GSND at Northeastern 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 GSND coursework.

• GSND 5130Mixed Research Methods for Gamesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• GSND 5110Game Design and Analysisopens 1 course (1 directly)
• GSND 7990Thesisopens 1 course (1 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 GSND 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 9 GSND and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 23 more GSND courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 2 courses deep, ending at GSND 6320

  1. GSND 5110Game Design and Analysis
  2. GSND 6320Psychology of Play

• 2 courses deep, ending at GSND 6330

  1. CS 5340Computer/Human Interaction
  2. GSND 6330Player Experience

• 2 courses deep, ending at GSND 6340

  1. GSND 5130Mixed Research Methods for Games
  2. GSND 6340Biometrics of Design

• 2 courses deep, ending at GSND 7996

  1. GSND 7990Thesis
  2. GSND 7996Thesis Continuation - Half-Time

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GSND yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GSND yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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