The rapidly growing Serious Games industry focuses on solving real-world problems using the universal appeal of play. In this major, you'll learn how to design and deliver game experiences to drive positive change in education, healthcare, marketing and more.
You’ll study game-based learning, puzzle design and game production, and use these skills to create emotionally rich and challenging experiences within your own games and simulations, including experiences for PC, mobile and virtual reality.
You can take your newfound knowledge and skills into the many companies that are now growing around the games industry.
Career opportunities
Job opportunities include embedded roles in government agencies and not-for-profits, as well as video games publishing, marketing, production and management.
Major (8)
For a major in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 8 courses:
Required courses (8)
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
|---|
| SGD100 Information Systems in Organisations | | | |
| SGD102 Animal Ecophysiology | | | |
| SGD103 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data | | | |
| SGD200 Creating and Managing Event Experiences | | | |
| SGD202 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management | | | |
| SGD214 Business Law | | | |
| SGD321 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology | | | |
| ICT352 Coastal and Marine Ecology | | | |
Minor (4)
For a minor in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:
Required courses (4)
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
|---|
| SGD100 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment | | | |
| SGD103 Animal Behaviour | | | |
| SGD200 Global-Change Ecology | | | |
| SGD202 Business, Governance and Society | | | |
