University of Chester - Games Development BSc (Hons)

University of Chester

Games Development BSc (Hons)

Our Games Development degree aims to produce industry-ready graduates with all the skills, knowledge and experience required to successfully enter a career in computer game design. Our game design courses teach the programming, design, artistic and professional skills used across the industry, using the same tools and software used by real-world developers. There is a focus on creating full, portfolio ready work, integrating all taught skills into individual and group-based projects.

Accredited by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional.

Entry Requirements

Typical Entry: 

112 UCAS points
GCE A Level: 
112 UCAS points from GCE A Levels or equivalent. Typical offer - BCC/BBC. GCSE Maths grade C or above is also required.

English Language Requirements: 

IELTS Academic: Undergraduate: 6.0 (no less than 5.5 in any band)
Postgraduate: 6.5 (no less than 5.5 in any band)

Career Prospects

Graduates of this course typically enter the games industry in any one of a number of roles, such as programmer, technical artist, tester, 3D modeller, software engineer, level designer, project manager or environment artist. It is also excellent preparation for those wishing to start their own, independent games company after graduation.

Graduates from our course have gone on to work at these games companies…

  • Traveller's Tales
  • Lucid Games
  • Sports Interactive
  • Codemasters
  • Creative Assembly
  • Unicube Studios
  • Codemasters
  • Draw & Code
  • Unbroken Studios
  • Sumo Digital
  • SimBin Studios UK

Course Details

The Department of Computer Science is an innovative, forward-thinking department with a strong rate of student satisfaction and employability.  In addition to receiving tutoring, mentoring, guidance and support from academic staff, you may also experience events featuring industry professionals, or perhaps work on an extra-curricular project such as a game jam with your peers. We also work in conjunction with the Informatics Centre, an on-site software development team where students may be employed to work on commercial projects.

In Year 1, you will begin by learning the fundamentals of game development, technical requirements and standards, making use of leading-edge development tools.

In Year 2, you will further develop your understanding across all the key areas of games development, and undertake individual and collaborative projects.

As you reach Year 3, in addition to some core advanced development skills, you will have the chance to focus on specialist areas of games development that interest you.

Year 1

Foundations of Cybersecurity - ConceptsCompulsory
Introduction to Content CreationCompulsory
Introduction to Games Theory and ImplementationCompulsory
Mathematics for ComputingCompulsory
Operating Systems and HardwareCompulsory
Professional Skills for ComputingCompulsory
Programming ICompulsory
User Experience and Collaborative DevelopmentCompulsory

Year 2

Collaborative Games Production IICompulsory
Further Content CreationCompulsory
Further Games Theory and ImplementationCompulsory
Further Programming and AlgorithmsCompulsory
Interface DesignCompulsory
Enhancing your Employability through Work Based LearningOptional
Experiential Learning (Computing)Optional
Year in IndustryOptional

Year 3

Advanced Games Theory and ImplementationCompulsory
Collaborative Games Production IIICompulsory
Innovation ProjectCompulsory
Computer Games ProgrammingOptional
Design Thinking for InnovationOptional

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