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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
University of Greenwich (Greenwich Campus)
Part Time
Sep 2026
6 Year
This degree in game design and game development provides the creative and technical skills you need for a career in video game development.The games development degree combines all aspects of theory, practice and technology essential to your career. You'll learn games programming and get the chance to explore creative aspects of games development that are used in the industry through practical projects. You'll experience the theories, practices and the application of computing technologies for the development of video games, together with technical skills in digital design and real-time 3D graphics.Graduates of this degree have been employed in video games companies and IT fields using related technologies.
The use of 3D models in feature films, TV, computer games and web application drives a demand for competent users of the technology. This course aims This module aims to provide a foundation for working with 3D Models. It aims to cover how 3D surfaces and objects are developed, textured and lit. It aims to describe and investigate a range of settings where 3D models can be utilised. The course covers the principles, theory and practice of preparing 3D models for a range of applications both real time and pre rendered. It will aim to appraise the new and emerging technologies which are impacting on the industry. It aims to cover a range of modelling techniques, including box polygon and patch modelling. It describes the range of professional roles within the 3D modelling pipeline.
The aim of this course is to develop the skills necessary to create visual narratives across a range of gaming and digital media applications. It aims to address how to produce conceptual design documentation in response to a brief. Students will be able to analyse their aesthetic decisions and how they function in relation to narratives found in games and other digital media artefacts.
The aim of this course is This module aims to introduce students to processes involved in designing and developing interactive systems such as video games and digital media applications. Students will become acquainted with creative design and development techniques by engaging in the design process, looking at the application of software and scripting in order to develop a prototype application.
This module aims to provide a solid foundation of fundamental object-oriented programme design and development skills. Emphasis is on the quality of designs for scalability and reuse, and the need for a professional approach to software development. On successful completion of this course a student will be able to: Recognise and apply principle features of object-oriented design such as abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism; Design non-trivial programmes with a view to flexibility and reuse using appropriate design methods; Develop and test small software systems to conform to a specification.
This course aims This module aims to introduce the concepts of design, layout; promote understanding of how graphic imagery is utilised across a variety of digital media and introduce students to the visual aspects of web design. In doing this, the course aims to focus on the core skills in design for print media & the ability to create well presented screen design.
This module aims to provide students with a foundation in programming concepts and experience in using them. Learning Outcomes: on successful completion of this course a student will be able to: Explain the basic terminology used in programming; Create small interactive applications using common programming constructs; Apply the principles of selection and iteration.
The principle aim of this course is to develop the skills required to create cinematics for use in digital media applications, such as games and animation.
This course aims This module aims to provide a complete experience of the development of a creative digital media product to a given brief, working in teams that reflect current industry working methodologies. Students will see through a project from an initial client brief and developing ideas, through research and planning to presentation, delivery and evaluation of the product.
To develop key scholarly and academic skills including; critical thinking, critical evaluation, research practices, information searching, gathering and formal presentation, evaluation and analysis in the context of games and digital media design and development. On successful completion of this course a student will be able to: Identify and critically evaluate appropriate literature demonstrating analytical and report writing skills; Orally present information in a professionally academic manner; Analyse contemporary games and digital media products using key concepts, theories or methodologies applicable to the subjects; Identify and discuss Legal, Social, Ethical and Professional issues and considerations pertaining to information technology.
This course aims to advance the theoretical study of games and games development, increasing students skills in and knowledge of; storyboarding, interactive systems, user interface design, 3D Design, AI techniques, level development, AR/VR, Serious games and the legal issues involved in games production.
This course aims to encourage creative thinking in the context of interaction design by considering the relationship between hardware and software in a creative digital media environment. It also aims to encourage students to develop an experimental attitude to product development. Research skills, critical thinking and considering the digital presentation of information will be introduced and enhanced and applied to create an interactive arte installation.
To develop key scholarly and academic skills including; critical thinking, critical evaluation, research practices, information searching, gathering and formal presentation, evaluation and analysis in the context of games and digital media design and development. On successful completion of this course a student will be able to: Identify and critically evaluate appropriate literature demonstrating analytical and report writing skills; Orally present information in a professionally academic manner; Analyse contemporary games and digital media products using key concepts, theories or methodologies applicable to the subjects; Identify and discuss Legal, Social, Ethical and Professional issues and considerations pertaining to information technology.
Placement Year
This course is designed This module aims to provide students with an environment that closely resembles a full development cycle of a video game developed in a small studio. Students will form large teams and use established management techniques to oversee the development of a fully realised demonstration of a video game. Students will identify a clear job role in industry and through a report, identify the responsibilities that a person with that job role would fulfil. Students will work towards the specialisation in that field through people working in the industry.
This course is designed This module aims to provide students with an environment that closely resembles a full development cycle of a video game developed in a small studio. Students will form large teams and use established management techniques to oversee the development of a fully realised demonstration of a video game. Students will identify a clear job role in industry and through a report, identify the responsibilities that a person with that job role would fulfil. Students will work towards the specialisation in that field through people working in the industry.
The Final Year Project requires students to work independently, abstract the essentials of a problem, obtain solutions by appropriate methods, and present their arguments through a user acceptance testing of the end-product/artefact as well as a well-reasoned formal dissertation report. Prospective employers often require that the student is able to tackle a non-standard problem, organise their work, show a high level of commitment with an awareness of their target audience and present their conclusions in a number of forms. Projects develop practical, analytical and communication skills, and are specifically designed to encourage students to initiate, plan and execute research programmes. Similarly, admissions tutors for Postgraduate courses and Research awards need to be reasonably certain that an applicant will be able to employ these same skills in order to carry out research and put those results in a thesis.
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