Video Game Design, BA (Hons)

This Sony PlayStation First endorsed, two-year course responds to this exciting and fast-growing industry by developing you into a highly skilled, team-oriented professional ready for employment. You are guaranteed a video game development placement in our in-house studio over the summer term. Teaching takes place in a modern production studio at our City Centre Campus.Our Video Game Design course focuses on digital media asset production and communication and will provide you with:

• a grounding within the industry’s design and production disciplines

• the opportunity to put your creative skills into practice within the video games and wider interactive entertainment market

• the opportunity to work with others in multidisciplinary teams

• the opportunity to develop, hone and assess your own skill development and plan your future.

Building on your design and production skills, in the first year you will be tasked with a specific role within our inhouse game development studio. You will be taught by staff with significant experience in the video game industry who have worked with developers including Codemasters, Rare, Traveller Tales, Sega and EA Games.