BA (Hons) Game Arts and Design focuses on the creative side of gaming. Working with experienced game developers and researchers you will look at designing characters, environments and gameplay. You'll spend some of your time studying alongside illustration students where you can hone your character and environment skills. You will explore development on different platforms including mobile, VR and AR, experiment with game sound design, study the psychology of games and gamification, create your own novel game controllers and learn how to make money in the games business from people on the inside. * Stay one step ahead with a course designed in close collaboration with games developers and researchers to ensure technologies, skills and techniques are bang up to date. * Access all areas – keep working into the evening in our dedicated lab space open until 10pm, and take advantage of our other amazing facilities, including a 35 seat, 360° immersive vision theatre. * Be inspired by lecturers who are experts in their field, with backgrounds in both industry and research. The exciting work going on in our research groups, i-DAT and Planetary Collegium, feeds back into the teaching on this course. * Broaden your horizons with great enrichment activities including overseas field trips in Berlin, Helsinki and New York to attend conferences and game jams. * Get exclusive insights with talks from guest speakers from the creative arts and technology industries.

Core modules: * Strategies for Game Design * Immersive Experience * Creative Coding * Narrative Sequence Optional modules * Digital Making * Character. The modules shown for this course are those currently being studied by our students, or are proposed new modules. Please note that programme structures and individual modules are subject to amendment from time to time as part of the University’s curriculum enrichment programme and in line with changes in the University’s policies and requirements.

100% of assessment is by coursework.

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

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.

Course code: W282

Institution code: P60

Campus Name: Main Site

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

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

GCSE Maths and English Grade C/4 or above required.

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Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	6.0	With 5.5 in all elements.

English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

Student satisfaction : 55%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 74%

Go onto work and study: 89%

For all information about tuition fees, please visit our fees and funding pages at www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/fees * Fees are correct at the time of publication and may be subject to change.

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