Serious Games Design

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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 Introductory Bioscience
SGD102 Practice Foundations
SGD103 Health Care and the Professions
SGD200 Professional Health Communication
SGD202 Anatomy and Physiology
SGD214 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
SGD321 Contexts of Practice: The Older Person and Family
ICT352 Preparation for Practice 1

*Available to be studied online

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 Nursing Practice 1
SGD103 Drug Therapy
SGD200 Contexts of Practice: Health Alteration
SGD202 Preparation for Practice 2