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Games, Interactive Media, and Mobile Technology

Bachelor of Science in Games, Interactive Multimedia, and Mobile Technology

Bachelor'sBSGame-focused Interactive MediaDedicated degree

Overview

A 120-credit BS combining game design and development with interactive media, mobile and web development, physical computing and 3D animation. The degree ends with a digital portfolio course and a two-semester senior capstone.

Official program title
Games, Interactive Media, and Mobile Technology
Exact award
Bachelor of Science in Games, Interactive Multimedia, and Mobile Technology
Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level
Bachelor's
Discipline
Degree type
Dedicated degree
School and department
Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location
Boise, ID
Why this program is listed

Dedicated bachelor's degree whose title begins with Games; curriculum includes game design theory, game development, advanced and multiplayer game development and a two-semester capstone.

Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

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Format, length and attendance

Delivery, campus attendance, schedule and study intensity are separate facts, each shown only as the school states it. Online coursework does not by itself mean there is no residency, exhibition, internship or proctored exam.
Delivery
On campusClasses meet on campus.Classes meet on campus.
Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Campus attendance
Regular campus attendanceClasses meet on campus (campus and hybrid programs).
Study intensity
Not published
Duration
Not verified
Credits
Additional electives to total 120 credits
Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Entry routes

The pages we checked do not state whether first-year, transfer or degree-completion applicants are admitted to this program.

Curriculum

What the school publishes about the program's game design, programming, art and production content. Tools and engines are listed only when the school names them — a program not listed as teaching Unity or Unreal may still use them, but we have not verified it.

GIMM courses include Interactive Programming, Game Design Theory, Game Development, Advanced Game Development, Multiplayer Game Development, 3D Animation and Modeling, Game and Virtual Reality Audio, mobile and web development courses, Digital Portfolio and Senior Capstone One and Two.

Curriculum overview

  • Mobile and web development courses, interactive physical computing, and game and virtual reality audio.
    Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Game design topics

Programming content

  • GIMM 400 Multiplayer Game Development; GIMM 110 Interactive Programming plus one introductory programming course (CS 111, CS 117 C++ for Engineers, CS 121 or ITM 225).
    Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Art and animation content

  • GIMM 330 3D Animation and Modeling and GIMM 370 Advanced 3D Animation
    Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Production and team projects

  • GIMM 350 Game Development and GIMM 375 Advanced Game Development
    Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Capstone

  • Senior Capstone One and Senior Capstone Two, plus GIMM 440 Digital Portfolio
    Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Hardware and software requirements

No hardware or software requirement published on the pages we checked.

Admissions and portfolio

Required, optional and not-required items are shown exactly as the school states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Portfolio

Portfolio policy not published

The school's pages we checked do not state a portfolio policy for this program. That does not mean no portfolio is required — ask the admissions office.

Other admission requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tests

SAT/ACT and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances. How to prepare a game design portfolio

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the intake the school printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tuition and costs

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.
CategoryAmountBasis and year
In-state — Undergraduate, resident, 11-16 credits, per semester (Fall 2026 - Spring 2027)From the school-wide rate table for this level$4,894.50per semester · 2026-2027Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Out-of-state — Undergraduate, non-resident, 11-16 credits, per semester (Fall 2026 - Spring 2027)From the school-wide rate table for this level$14,738.50per semester · 2026-2027Source: boisestate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Understanding tuition and equipment costs

Scholarships, assistantships and funding

Awards published by the school for this program or for students at this level. “Guaranteed” only when the school says every eligible student receives it. Loans must be repaid and are not scholarships. Scholarships guide

Program-specific funding: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Accreditation and authorization

Institutional accreditation covers the school. Programmatic accreditation is shown only when it is named for this program — it is never transferred from another department or degree.

Institutional accreditation

  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Programmatic accreditation

None verified for this program. Game design degrees do not require one specific specialized accreditation.

International applicants

Not verified for this program.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last checked October 12, 2026.
  1. DAPIP — NWCCU institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  2. boisestate.edu/gimm/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  3. boisestate.edu/gimm/student-information/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  4. boisestate.edu/gimm/student-information/current-students/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. boisestate.edu/gimm/undergraduate-programs/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. boisestate.edu/sfs/boise-state-university-fees/undergraduate-tuition-fees/ — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026

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