Computer Games Development, Bsc (hons) in University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), UK

Computer Games Development, Bsc (hons) in University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)

Channel your love of computer games into your dream career at UCLan. This course will prepare you to work as part of a multi-skilled team, producing high quality, innovative and exciting games to tight deadlines. You’ll learn by doing, starting with a team challenge; an exciting project that integrates different technical aspects of computing. You’ll be using the high performance kit in our purpose-built Games Laboratory, and where possible, we make software available for use on your own PC so you can develop your own games. Throughout your studies, you’ll benefit from engagement in national and international competitions and research projects, and be taught by a passionate team of experienced lecturers, many of whom are still active and influential in the industry.

• This course has accreditation leading to MBCS, CITP and partial CEng exemption from the British Computer Society (BCS).
• You can take a one-year industrial placement. Most placements are UK-based, but have included Europe as well as Australia, Japan and the USA.
• Our games development students have won the Games Programming award for the Aardvark Swift ‘Search for a Star’ nationwide competition four times in recent years.

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND ASSESSMENT

A 3 year degree qualification typically comprises 360 credits and each 20 credit (a standard module) equates to 200 hours of study, which comprises of a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and independent study. Independent study is an important aspect of your degree course. The exact combination of study time will be detailed within your module descriptors, and will depend on your option choices.

We emphasise practical-based learning using purpose-built laboratories, particularly the high performance kit in our Games Laboratory, and the University's general computer rooms. Our laboratories allow you to use specialist software and to do things that would not be allowed on the public network. Where possible, we make software available for use on your own PC. You will use an on-line learning environment to facilitate flexible learning. This environment enhances traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and practical sessions by providing additional, resource-rich, online materials allowing you to continue learning independently.

Individual coursework assignments, group work, seminar presentations and examinations (either seen or unseen). There is a practical emphasis with the main contribution to your honours classification coming from coursework rather than exams.

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION

This course has CITP (Certified Information Technology Professional) accreditation leading to professional membership of the BCS and partial CEng accreditation from the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. This is a mark of assurance that the degree meets the standards set by BCS and the Engineering Council.

EMPLOYABLITY

Did you know 95.5% of full-time, first-degree UK based graduates went into employment or further study within six months of graduation.*

Computer games developers work as part of a multi-skilled team to produce high quality, innovative and exciting products to tight deadlines. You’ll graduate with the full set of skills you need to create a complex, interactive computer game, and our students have gone on to work for companies like EA Games, Rockstar, Crytek, Lionhead, Rare, Evolution, Blitz, Bizarre, Capcom, Codemasters, Travellers Tales, Kuju, Juice, Steel Monkeys, Fuse Games, Pitbull, Playbox, Protirus, Logistix, Ruffian and Jagex.

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