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Courses for this program are 100% online: no campus visits are required.
Some online courses are synchronous. This means class lectures occur at certain times of the day/week and require the student to attend via online collaborative tools. Please refer to myzou.missouri.edu for course availability and details — click on "Browse Course Catalog" or "Schedule of Classes" under Guest Access.
Your degree requires 120 credit hours, which may include transfer credits from other regionally accredited institutions.
The courses you take will include:
- Mizzou general education requirements;
- 24 credit hours of education courses;
- 25 credit hours of course work in educational games and simulation design.
Transfer students
The number of credits you need to take will depend on the type of previous credit earned and the institutions' accreditation and transfer equivalencies. The admissions office will determine your transfer credit once they receive your official transcripts and application. Visit the University of Missouri Course Equivalency site to determine credit equivalencies from courses taken at other Missouri institutions.
Course planner
Your individual plan of study will vary depending on your educational goals and the number and types of courses you transfer into the program. Personal degree plans will be developed with your academic advisor.
The chart below shows the courses offered in the program. Courses are 3 credit hours each, unless stated otherwise. The University reserves the right to change or cancel courses as needed.
Internship
Internships can be arranged upon request.
Capstone
The senior capstone course (IS_LT 4500W) is used as the culminating assessment at the end of the program. In this course, you will gain hands-on experience designing an educational game or simulation for a real client. You'll be designing and prototyping a simple educational game or simulation, or a significant component of a larger educational game or simulation design. Once you've developed your game or simulation, you'll playtest and revise your design before delivering it to the client.
The capstone course is designated as writing intensive and is graded on an A-F scale.
Non degree-seeking enrollment
Prior to acceptance into the program, you may enroll in up to 12 credit hours as a non degree-seeking (in some cases, post-baccalaureate) student. Enrollment does not guarantee acceptance. Learn more about non degree-seeking university student admissions.
State authorization
States require that the University of Missouri be authorized to deliver university-level distance/online education to their residents. Each state handles this process differently.
Please see our state authorization page for more information.