What will I learn?

This concentration, created in consultation with UNM alumni employed at the world’s most prestigious gaming and special effects studios, offers a broad range of skills that tech companies are looking for. Working across the disciplines, you will be trained in essential software and computer programming, while taking classes in drawing, screenwriting, business practices, and video production. Acquiring a wide-ranging knowledge of aesthetics, narrative, and the digital media landscape, you will become the versatile and collaborative artist that tech companies want to hire.The concentration culminates in a yearlong capstone project in which students, working in groups, take a leading role in the creation of an original game or animated movie. A program in the visual arts that focuses on the study of the history, development, theory, and criticism of the film/video arts, as well as the basic principles of film making and film production.

Which department am I in?

College of Fine Arts

Study options

Full Time (8 Semesters)

Tuition fees

$34,734.00 (29,30,645) per year

Application deadline

01/05/2027

Start date

August 2027

Venue

Main Campus

The University of New Mexico Albuquerque,

Albuquerque,

New Mexico,

87131, West, United States

Full Time (8 Semesters)

Tuition fees

$34,734.00 (29,30,645) per year

Application deadline

Expected August 2027

Start date

January 2027

Venue

Main Campus

The University of New Mexico Albuquerque,

Albuquerque,

New Mexico,

87131, West, United States

Entry requirements

For international students

Secondary Education: Completion of the equivalent of an American upper-secondary school education (approximately 12 years of formal education beginning at age six) as well as the appropriate diplomas or satisfactory results on leaving examinations.

Academic Preparation: Strong academic preparation and a U.S.-equivalent cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.