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 Introduction to Social Work and Human Services
SGD102 Introduction to Social Work Practice Theories
SGD103 Anatomy and Physiology
SGD200 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science
SGD202 Principles of Nutrition
SGD214 Leading Groups in Outdoor Environments
SGD321 Motor Control and Learning
ICT352 Nutrition for Health and Exercise

*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 Outdoor Environmental Expeditions
SGD103 Leading Coastal Environmental Studies
SGD200 Introduction to Clinical Trial Coordination
SGD202 Biochemical Pharmacology