The emphasis is on providing an all round understanding of gaming and interactive techniques for a variety of platforms and contexts.
On achieving a set of base skills you will be encouraged to develop your skills in, and understanding of, games design and development through the production of a series of practical projects that require you to adopt increasingly creative solutions and take on greater management of the process. The final year project enables you to develop your skills in a key area of games design and development creating a deep knowledge of a specialist area and see a product through from initiation to completion. Throughout the degree there will be opportunities for you to develop independent thinking, self-management, research and analytical skills, teamwork, and the ability to communicate confidently in a variety of forms appropriate to the games and creative digital media industries.
The aims of the programme are:
- To produce graduates who are educated in the theory, technology, practice and application of computing and the development of modern computer games
- To understand and follow the emerging technologies in the computer games industry.
Career options
Graduates can pursue varied careers in the entertainment and games industries. In addition, graduate positions such as multimedia specialists, video editors/producers, audio editors/producers, 3D/2D animators, web design and development roles and many other exciting areas within creative computing environments.
