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Computer Games Design (with a foundation year) at University of Staffordshire - UCAS

University of Staffordshire

Degree level: Undergraduate
Awarded by: Staffordshire University

Computer Games Design (with a foundation year)

Course summary

Develop your skills on our Computer Games Design degree. Ideal if you're interested in becoming a 3D artist, animator or games designer. Our Computer Games Design degree explores the creative and technical aspects of games production, giving you the necessary skills to develop, produce and publish games titles. This course is accredited by the industry games body TIGA, and will give you the skills to become a 3D artist, animator or games designer. We work closely with industry partners to ensure that course content remains relevant, giving our students excellent networking opportunities in the games industry. Our facilities boast a hi-tech Vicon Motion Capture Studio, a specialist Games Centre, hundreds of PCs and game development possibilities with Sony, Vive, Oculus and more. You’ll develop your skills by using industry standard software and hardware such as Autodesk Creative Suite and the Unreal and Unity games engines. Using professional techniques acquired through lectures, tutorials, seminars, and industry workshops, you will develop a portfolio of industry standard work. On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Computer Games Design

Modules

Foundation Year Core: 3D Modelling Foundations; Games Design Foundations; Games Engine Foundations; Introduction to Games Scholarship; Introduction to Collaborative Enterprise Year One Core: 3D Games Props: Pipeline and Production; Introduction to Asset Creation; Introduction to Games Animation; Introduction to Games Design; Mechanics Prototyping; Project Management for Games Design Year Two Core: 2D Games Creation; Gameplay and Quest Design; Junior Collaborative Games Development; Systems Design for Games Year Two Optional: Advanced Realtime Technologies; Arcade Games Development; Art of Lighting; C# for Games Designers; Cinematics for Games Designers; User Interface Design and Implementation Year Three Core: Games Development Project; Senior Collaborative Games Development Year Three Optional: C++ for Games Designers; Emergent Games Technologies; Experimental Level Design; Multiplayer Level Design; Prototyping for Technical Designers; Tool Development for Technical Designers

Assessment method

Your course will provide you with opportunities to test your understanding of your subject informally before you complete the formal assessments that count towards your final mark. Each module normally includes practice or ‘formative’ assessments, for which you receive feedback from your tutor. Practice assessments are developmental and any grades you receive for them do not count towards your module mark. There is a formal or ‘summative’ assessment at the end of each module. This includes a range of coursework assessments, such as essays, reports, portfolios, performance, presentations, final year, independent project and written examinations. The grades from formal assessments count towards your module mark.


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
I661
Institution code:
S72
Campus name:
Staffordshire University (Stoke Campus)
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements


Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1
Channel Islands £9250 Year 1
EU £16750 Year 1
International £16750 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

For further details of what is and is not included in your tuition fees please visit www.staffs.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees/
Computer Games Design (with a foundation year) at University of Staffordshire - UCAS