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Detail for CIP Code 50.0411

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Title: Game and Interactive Media Design.

Definition: A program that focuses on the design, development, and programming of interactive media entertainment, including computer and video games, virtual environments, Internet applications, and other interactive media. Includes instruction in theory of games, turn-based games, real-time games, visual and interactive design, story development, animation, simulation, and programming. See also: 11.0204) Computer Game Programming., 11.0804) Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation.

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50.0411 Game and Interactive Media Design. No substantive changes 50.0411 Game and Interactive Media Design.
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  • Open50) VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
    • Open50.01) Visual and Performing Arts, General.
      • 50.0101) Visual and Performing Arts, General.
      • 50.0102) Digital Arts.
    • Open50.02) Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry.
      • 50.0201) Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry.
    • Open50.03) Dance.
      • 50.0301) Dance, General.
      • 50.0302) Ballet.
      • 50.0399) Dance, Other.
    • Open50.04) Design and Applied Arts.
      • 50.0401) Design and Visual Communications, General.
      • 50.0402) Commercial and Advertising Art.
      • 50.0404) Industrial and Product Design.
      • 50.0406) Commercial Photography.
      • 50.0407) Fashion/Apparel Design.
      • 50.0408) Interior Design.
      • 50.0409) Graphic Design.
      • 50.0410) Illustration.
      • 50.0411) Game and Interactive Media Design.
      • 50.0499) Design and Applied Arts, Other.
    • Open50.05) Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
      • 50.0501) Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
      • 50.0502) Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology.
      • 50.0504) Playwriting and Screenwriting.
      • 50.0505) Theatre Literature, History and Criticism.
      • 50.0506) Acting.
      • 50.0507) Directing and Theatrical Production.
      • 50.0509) Musical Theatre.
      • 50.0510) Costume Design.
      • 50.0511) Comedy Writing and Performance.
      • 50.0512) Theatre and Dance.
      • 50.0599) Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other.
    • Open50.06) Film/Video and Photographic Arts.
      • 50.0601) Film/Cinema/Media Studies.
      • 50.0602) Cinematography and Film/Video Production.
      • 50.0605) Photography.
      • 50.0607) Documentary Production.
      • 50.0699) Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other.
    • Open50.07) Fine and Studio Arts.
      • 50.0701) Art/Art Studies, General.
      • 50.0702) Fine/Studio Arts, General.
      • 50.0703) Art History, Criticism and Conservation.
      • 50.0705) Drawing.
      • 50.0706) Intermedia/Multimedia.
      • 50.0708) Painting.
      • 50.0709) Sculpture.
      • 50.0710) Printmaking.
      • 50.0711) Ceramic Arts and Ceramics.
      • 50.0712) Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts.
      • 50.0713) Jewelry Arts.
      • 50.0714) Metal Arts.
      • 50.0799) Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other.
    • Open50.09) Music.
      • 50.0901) Music, General.
      • 50.0902) Music History, Literature, and Theory.
      • 50.0903) Music Performance, General.
      • 50.0904) Music Theory and Composition.
      • 50.0905) Musicology and Ethnomusicology.
      • 50.0906) Conducting.
      • 50.0907) Keyboard Instruments.
      • 50.0908) Voice and Opera.
      • 50.0910) Jazz/Jazz Studies.
      • 50.0911) Stringed Instruments.
      • 50.0912) Music Pedagogy.
      • 50.0913) Music Technology.
      • 50.0914) Brass Instruments.
      • 50.0915) Woodwind Instruments.
      • 50.0916) Percussion Instruments.
      • 50.0917) Sound Arts.
      • 50.0999) Music, Other.
    • Open50.10) Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management.
      • 50.1001) Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General.
      • 50.1002) Fine and Studio Arts Management.
      • 50.1003) Music Management.
      • 50.1004) Theatre/Theatre Arts Management.
      • 50.1099) Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, Other.
    • Open50.11) Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art.
      • 50.1101) Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art.
    • Open50.99) Visual and Performing Arts, Other.
      • 50.9999) Visual and Performing Arts, Other.