Course summary
- Study your foundation year, then progress to a degree with industry accreditation from the Creative Skillset and The Independent Game Developers' Association (TIGA).
- Develop advanced programming skills, using C++ as the core language throughout the course.
- Use industry-standard APIs such as Microsoft's DirectX, Unity, Marmalade, Corona, Android SDK and iOS.
- Learn about 3D graphics, computer architecture, game engines and game industry business models.
Study the skills and techniques demanded by the games industry, such as programming, software engineering and optimisation, mathematics and the use of games hardware on desktop, consoles and mobile platforms. Master project management techniques and tools used within the games industry and design your own games in the world's largest PlayStation¨ teaching lab.
Future careers
This Computer Science for Games with Foundation Year (Honours) programme from Sheffield Hallam University prepares you for a career in:
- game software development
- graphical software design and visualisation
- applications programming
- software engineering
Previous graduates of BSc (Honours) Computer Science for Games have gone on to work for:
- Sumo Digital
- 3Squared
- SN Systems
- Servelec Group
- Hewlett-Packard Ltd
- IBM Ltd
- Citrix
- ORACLE
