May 30, 2026  
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026

GSAS 2265 - Introduction to Worldbuilding


This course provides an overview of the art of developing, maintaining, and expanding imagined worlds, with special emphasis on worldbuilding for games. Students will be equipped with tools for collaboratively imagining worlds, presenting those worlds through interactive media, and using worldbuilding techniques to promote positive social change.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: None.

When Offered: SUMMER TERM ONLY

Graded: GRADED

Credit Hours: 4