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Miami University

Oxford, OHPublic HLCDepartment of Emerging Technology in Business + Design, College of Creative Arts

Miami University in Oxford, Ohio offers a Bachelor of Science in Games + Simulation through the Department of Emerging Technology in Business + Design (ETBD, formerly AIMS) in the College of Creative Arts. The 76-credit major covers game studies, game design, game development, writing, 3D modeling and a game production sequence; admission to the major is competitive and requires an application video.

Game degrees at Miami University

1 program verified (1 bachelor's). Dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations only; the school may offer related courses or minors that are not degrees.

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Miami University

Games + Simulation

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entry

Bachelor of Science in Games + Simulation

Field: Game-focused Interactive Media · Game Design
Administering location: Oxford, OH
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: Duration not verified · 76 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $18,890 per academic year · In-state — Undergraduate annual cost estimate, Ohio/Reciprocal Resident, tuition and fees · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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Department, studios and facilities

As the school describes them. Facilities are campus resources unless the school states that online students can use them.

Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1913

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Institutional accreditation covers the whole institution. Programmatic accreditation (for example NASAD for an art and design unit) is shown on a program page only when the school names it for that program.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (minors, certificates, degrees without a named game pathway, esports).
  • Games + Simulation MinorMinor, not a degree.Source: miamioh.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Interactive Media and Design BA (Bachelor of Arts in Interactive Media and Design)Broader interactive media degree; its concentrations (Digital, Applied) are not game-named, game design is one of several foundation topics.Source: bulletin.miamioh.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Computer Science BS (Bachelor of Science in Computer Science)Generic computer science degree; game courses appear only as electives, no named game concentration.Source: bulletin.miamioh.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Master of Entrepreneurship and Emerging TechnologyGraduate degree in entrepreneurship and emerging technology, not a game degree; no game-named track found.Source: bulletin.miamioh.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Miami University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
501 East High St, Oxford, OH 45056
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
1,067 of 18,618 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 12, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. bulletin.miamioh.edu/creative-arts/emerging-technology-business-design/interactive-media-design-ba-i — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  2. bulletin.miamioh.edu/engineering-computing/computer-science-bs/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  3. bulletin.miamioh.edu/general-information/undergraduate-graduate-majors-degrees/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  4. miamioh.edu/cca/academics/departments/etbd/about/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. miamioh.edu/cca/academics/departments/etbd/admission/ — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  7. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  8. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026

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