Bachelor of Game Design – 2 Years
Bachelor of Game Design – 2 Years
The Bachelor of Game Design is perfect for students who want to understand the tools, cultural contexts, and design pillars to become creative game design professionals. Experiment and explore game design as a creative practice, diving into the concept of play while developing your critical thinking around ethical and cultural…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Bachelor of Game Design is perfect for students who want to understand the tools, cultural contexts, and design pillars to become creative game design professionals.
Experiment and explore game design as a creative practice, diving into the concept of play while developing your critical thinking around ethical and cultural debates in the gaming industry. You’ll get the chance to playtest your skills throughout your studies, tie up what you’ve learned by producing a game design project, and develop your professional portfolio or complete 60 hours of industry placement.
The Bachelor degree can be completed in accelerated mode over six trimesters (2 years) or standard mode over nine trimesters (3 years) of full-time study.
THROUGHOUT THE DEGREE, YOU WILL
? Enter the world of game design from a creative angle, learning about narrative, character, story and more
? Learn about diversity and inclusion in the gaming industry to help build an accessible future
? Familiarise yourself with a range of game design processes, tools, and platforms
? Build your understanding of key ethical and cultural debates in the gaming sector to sharpen your decision-making skills
? Playtest your knowledge with collaborative and individual hands-on game design projects
? Develop a professional career-ready portfolio of game design work
? Get mentored by industry experts and collaborate with students from other creative courses
? Study in our world-class creative spaces and classrooms across five campuses or study online*
? Get real-life experience through 60 hours of industry placement in the Bachelor course
REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must be at least 18-years-old at course commencement
Successful completion of a senior secondary school certificate equivalent to Australian Year 12
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Our English requirement is an overall IELTS score of 6.0 (with no single band score below 6.0) for all the courses, except Entertainment Journalism and Creative Writing, where students are required to have an overall IELTS score of 6.5 (with no single band score below 6.0)
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Collarts (Australian College of the Arts) is an independent tertiary education provider based out of three inner-city campuses in Melbourne. It offers Internationally recognised qualifications, focusing on industry-based learning coupled with strong personal and professional development. Some of the subject areas covered include Music Performance; Audio Production; Entertainment Management; Music Production; Content Creation; and Entertainment Journalism. From overseas exchange programs, to international summer camps, interstate conference attendance, to sought after internships and hands-on experience at major festivals- Collarts offers students a range of opportunities to increase their employability.
