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The innovative, fast-growing nature of the gaming industry is attractive for many reasons, including the exciting career prospects. Our courses are designed with industry in mind, giving you a head start for an exciting career within the sector.
Wondering what kind of job you could do with a Games degree? On our courses you'll be taught by experienced staff from industry backgrounds, ensuring you have all the specialist, up to date knowledge and skills required to pursue your career goals after graduation. Here's how each of our courses are geared towards graduate employability, and examples of where they can take you.
Game Design
Dream of designing the next big game? Our BA (Hons) Game Design course offers the perfect platform to turn your vision into reality. You’ll learn the art of crafting engaging game narratives, mechanics, and world-building in a creative and supportive environment. We focus on providing a balance between artistic vision and technical proficiency to ensure you’re industry ready.
Graduates from this course could consider roles such as level designer, UI/UX designer, scripter, technical game designer, systems designer, and economy designer.
Game Programming
Do you aspire to be a master game programmer? Our BSc (Hons) Game Programming course is designed to propel you into the dynamic world of game development. Immerse yourself in our advanced game programming labs, equipped with the latest software and hardware, including high-performance PCs and VR development kits.
Graduates from this course could consider roles such as game engineer/developer, software developer/engineer and graphics/rendering engineer.
Games Courses
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Game Technical Art
Join the innovative world of game art with our BA (Hons) Game Technical Art course. This course bridges the gap between art and technology, training you in 3D modelling, animation, motion capture, and real-time rendering techniques. Our labs are equipped with the latest digital sculpting and animation tools to bring your artistic visions to life.
Graduates from this course could consider technical artist roles, these are typically in areas such as procedural modelling and texturing or worked as a technical animator or rigger. Graduates from this course can also go into working in motion capture.
Game Technology
Embark on a journey to the forefront of game technology with our BSc (Hons) Game Technology. This course dives deep into the mechanics of game engines, networked gaming, and emerging technologies. Benefit from hands-on experience in our state-of-the-art labs, featuring industry-standard tools and equipment.
Graduates from this course could consider roles such as game developer, web programmer, quality assurance (QA), software engineer, digital twin specialist, extended reality engineer, IT support and more.
Graduate Destinations
Our graduates have gone to pursue careers with respected organisations such as Jaguar Land Rover, Codemasters, Pixel Toys, Playground Games, Rockstar, TT Games, Sumo Group, Rebellion, Third Kind Games Ubisoft, Sony and EA Criterion.
For more information about our Games courses visit bcu.ac.uk/games