BA (Hons) Games Art and Design creates innovative gaming perspectives. On this course, you'll conceptualise and develop your own computer games while gaining a valuable knowledge of key skills and the industry at large.

Overview

The BA (Hons) Games Art and Design degree is a new course, in which you'll create and develop innovative gaming perspectives through conceptualising and developing your own computer games.

You'll gain valuable knowledge of the gaming industry, generate original concept art, learn character animation techniques, undertake experimental gameplay and understand emerging technologies – such as AI scripting. By the end of the course, you'll be able to produce your own games via Unity and Unreal.

The BA (Hons) Games Art and Design degree gives you the chance to grow creatively and conceptually, as well as to research games, test out ideas, gain valuable knowledge of the gaming industry. You'll generate original concept art, learn character animation techniques, undertake experimental gameplay and understand emerging technologies such as AI scripting. The direction of the course is to create impactful games, meaning you'll graduate with specialist knowledge required for roles in the gaming industry, and informed perspectives on game creation that considers equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Placement year

All undergraduate courses at AUB offer an optional placement year, to be taken between your second and third years of study.

If youre unsure about this optional placement, you dont need to decide now. Once youre here and studying with us, the course team will discuss the placement options with you, so when the time comes, you can make a decision thats right for you.

Assessment and feedback

Each unit is assessed separately, and the assessment forms part of the unit. Assessment both provides a measure of your achievement and also gives you regular feedback on how your learning is developing.

You'll receive a final mark for each unit in the form of a percentage, which will be recorded on your formal record of achievement (transcript). Each component of assessment is graded using a notched marking scale, whereby only certain marks are used within each grade. The only marks available within any ten-point band are *2, *5 and *8 (e.g. 62, 65, 68). These marks correspond to a low, mid, and high level of achievement within each grade band.

All learning outcomes must be passed to successfully complete the unit.

On successful completion of your Honours degree course, you'll be awarded a degree classification based on your unit marks. The final classification is determined using all unit marks at Levels 5 and 6 using two different algorithms, which are detailed in the HE Student Regulations. If the two algorithms produce different results, you will be awarded the higher class of degree.