Creative Arts (Games Design and Production), Bachelor

Are you ready to work in an industry that inspires, entertains and enriches our cultural landscape? The Bachelor of Creative Arts empowers you to apply your creativity to shape society and culture. Curate your career by building skills across creative disciplines, developing a critical and entrepreneurial mindset, and connecting with industry leaders. Combine creativity with professional expertise to champion the arts and influence our cultural world.This degree lets you explore creative passions while gaining transferable professional skills. Choose two majors aligned with your goals, complete core courses on the contemporary arts sector and entrepreneurship, and gain real-world experience through cross-disciplinary collaboration. Learn to shape your creative identity, refine critical thinking about cultural industries, and graduate as a culturally conscious professional.

Our Bachelor of Creative Arts is all about creativity, entrepreneurship and experimentation. You’ll dip your toes into different creative arts disciplines before focusing in on your specialisation.  Meet creatives and leaders from around South Australia, gaining insights on the creative industries, tackle client briefs and address social issues in team projects. Learn about arts business and understand arts and culture not just as a career but as a powerful force for social cohesion and progress.   The Games Design and Production major develops expertise in the processes and practices of the games industry. You’ll build skills and experience across four areas:  The theories, tools, techniques and processes for games and interactive media development  Storytelling for games across a range of platforms and formats  User Experience and User Interface Design for games  Project management for games development.  The first year of study offers a general introduction to the industry and the role of the game designer. You’ll learn key game design theory and frameworks and begin to apply these in the creation of your own games.   In your second year, you’ll explore 3D engines and the tools and techniques of storytelling in game and narrative design. Throughout the first and second year of the major, you’ll have opportunities to develop your skills in 3D art.  In your final year of study, you’ll explore the role of a game producer, developing your skills in project management for game design. You’ll gain advanced game design and collaboration skills as you work in groups with support and guidance from industry professionals to create, demonstrate and reiterate professional game design projects.  Majors The Bachelor of Creative Arts is also available with majors in the following: Comicbook Creation opens in a new tab Creative Industries opens in a new tab Creative Writing opens in a new tab Digital Media and Web Design opens in a new tab Festivals opens in a new tab Immersive Media opens in a new tab Performing Arts opens in a new tab Screen Production opens in a new tab . You can choose additional courses from the Bachelor of Creative Arts, Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Media and Communication. This means you can pair your games design major with anything from Screen Studies to Extended Realities Design and Production.