Savannah College of Art and Design · School of Creative Technology

B.F.A. in game development

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Development

Bachelor'sBFAGame DevelopmentDedicated degreeOnline

Overview

A 180-quarter-hour BFA in game development offered in Atlanta, Savannah and through SCADnow online, with core courses in programming, game art, game design and game tech and a two-part game development studio sequence.

Official program title: B.F.A. in game development
Exact award: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Development
Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level: Bachelor's
Discipline: Game Development
Degree type: Dedicated degree
School and department: Savannah College of Art and Design — School of Creative Technology
Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location: Savannah, GAFor an online program this is where the school is based — not a residency requirement, and not proof that students in every state may enroll.

Why this program is listed

Dedicated BFA in game development.

Source: scad.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: Online (on-site requirements not stated)The institution offers the degree online but its pages do not say whether any on-site activity is required.
Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Campus attendance: Campus attendance not verifiedThe pages we checked do not say whether on-site activity is required.
Campus visits: Campus visits: not verified
Class schedule: Synchronous / asynchronous not verified
Study intensity: Not published
Duration: Not verified
Credits: 180 quarter hours
Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Start terms: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Entry routes

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

The 75-hour major includes introduction to game development, digital design aesthetics, core principles in programming and game art, a choice of core/applied principles courses (game design, programming, game art, game tech), Game Development Studio I and II, game development postproduction, interdisciplinary electives and an internship or SCADpro/business elective.

Programming content

GAME 220 Core Principles: Programming
Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Production and team projects

Game Development Studio I and II and Game Development Postproduction
Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Internship

One of: undergraduate internship, 500-level SCADpro elective or business-focused elective
Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Other published details

Offered at SCAD Atlanta and SCAD Savannah as well as SCADnow online
Source: scad.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 not required (stated)

Portfolios are not required for undergraduate admission but are encouraged for achievement scholarship consideration.

Official portfolio instructions

Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Application fee: Required$100 — Online application fee $100
Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

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 deadline
Rolling admission · for Any quarter (year not printed)
Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Rolling

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.

Category	Amount	Basis and year
All students — Full-time undergraduate student (3 courses, 15 hours of credit per quarter)From the school-wide rate table for this level	$14,325	per term · 2026-2027Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026
All students — Undergraduate, 1 credit hourFrom the school-wide rate table for this level	$955	per credit · 2026-2027Estimated tuition$171,900 = 180 credits × $955 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required visits or placements, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Other published fees

One-time enrollment fee: $500 entire program
Source: scad.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

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) — 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.

State authorization for online students

Not verified — check the school's state authorization page before applying from outside Georgia.

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.

DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
scad.edu/academics/programs/interactive-design-and-game-development — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
scad.edu/academics/programs/interactive-design-and-game-development/degrees/bfa — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
scad.edu/admission/admission-information/first-year — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026
scad.edu/admission/admission-information/transfer — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026
scad.edu/admission/tuition-and-fees/undergraduate — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026

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