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Game Design

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design

Bachelor'sBAGame DesignDedicated degree

Overview

A BA in Game Design at the St. Charles campus offered in a blended format, with project and portfolio courses throughout and an optional Game Art emphasis. An online version is offered as a separate program.

Official program title
Game Design
Exact award
Bachelor of Arts in Game Design
Source: lindenwood.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level
Bachelor's
Discipline
Degree type
Dedicated degree
School and department
Source: lindenwood.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location
Saint Charles, MO
Tracks and concentrations
Game Art
Source: lindenwood.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Why this program is listed

Dedicated BA in Game Design (blended on-campus version).

Source: lindenwood.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
HybridPart of the coursework meets in person.Part of the coursework meets in person.
Source: lindenwood.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

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.

The program page describes game design and production courses covering aesthetics, immersion, usability and economics, storytelling and character development, prototyping and iteration in project-based courses, and use of immersive reality technologies and VR headsets.

Curriculum overview

  • Online and hybrid courses include game development, concept design and 3D animation.
    Source: lindenwood.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Game design topics

  • Prototyping, testing and rapidly iterating game ideas in project-based courses.
    Source: lindenwood.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Production and team projects

  • Project and portfolio courses are threaded throughout the curriculum.
    Source: lindenwood.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Tools and engines named by the school

  • Immersive reality technologies and virtual reality headsets are incorporated.
    Source: lindenwood.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Specializations

  • Game Art emphasis (36 credit hours) with drawing, concept design, classical myth and 3D animation; offered in online and blended formats.
    Source: lindenwood.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Tracks, concentrations and specializations

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
All students — Traditional undergraduate full-time tuition (block rate, 12-18 credit hours)From the school-wide rate table for this level$22,360per academic year · 2026-2027Source: lindenwood.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Other published fees

Lion fee (traditional undergraduate part-time and full-time)
$1,802 per academic year
Source: lindenwood.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

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC) — 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 — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  2. lindenwood.edu/programs/game-art/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  3. lindenwood.edu/programs/game-design/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  4. lindenwood.edu/student-financial-services/tuition/ — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026

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