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BSc (Hons) Computer Games Production

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Our award-winning Computer Games Production degree course will help you achieve your dream of becoming a computer games producer or project manager.

You’ll also develop the essential business expertise to start your own indie games studio and tackle the challenges that arise – from funding and protecting your innovative ideas, to team and project management, marketing, and leadership. By working with fellow students from our Computer Games Technology degree course, you’ll gain experience in all areas of game development.

Our course emphasises collaboration and has strong ties with the South Coast games industry, so you'll have many opportunities to work with games companies, culminating in a year-long shippable development project in your final year.

The independent games industry is skyrocketing. According to Ukie, the trade body for the UK games industry, video games contributed a record £2.91 billion to the UK economy in 2019 and the pandemic has created a huge revenue opportunity. Now’s the golden time to make your mark.

General Eligibility

  • A levels – ABB–BBB

  • UCAS points – 120–128 points

  • T levels – Merit

  • BTECs (Extended Diplomas) – DDM++

  • International Baccalaureate – 25-26

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Placement year

On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry.

We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year.

2 Year 1

Core modules in this year include:

  • 3D Modelling

  • Art Skills For Games

  • Coding and Scripting for Games

  • Game Development

  • Games Design and Context

  • Production Studio

3 Year 2

Core modules in this year include:

  • Leadership Development

  • Student Enterprise For Games

Optional modules:

  • Commercial Asset Production for Real Time

  • Creative Technologies Study Exchange

  • Design and Visual Research For Cinema and Game

  • Design Games

  • Designing for Animation

  • Engaged Citizenship Through Interdisciplinary Practice

  • Gameplay Programming

  • Maths for Games

  • Modern Foreign Language

  • Professional Experience

  • Program Consoles

  • Programming Application Programming Interfaces

  • Prototyping and Iterating Game Designs

4 Year 3

Core modules in this year include:

  • Final Year Project

Optional modules in this year include:

  • Group Leadership, Management and Production Skills: Part One

  • Advanced Graphics Techniques

  • Create Worlds

  • Games Research

  • Implementing Game Audio

  • Motion Capture Applications

  • Programming AI for Games

  • Psychological Theory for Game Designers

  • Targeting Platforms

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

Ready to get started?

For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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