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BSc (Hons) Computer Games (Indie Development)

 

GCU’s Computer Games programmes aim to produce graduates with the right mix of practical skills and technical knowledge to enter the computer games industry.

We have excellent studio facilities including HD Video Production Suite, Art Studio, Digital Audio Recording Studio, Game Design Studio featuring 3D Laser Scanning tools, Motion Capture tools and a Rapid Prototyping machine. There is a User Experience lab where games can be tested and evaluated and a Virtual Reality lab containing a full-featured Driving Simulator and other VR equipment such as Oculus Rifts. In Years 1, 2 and 3 students in all programmes take part in an Integrated Project, an opportunity for students from the different disciplines to make games together. You’ll also enjoy guest lectures by industry experts.

The Indie Development programme aims to produce graduates with the right mix of practical games design and art skills, business skills and technical knowledge to enter this sector, with a mix of modules which suit their current skillset and at the same is time targeted to their graduate profile skillset.

Quick Facts

  
Duration: 4 years (full-time)
Starting Date: September
Tuition Fee: £11,500 / year (intl. students)
Location: Glasgow, UK

Career Opportunities

Graduates have gone on to work at Rockstar, Electronic Arts, Sony and Guerrilla Games.

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The University has a visionary games programme, loaded with an amazing faculty and students, with the focus on not just preparing people to work in the incredible game industry of today but priming them to influence the industry of tomorrow.

Richard Lemarchand,

Unchartered Designer and GCU Honourary Graduate

Course Contents

  • Fundamentals of 3D Modelling

  • Introduction to Games Design

  • Drawing for Design

  • Introduction to Animation

  • Integrated Project 1

  • Digital Photography & Image Manipulation

  • Mathematics for Computer Games

  • Introduction to Games Programming

  • Fundamentals of Computing

  • Fundamentals of 3D Graphics

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