD Minor Approval Form. Direct any inquiries to IMGD's minor advisor:
Email: fjchery@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8316718
Farley Chery specializes in simplifying artistic and technical concepts. Having a multidisciplinary background, he works with students in his specialized area of Technical art and other areas of experimentation like storytelling, and experimental game mechanics. Systems he created have been used in multiple games and films and are a core component of Epic games character pipeline and the basis for ART tools. His courses fuse representation, world-building, and character design; preparing students to be highly productive production artists.Before joining WPI he designed studio experiences for ...
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