BSc (Hons) Games Programming - Part time
DURATION
6 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
BSc (Hons) Games Programming - Part time
Whether you’re interested in indie games or AAA console game development, this course prepares you for a creative career in the games industry.
You’ll be developing mobile, casual, indie, and AAA console games from day one. We’ll help you harness your creativity, expand your technical programming skills, and get to grips with the software and working practices used in the games industry.
You’ll learn how to program games using industry-specific tools, study game design processes, and explore how games reflect and affect contemporary society. You'll also learn to build games to professional briefs, as well as to invent and build games from your own imagination.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
- Introduction to Programming
- Generative Drawing
- Numerical Mathematics
- Symbolic Mathematics
- Graphics 1
- Front End Web
- Introduction to Games Design and Development
- Games Project 1
Year 2
- C++ for Creative Practice
- Algorithms 1
- Perception and Multimedia Computing
- Games Project 2
- Physical Computing
- Graphics 2
- Extended C++
- Algorithms 2
Year 3 (or Year 4 with placement)
- Final Project in Games Programming
- Expressive Game Design
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Our degree programmes include an optional Industrial Placement Year between the second and third year of study. This offers you an invaluable opportunity to gain real world experience and form valuable relationships with employers.
Some of the companies our students have worked at during their work placement year have recently included:
- Feral Interactive Ltd
- Stink Studios
- Yoke
- IBM
- Wieden and Kennedy
- Random International
- Accenture Where do Games Programming graduates work?
- Our graduates have gone on to develop careers in the following areas:
- Games industry
- Film/TV special effects and post-production
- Machine Learning
- Music technology
- VR
- User interface/ user experience design
- Mobile development
- Full stack web development
- Software Engineering
- Digital theatre
- E-learning
Program delivery
3 years full-time; 4 years full-time with the third year spent on industrial placement in a video games or general computing field; 6 years part-time
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.