Psychology in Game Design and Digital Innovation MSc
University of Surrey
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Learn about how the rapid growth of technology and digital innovation impacts human behaviour and examine the intersection between psychology and our digital experience.Tailor the course to your interests with our wide range of optional modules, including delving deeper into aspects of psychology, exploring extended reality and learning how to write creatively for games.Take advantage of Surreys location in the heart of Guildford, known as the Hollywood of Video Games, and attend the Guildford ...Read more

Learn about how the rapid growth of technology and digital innovation impacts human behaviour and examine the intersection between psychology and our digital experience.Tailor the course to your interests with our wide range of optional modules, including delving deeper into aspects of psychology, exploring extended reality and learning how to write creatively for games.Take advantage of Surrey's location in the heart of Guildford, known as the 'Hollywood of Video Games', and attend the Guildford Games Festival to connect with games designers.Learn from lecturers who are active researchers in key psychological areas, such as cognitive, developmental and social psychology.Study a multidisciplinary curriculum, with contributions from a range of schools, departments and research centres at Surrey, including our Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, Surrey Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence and Digital World Research Centre.

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An interest in human behaviour and game design with a minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree in psychology, product development, art and design, communications and multimedia, game design, computer science, or a recognised international equivalent. Applications with other degree subjects, or those without relevant GCSEs, may be considered by the faculty on a case-by-case basis.

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£21,800 per year

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