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Therapeutic Games (Pre-Med or Pre-MSW)

Program Description

This concentration is for students who intend on going to medical school or becoming a licensed social worker. Students will take standard pre-med or social-work courses, while also taking course related to psychology, sociology, and anthropology of games and gamers. Students will also be exposed to professionals that work with esports athletes, such as Cleveland Clinic Esports Medicine Program or NYIT's Center for Esports Medicine.

Course Requirements

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

ENGL 21003 Writing for the Sciences (English Composition 2)

MATH 150 Calc 1 (Pre-Med) OR PSY 215 Applied Statistics (Pre-MSW) (Math) SOC 10500 Individual, Group and Society (Individual & Society)

PSY 10200 Applications of Psychology for the Modern World (Individual & Society)

PSY 32600 Human Neuroanatomy (Lab Science) PSY 3407 Psychology of Visual Perception (Scientific World)

See advisor for list of approved core options for other requirements. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS

GAME 10100 Game Design Fundamentals GAME 10200 Games and their History

GAME 11100 Digital Game Development 1 GAME 12100 Game Aesthetics GAME 20300 Designing Games for Impact GAME 21000 Level Design GAME 32100 UX/UI for Games

GAME 33100 Game Studies

GAME 33200 Critical Game Design PSY 25300  Cognitive Psychology: Thinking, Knowing and Remembering PSY 31147 Psychology of Learning HS 105 Medical Terminology


PRE-MED REQUIREMENTS 

BIO 10100 General Biology 1

BIO 10200 General Biology 2

BIO 20600 Introduction to Genetics

CHEM 10301 General Chemistry 1

CHEM 10401 General Chemistry 2

CHEM 26100 Organic Chemistry 1

CHEM 26200 Organic Chemistry Lab 1

CHEM 26300 Organic Chemistry 2

CHEM 32002 Biochemistry 1

PHYS 20300 General Physics 1

PHYS 20400 General Physics 2

PSY 21500 Applied Statistics PHIL 34905 Biomedical Ethics PRE-MSW REQUIREMENTS

PSY 24600 Introduction to Human Development: Infancy and Childhood PSY 24700 Social Psychology PSY 24900 Psychology of Personality

PSY 31153 Career Building in Psychology PSY 31907 Child Counseling and Play Therapy PSY 32100 Experimental Psychology PSY 32104 Social Work Theory & Practice PSY 36300 Psychology of Prevention Science PSY 38000 Introduction to Clinical and Counseling Psychology PSY 38800 Theories of Psychotherapy

CONCENTRATION ELECTIVES See an EGD advisor for the list of approved electives.

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