Shape the present and future of game design and criticism with a minor in Game Studies
As a Game Studies student, you'll explore how interactive technologies can be used to create, distribute, and play digital games—a global industry with a major presence in the Greater Toronto Area.
Game Studies at UTM is one of the only undergraduate programs in North America to focus on both the creation and analysis of games. The minor prepares students for graduate-level study and careers within the game production industry.
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Internship in Game Design and Production
Explore the design, development, marketing, and testing of games.
How to enrol
For information related to the Minor Program ERMIN2023 Game Studies (Arts), contact Megan Janssen, Undergraduate Advisor.
Upcoming and recent events
ICCIT Student Showcase
April 8, 2026 @ UTM
What do robots, magazines, websites for art exhibitions, creative nonfiction books, and sewing projects have in common? They are all media technology, so we design and explore them all at the ICCIT.
Virtual Visit and Conversation on “Making a Life in Games" | March 25, 2026
Featuring Crystal Ball and Ben Rausch of indie game developer Team Lazerbeam, based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Note: this event has passed.
Narrative Games Launch and Play-Through Dinner | March 25, 2026
This event is a celebration of games from ENG328: Writing for Games and Narrative Design.
Note: this event has passed.
ICCIT Student Showcase | April 7, 2026
Featuring games and game-related research from Game Studies program students.
Note: this event has passed.
Courses sneak peak
- Discover the evolution of immersive narratives and multiverses in ENG218H5: Interactive Storytelling and Worldmaking.
- Join CCT285H5: Immersive Environment Design to develop worlds of your own while gaining skills in bitmap/vector graphics.
- In ENG319H5: Sexuality, Race, and Gender in Video Games and Gaming Culture, learn how to discuss and design games that change society.
- Understand how the global game industry operates, from Atari and Activision to Sony and Nintendo in CCT334H5: History and Theory of Game Production.
Access Canada's largest video game collection, the Syd Bolton Collection
Students at UTM have access to the Syd Bolton Collection, the largest known collection of video games, game consoles and systems, and game periodicals in Canada, and one of the largest in the world.
With over 14,000 games (and adding more all the time), hundreds of consoles and systems, and over 5,000 issues of game periodicals and books, you’ll have an incredible resource at your fingertips.
Game Studies in the news
Games exhibitions
- Falling Blocks: The Legacy of Tetris includes computer, console, and handheld editions of Tetris, tracing its design, legal, and distribution legacy in video game history.
- It's Dangerous To Go Alone! 40 Years of The Legend of Zelda covers The Legend of Zelda franchise, tracing its design and storytelling legacy in video game history.
Get social with Game Studies
What is the best video game character ever made? (YouTube)
What video game doesn’t get enough attention for its contribution to gaming? (YouTube)
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