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 Cyber Laws and the Rules of Evidence | | | |
| SGD102 Cyber Intelligence | | | |
| SGD103 Complex Cyber Investigations Management | | | |
| SGD200 Digital Crime Scene Management | | | |
| SGD202 Animal Form, Function and Evolution | | | |
| SGD214 Marine Vertebrates: Sharks, Seabirds, Fish, Turtles and Whales | | | |
| SGD321 Biodiversity and Ecology | | | |
| ICT352 Science Research Methods | | | |
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 Animal Ecology Field Course | | | |
| SGD103 Endangered Animals and their Conservation | | | |
| SGD200 Cell Biology | | | |
| SGD202 Discovering Science | | | |
