Course Summary

The BA (Hons) Top up in Games Design aims to further enhance skills and career opportunities in the games industry. This course has been designed to build on existing design related experience and help further develop and support students to fulfil their ambitions and function professionally in the design arena. The entire focus for this course will be on developing a proposal for a game, culminating in your Honours Project. On the top up course, you will enhance your passion for high level ideas generation in your chosen pathway and will develop the links between technology and the user. The course also helps you undertake the professional networking possibilities communicating with leading industries in your field to set the fundamental foundations needed to ‘go it alone’ or as part of a team when you graduate. You may have the opportunity to work on live projects from the games industry, working to real deadlines and expressing your own creative ideas and skills through your project work; all using the latest games software. Core aspects of your work will be visualisation and digital modelling and you will develop a rich portfolio that will showcase your skills.

Course Details - Modules

Each module is a self-contained block of learning with defined aims, learning outcomes and assessment. Modules you will study: *Games Proposal* and *Honours Project*

Course Details – Assessment Method

Assessment methods are specified in each module syllabus and the student guide. All learning outcomes in a module are assessed and indicative assessment strategy for each module specifies the learning outcomes being assessed. The nature of coursework varies from module to module.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

How to Apply

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: I600

Institution code: H65

Campus Name: University Centre

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Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements


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Minimum Qualification Requirements

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English language requirements

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Unistats information

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Fees and funding

EU 8500.0 Year 1
England 8500.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 8500.0 Year 1
Scotland 8500.0 Year 1
Wales 8500.0 Year 1
Channel Islands 8500.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

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Provider information

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