BA Games Design and Development
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 104 tariff points from A levels or combination with AS / EPQ / BTEC/ Cambridge Technical. A level: BCC BTEC/Cambridge Technical: DMM IB: 28
About this course
BA (Hons) in Animation, interactive, film and sound, with a focus on games design and development. Core topics include programming, project management, and entrepreneurship. Students collaborate with peers across the Department of Creative Industries and benefit from industry partnerships with companies including HyperX, Twitch, and AVID. The final year includes an independent project where students pitch a game concept and develop a proof-of-concept.
Modules
- Art and Visual Design: An Introduction
- Design Fundamentals
- Games Theory and Criticism
- Introduction to 3D Art
- Prototypes and Programming Principles
- Working With 3D Engines
- 3D Animation for Games
- Games Design Project
- Games Production
- Games: Social & Cultural Contexts
- Motion Capture Suit Technologies
- Narrative Design and Interactive Fiction
- Writing for Games
- Audio and Music for Video Games
- Final Year Games Design Project
- Games Industry and Creative Careers
- Creative Portfolio
- Motion Capture Face/Feature Tracking Technologies
- Working With 3D Engines
- Resilience and the Freelancer