Game Design and Interactive Media (Undergraduate, AOS)

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As a game design and interactive media student in the associate degree department, you will be immersed in studio courses from day one. Our intensive programs deliver the same number and level of design courses as a bfa program in half the time by eliminating gen-ed courses. This allows us to give s

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4 Semesters

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As a game design and interactive media student in the associate degree department, you will be immersed in studio courses from day one. Our intensive programs deliver the same number and level of design courses as a bfa program in half the time by eliminating gen-ed courses. This allows us to give students a complete design education as quickly and efficiently as possible. 

You will begin with foundational art and design courses that set the basis for advanced courses in collaboration, production, worldbuilding, motion graphics and more.

The Experience

  • Focused, efficient, and embedded in a tight-knit community, our two-year Game Design Associate Degree program gives you access to core components of the Pratt experience in a highly intensive curricular experience. You will work with faculty at the forefront of their industries in a carefully curated program to prepare you for your next step.

State of the Art Tools

  • Through rigorous attention to production, technique, and contemporary aesthetics, you’ll develop your design practice and with it, agency to create change. You will not only have access to cutting-edge hardware and software, sound recording facilities and a green screen room but as a Game Design student in the Associate Degree department, you will be loaned a top-tier computer as well as accompanying hardware and software to use during your time with us.

Internships

  • New York is full of opportunities for internships in the Game Design/Development fields.  We encourage all our second year AOS students to gain invaluable experience through an internship. Using what has been learned in the classroom, you will get a feel for real-world design implementation and the challenges and rewards that come from working in your chosen field. Once you have found an opportunity of interest, we will help guide you along the application process.  Our students have held internships in a range of industries, from The Painting Center to Marvel Studios.

Learning Resources

  • We develop disciplinary fluency in our program of study and we celebrate the interdisciplinary nature of design critical to address the plurality and complexity of the environments in which we operate. 

Our Faculty

  • In the Associate Degree Department, you will be surrounded by faculty consisting of New York’s leading professionals who have both excellence and expertise in their fields and a deep passion for teaching the next generation of creative professionals. With an emphasis on personal attention for each student our department ensures you will get the guidance and mentorship you need to thrive.

The Experience

  • A videogame concept piece for a young character with cybernetic enhancements. He stands valiantly, facing the viewer.
  • Work by Brandon LeCadre, AOS Game Design and Interactive Media ‘20
  • Focused, efficient, and embedded in a tight-knit community, our two-year Game Design Associate Degree program gives you access to core components of the Pratt experience in a highly intensive curricular experience. You will work with faculty at the forefront of their industries in a carefully curated program to prepare you for your next step.

State of the Art Tools

  • Through rigorous attention to production, technique, and contemporary aesthetics, you’ll develop your design practice and with it, agency to create change. You will not only have access to cutting-edge hardware and software, sound recording facilities and a green screen room but as a Game Design student in the Associate Degree department, you will be loaned a top-tier computer as well as accompanying hardware and software to use during your time with us.

Internships

  • New York is full of opportunities for internships in the Game Design/Development fields.  We encourage all our second year AOS students to gain invaluable experience through an internship. Using what has been learned in the classroom, you will get a feel for real-world design implementation and the challenges and rewards that come from working in your chosen field. Once you have found an opportunity of interest, we will help guide you along the application process.  Our students have held internships in a range of industries, from The Painting Center to Marvel Studios.

Learning Resources

  • We develop disciplinary fluency in our program of study and we celebrate the interdisciplinary nature of design critical to address the plurality and complexity of the environments in which we operate.

Our Faculty

  • In the Associate Degree Department, you will be surrounded by faculty consisting of New York’s leading professionals who have both excellence and expertise in their fields and a deep passion for teaching the next generation of creative professionals. With an emphasis on personal attention for each student our department ensures you will get the guidance and mentorship you need to thrive.

Our Alumni

  • Pratt’s distinguished alums are leading thriving careers, addressing critical challenges and creating innovative work that reimagines our world, at a diverse selection of companies and institutions. They also go on to become entrepreneurs and principals leading their own studios and businesses.
  • Our Game Design alumni are set up for success with a well-rounded education allowing them to pursue work in a variety of fields. Whether you are looking to land a job at a big studio, set out as an independent game designer or apply your skills designing games for other industries, with an AOS degree in Game Design your path to excellence is already paved.

Where They Work

  • Grant Ng, Imaginarium Studios
  • Sarah Meadows, Pratt Institute 
  • Holly Welch, VoxPop Games
  • Michael Hsu, Aspyr Media
  • Brandon LeCadre, Naughty Dog
  • New York Branch

    144 West 14th Street NY 10011, New York

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