**Course Overview** - Take your love of computer games to the next level with our Computer Games Development course, which is offered as either a three-year BSc (Hons) or four-year MComp (Hons) degree. - Channel your passion for video games into your dream career. You’ll learn by doing, developing your own games using the high-performance kit in our Games Laboratory and software for use on your own PC. Focusing on software development for computer games, we’ll prepare you for a successful career in software engineering and the games industry. - You’ll get to develop your programming expertise using C++, maths and problem solving. During the course you’ll study computer graphics, artificial intelligence (AI), game mechanics and effective practical software development. **Why study with us** - This course has accreditations leading to MBCS and CITP exemption from The British Computer Society (BCS), The Chartered Institute for IT. All graduates from this course are eligible to become Professional members (MBCS), with no further assessment. - You’ll get the opportunity to undertake a one year placement in industry. Most placements are based in the UK, but some students have worked in Europe, Australia, Japan and the USA. - Our students have won the Games Programming award at the Aardvark Swift ‘Search for a Star’ nationwide competition more times than any other university. **Further Information** - Our four-year MComp (Hons) degree incorporates the three years of the BSc (Hons) Computer Games development degree. If you begin on the MComp course you can opt to just do the first three years of the course and exit with a BSc level award.

Year 1: Compulsory modules; Games Concepts, Introduction to Programming (1/2), Programming (1/2), Computing Skills, Introduction to Networking, Practitioner Skills, Systems Analysis and Database Design Year 2: Compulsory modules; Computer Graphics, Games Development 1, Advanced Programming with C++, Software Development, Software Engineering Practices, Professional Skills Year 3: Compulsory modules; Project, Games Development 2, Maths and Technology for Games, Object-Oriented Methods in Computing. Optional modules - choose one; Mobile Development, Internet Games Year 4: Compulsory modules; Advanced Games Development, Computer Games Engineering, Computer Games Team Project, Computer Games Masters Project

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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: I610

Institution code: C30

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IELTS (Academic)	6.0	with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)

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England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1

*subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate

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