GAM at DePaul University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate GAM coursework.

• CSC 361Optimized C++opens 10 courses (2 directly)
• CSC 461Optimized C++opens 9 courses (5 directly)
• GAM 372Object-oriented Game Developmentopens 9 courses (2.3 directly)
• SE 450Object-oriented Software Developmentopens 8 courses (2 directly)
• SE 456Architecture of Real-time Systemsopens 8 courses (2 directly)
• GAM 244Game Development Iopens 7 courses (2.3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate GAM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 59 GAM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 41 more GAM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on GAM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in GAM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at GAM 395

  1. CSC 301Data Structures II
  2. CSC 361Optimized C++
  3. GAM 372Object-oriented Game Development
  4. GAM 374Game Engine Programming I
  5. GAM 377Game Engine Programming II
  6. GAM 394Game Development Capstone I
  7. GAM 395Game Development Capstone II

• 5 courses deep, ending at GAM 342

  1. CSC 241Introduction to Computer Science I
  2. GAM 244Game Development I
  3. GAM 341Introduction to Level Design

• 5 courses deep, ending at GAM 576

  1. CSC 403Data Structures II
  2. CSC 461Optimized C++
  3. GAM 475Real - Time Software Development

• 3 courses deep, ending at GAM 355

  1. GAM 230Intro to Game Production
  2. GAM 344Game Development II (formerly Gam 245)
  3. GAM 355Solo Game Development Project

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GAM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GAM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

GAM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the DePaul campus feed.