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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
SGD102 Assessing Learning
SGD103 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
SGD200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
SGD202 Diversity and Inclusion
SGD214 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
SGD321 Using Data for Learning
ICT352 Professional Experience: The Professional Teacher

*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 Teacher as Researcher
SGD103 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
SGD200 The Psychology of Learning
SGD202 Introduction to the Creative Industries