CIS - Graduate Program - Master of Science in Engineering - Computer Graphics and Game Technology


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Master of Science in Engineering in Computer Graphics and Game Technology

CGGT Master's Degree Requirements

The Master Degree requirements consist of completing 9 courses and a one semester design project over a one year period for a total of 10 courses.

CORE AREAS
Creative Arts and Design (2 courses)
1	FNAR 635: 3D Modeling/Digital Sculpture
2	COMM 564: The Digital Image
Computer Science, Systems and Technology (4 courses)
3	CIS 560: Computer Graphics
4	CIS 562: Computer Animation
5	Math Course. Recommended choices include: CIS 563: Physically-Based Animation ESE 500: Linear Systems ESE 504: Introduction to Optimization Theory CIS 610: Computational Geometry ESE 505: Control of Systems
6	Technical Elective. Recommended choices include: CIS 564: Game Design and Development CIS 563: Physically-Based Animation CIS 565 (665): GPU Programming ESE 608 Intelligent & Animated Software Agents
Product Design, Development and Production (1 course)
7	CIS 660: Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics and Animation
Business and Entrepreneurship (1 course)
8	Recommended choices include: EAS 545: Engineering Entrepreneurship I IPD 515: Product Design
Elective (1 course)
A course related to one of the above Core Areas - approval from CGGT program director needed *(1 course)*:
9	Recommended choices include: FNAR 567: Computer Animation FNAR 536: Digital Figure Modeling FNAR 653: Advanced Project Animation
Design Project (1 course)
10	CIS 568: Game Design Practicum (generally taken over summer semesters)

Candidates with Non-Computer Science and/or Engineering Undergraduate Degrees

Since this is a specialized, one-year graduate-level program, students seeking admission to the program are assumed to already have a Bachelors Degree in either Computer Science or Engineering. Candidates with at least two years of course work at the undergraduate level in Computer Science and/or Engineering at a four year University also will be considered for admission to the program.

Students seeking admission with non-computer science and/or engineering undergraduate backgrounds will require a minimum of two years to complete the program. The first year will be spent in the CIS Department's Master's in Computer and Information Technology (MCIT ) program; upon satisfactory completion of the MCIT program, the student may pursue the Computer Graphics and Game Technology program. Such students, having taken a total of 16 courses, will receive two degrees: a Master's in Computer and Information Technology and a Master's of Science and Engineering in Computer Graphics and Game Technology.

Click here to access the MCIT->CGGT transition form.

University of Pennsylvania Sub-matriculants

Students who are sub-matriculating from the UPenn undergraduate DMD program will have, more than likely, already taken many of the required courses, such as Computer Graphics (CSE460/CIS560), Computer Animation (CSE462/CIS562), Game Design and Development (CIS564), 3D Modeling (FNAR635), Animation (FNAR567), Visual Communication ( Comm562 ), etc. In situations where students have already taken the required course choices in a Core Area, additional course selections can be made, subject to the approval of the CGGT Program Director.

Credit for Substantially Similar Coursework at Other Universities

Students enrolled in the program from outside the University who have taken substantially similar coursework at their undergraduate institutions also can petition the program for approval of appropriate course substitutions. Granting of such approvals will be at the Program Director's discretion, and will be made on a case by case basis.

Links to CGGT Related Course Schedules & Descriptions

Communications (COMM) course descriptions - www.upenn.edu/registrar/register/comm.html

Fine Arts (FNAR) course descriptions - www.upenn.edu/registrar/register/fnar.html

Electrical & Systems Engineering (ESE) course descriptions - www.upenn.edu/registrar/register/ese.html

Mechanical Engineering (MEAM) course descriptions - www.upenn.edu/registrar/register/meam.html

Engineering & Applied Science (EAS) course descriptions - www.upenn.edu/registrar/register/eas.html

CG@Penn Newsletter at http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/Newsletter.p

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