Bachelor of Creative Industries in Games Design and Production University of South Australia - City West Campus, Australia

The Bachelor of Creative Industries is one of Australia’s most industry-connected degrees. This innovative, hands-on degree allows you to tailor your studies to your interests and career objectives. You'll be engaged with industry from day one, which will culminate in a final year industry placement/project or mentoring to help you launch your own creative venture.

This degree will prepare you to work in the Creative Industries, you will use your business skills and specialised knowledge to support, influence and grow the creative industry of your choice.

What you'll learn

The Bachelor of Creative Industries provides you with the flexibility to pursue two areas of interest that will help you meet your career goals.

You will study six core courses in the Creative Industries, including courses in business practice and entrepreneurship relevant to the Creative Industries sector. You will select your primary Industry Major and a second Major.

Major: Games Design and Production

This major or minor will provide students the opportunity to develop expertise in the processes and practices of the game industry. Students undertaking this course of study will have 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 provides students with a general introduction to the industry and the role of the game designer. Students will learn key game design theory and frameworks and will begin to apply these to the creation of their own games. In the second year of study students will explore 3D engines and the tools and techniques of storytelling in game and narrative design. Throughout the first and second year of the major, students will be given opportunities to develop their skills in 3D art.

In their final year of study, students completing the Games Design and Production major will explore the role of a game producer, developing their skills in project management for game design. Students will demonstrate advanced game design and collaboration skills as they work in groups with support and guidance from industry professionals to create, demonstrate and reiterate professional game design projects.