<p>Hello, I'm asking this on behalf of a friend that got accepted to Steinhardt with a Fine Arts major. He is interested in game design, but he feels that the Fine Arts major doesn't really offer the type of art education that would be suitable for it. Which majors, whether at Steinhardt or other schools, would be helpful for that field? Also, would it be difficult to transfer from Steinhardt to another school within NYU? Would it be possible to take classes at other art schools in the area? I have heard of other universities having programs with nearby schools wherein students can take courses at either, but I am not sure if NYU has that...</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>well, depends
If you want to be strictly a designer, then CAS and a majorin computer science might better than fine arts.
If you want to be more of a graphic designer or model artist, 3d model artist, stuff like that… Fine art and computer science</p>
<p>NYU has the Game Center, which brings together resources from across the university.</p>
<p>Actually, NYU is a world leader in Game Design.</p>
<p>We have the Game Center, a tri-school initiative between Tisch’s New Media program, Steinhardt’s culture and communication, and the Courant Institute of Mathematics. Right now there’s a degree-granting program in Game Design at the graduate level, and we’re working on an undergrad program too. There’s a number of undergrad courses offered in the program, but so far no degree is available in it.</p>
<p>There’s also a public-access game library where you can go play games on any current-gen console, older generation systems like the SNES and even the CDI, as well as manual, board, or even body games.</p>
<p>The only reason I keep saying ‘we’ is because I work there and it’s a phenomenal program with some really great people in it.</p>
<p>holy *<strong><em>, that sounds *</em></strong>ing epic, if I get in off my Stern waitlist, I’m going there everyday XD</p>
<p>Yeah, you really have no idea how few people here even know about it. People are like, “Oh, you work on campus too? Where?” and I say “The Game Center … <em>insert the above</em>” and everyone’s reaction is always, “Wait, WHAT?! You can play games on campus? I didn’t know!!”</p>