Modules

On this programme, you will learn to design, develop, and create new and unique gaming experiences. However, this is not a programming course; it is all about the art and design work related to video games. You will learn all about art and design, developing storyboards and concepts which you will later turn into playable prototypes (both 2D and 3D).

**Year one**
- Cultural Contexts
Intro to the cultural, historical and social contexts in which creative work from a range of disciplines will be discussed, examined, and analysed.
- Collaborative Practice
Explore and practice the skills involved in creative collaboration.
- Drawing, Visualisation and Concept Art
Develop drawing as a fundamental skill in your practice and acquire the knowledge to understand the purpose of concept art as a tool visualising concepts for games.
- 3D Modelling
Enhance your knowledge of the professional three-dimensional visualisation for video games and digital media productions.
- Gaming For Game Designers
Introduction to the basic ideas and models in Game Theory.

**Year two**
- Understanding the Creative Economy
Contextualise the cultural and economic changes giving rise to the emergence of the creative economy as a leading sector in the UK and global economy.
- Working in the Creative Economy
Introduce to the professional practices associated with the creative industries by means of a series of guest lectures, presentations, tutorials and workshops.
- Concept To Prototype
Introduction to real-world scenarios in relation to working, in small groups, in the business world, and on client briefs.
- Concept Art & Visualisation 2
Explore and develop visualisation techniques appropriate to games design.
- Texturing
Enhance your knowledge of the professional texturing techniques used in the Games industry.

**Year three**
- Theory and Research Methods in the Arts
Preparation for successfully undertaking your dissertation project.
- Dissertation
- Group Game Project
Develop teamwork and communication skills while you work in small groups on a specified brief to produce a working game.
- Markets, Audiences & Exhibition
Develop the skills necessary to identify, generate and successfully access opportunities in the workplace and/or in continuing education.
- Major Project
Develop the skills necessary to enable you to produce work for your final project.

Assessment methods

Summative and formative assessments will take place throughout each academic year. You will be continually involved in the assessment of your own work and that of your peers, alongside receiving critical feedback from tutors.

A wide range of authentic assessment types will be used to help you develop your academic and work-related skills.

Specific examples of this:
- Module Work Book, bespoke ebooks, containing information, formative tasks, self grading exercises, embedded video clips, etc. to assist in specific modules ILO’s but also to enhance a culture of independent learning.
- Presentations/Pitching, where you are able to show work to Tutors and Peers in advance of Assignment Submission
- Seminars & Project Surgeries, a series of developmental seminars run where you review and comment on each others work, guided by tutors All of these activities promote learning partnerships between you, your peers and the staff.

Tuition fees

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