BRIDGEWATER, VA (Rocktown Now) — Two new undergraduate programs in criminology and game design will be available to current and prospective Bridgewater College students beginning this fall.

Building off the College’s existing crime and justice minor in the Department of Sociology, the criminology major will prepare students for careers in the American criminal justice system. In the required 37-38 credit hours of coursework, students will learn about crime, its causes and ways to respond.

The game design major will be offered from the Department of English and consist of 39 required credit hours of coursework that will equip students for a variety of careers in the growing gaming industry. Games explored within the major include video games, mobile games, tabletop role-playing and board games, card games and more.