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 Object-Oriented Programming | | | |
| SGD102 Introduction to Interaction & UX Design | | | |
| SGD103 Computer Organisation and Operating Systems | | | |
| SGD200 Data Structures and Algorithms | | | |
| SGD202 Mobile App Project | | | |
| SGD214 Practical Machine Learning | | | |
| SGD321 Project Management | | | |
| ICT352 Introduction to Cyber Security | | | |
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 Ethics in Digital Investigation and Cyber Security | | | |
| SGD103 Cloud and DevOps | | | |
| SGD200 Workplace Learning I | | | |
| SGD202 Cryptography, Blockchain and Security | | | |
