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Games Art (Top-Up)

Warwickshire College and University Centre

UCAS Code: I631 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Course option

10months

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Computer games graphics

The BA (Hons) Games Art (Top-Up) course is designed to develop your skills in the research, development and production of video game assets.

Our Games Art courses are delivered in one of the UK's games industry hubs, Royal Leamington Spa. Written and developed with over 10 local games studios, our course will teach you how to research, develop and produce industry standard video game assets and indie games.

This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries, and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries.

The Awarding Body for this course is Warwickshire College.

Modules

Modules may include:

Year 1 - Level 6

• Preparation for Employment in the Games Industry
• Game Production Pipeline
• Simulated Employment in the Games Industry
• Final Major Project
• Professional Portfolio
• Research Project

For further details about this course, please refer to the programme specification here:

https://blob.wcg.ac.uk/pdf/definitive-programme-specification-ba-hons-games-art-v2-acc-a2b7ca63bf70a4d05913ec0e1a3cea75.pdf

We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated, please contact us for the latest information.

Assessment methods

Assessment is both formative and summative, and is integrated into the programme through a range of assignment briefs.

There are no exams associated with this course.

Tuition fees

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England
£7,975
per year
EU
£11,950
per year
International
£11,950
per year
Northern Ireland
£7,975
per year
Scotland
£7,975
per year
Wales
£7,975
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Royal Leamington Spa College

Department:

Visual and Performing Arts and Media

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