Course Summary
Course Category: CAO (Higher Education - HET)
This programme targets the creative needs of the games industry by producing graduates who can develop high quality game content, design game levels and work with industry leading content creation tools, scripting languages and game engines.
In addition to developing students’ artistic skills, students of the programme acquire the skills to produce compelling game content for various gaming applications and platforms. The graduates of this programme possess a well-developed understanding of both the creative and technical processes involved in producing game content.
Course Details
What will you study?
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Further Research
Career Progression
2D, 3D animation generalist | Creature Animator | Character Animator | 2D/3D Rigging | Creature FX animation | Lead Technical Animator | Character Concept Artist | Environment Concept Artist | Texture Artist | Storyboard & Layout | Matte Painting | Character Modeller for Games | Creature Modeller for Games | Modelling Technical/Lead Artist | Senior Asset Artist | Lighting Artist | Lead Lighting and Look Development | Environment Artist | FX Artist | Lead Game Designer | Level Designer | User Interface Designer