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Champlain College · Division of Communication & Creative Media

Game Sound Design

Bachelor of Science in Game Sound Design

Bachelor'sBSGame DevelopmentDedicated degree

Overview

An on-campus BS covering music composition, scoring, voiceover recording, game engine scripting and digital audio workstations for games, with 16 credits of game development team studio hours.

Official program title
Game Sound Design
Exact award
Bachelor of Science in Game Sound Design
Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level
Bachelor's
Discipline
Degree type
Dedicated degree
School and department
Champlain College — Division of Communication & Creative Media
Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location
Burlington, VT
Why this program is listed

Dedicated on-campus BS in Game Sound Design (audio for video games, with game engine work on development teams). Discipline taxonomy has no audio slug; game-development used.

Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026

We list dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations at institutionally accredited US schools. Eligibility rules

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: champlain.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
Not verified

Entry routes

  • First-year entry. Open to first-time college students (freshman admission).Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Transfer entry. Admits students transferring credits from another college.Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026

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.

Sample courses include Fundamentals of Digital Music, Synthesis and Sound Design, Advanced Audio and Sound Design and Game Studio III.

Curriculum overview

  • Music composition, scoring, voiceover recording, game engine scripting and DAW work
    Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Production and team projects

Capstone

  • Game Studio III: senior teams take pitched games into full production
    Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Tools and engines named by the school

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 not required (stated)

No portfolio requirement for this major.

Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Recommendation letters
Required2 letters — Two letters of recommendation (one from the school counselor)
Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Transcripts
RequiredOfficial high school transcript
Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Tests

SAT / ACT
OptionalTest-optional
Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026

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.

  • Early decision

    November 15, 2026 · for Fall 2027

    Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
    Upcoming

  • Early action

    December 15, 2026 · for Fall 2027

    Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
    Upcoming

  • Application deadline

    January 9, 2027 · for Fall 2027

    Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
    Upcoming

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
All students — Undergraduate tuition (on campus)From the school-wide rate table for this level$49,500per academic year · 2026-2027Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Other published fees

Student Fees + First-Year Fee
$1,625 per academic year
Source: champlain.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

  • Merit scholarships Institutional scholarship

    Eligibility: First-year applicants to on-campus programs; considered automatically with the admission application.

    How to apply: No separate application.

    Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026

School-wide awards are listed because they apply at this degree level; eligibility conditions apply.

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

  • New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) — 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 — NECHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  2. champlain.edu/academics/undergraduate-academics/degrees-programs/game-sound-design/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  3. champlain.edu/academics/undergraduate-academics/degrees-programs/interactive-narrative-for-games-dig — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  4. champlain.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/first-year-applicants/ — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. champlain.edu/financial-aid/tuition-cost-of-attendance/ — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026

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