BA Games Design and Creative Writing
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4 and Mathematics SL 2 or HL 2
About this course
BA (Hons) in Animation, Interactive, Film and Sound and English with Creative Writing. Core topics include Design & Creative Practice, Research Methods, Project Management, and Ethics & Professional Practice. Students undertake a Games and Creative Writing Joint Project applying narrative design to commercial game development, alongside a Team Project simulating a professional game design studio. A final-year Creative Writing Special Project requires an extended 10,000-word written work.
Modules
- Fiction 1
- Game Development 1A: Fundamentals of Prototyping
- Games Design 1: Introduction to Game Design
- Games Studies 1A: Introduction to Game Studies
- Poetry 1
- Games Design 2: Mechanics and Economies
- Games Studies 2: Concepts and Analysis
- Professional Life
- Fiction II
- Game Genres
- Games Development 2: Methodologies and Practices
- Life Writing I
- Ludomusicology
- Poetry II
- Screenwriting I
- Setting and World Design
- Writing Genre
- Game Studies 3: Socio-Cultural Studies
- Creative Careers
- Creative Writing Special Project
- Game Design Project 1
- Games and Creative Writing Joint Projet
- Games Research Project
- Team Project
- Fiction III
- Poetry III
- Screenwriting II