SMU Guildhall Graduate Catalog Spring 2020 — Cohort 28 | 页面 5

Elizabeth Stringer Director, Academics « DIRECTED FOCUS STUDIES & MASTER’S THESES The highly dynamic video game industry An academic thesis accompanies MIT broad and diverse skillsets but also deep research, detailed methodology, and critical requires developers who possess not only knowledge and mastery of their craft. To this end, each student is afforded the projects, further demonstrating rigorous analysis. opportunity to investigate areas of personal We are very proud of our students and and creates a set of individual works which results are a testimony to the power of interest within their area of specialization, further exercise and demonstrate the student’s level of mastery. This catalog showcases two such outlets for these efforts: Directed Focus Studies (DFS) and Master of Interactive Technology (MIT) thesis projects. These portfolio pieces embody a passion to balance beauty with efficiency and aim to enrich practical skill with innovative thinking. advising faculty for their hard work. Their ingenuity and personal discipline. We invite you to discover for yourself the creativity and capability of our students.