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Serious Games Design

Serious games

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:

*Note: This major requires additional requisite course(s) to be completed.

Required courses (8)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
SGD100 Introduction to Psychology B
SGD103 Research Methods in Psychology A
SGD200 Research Methods in Psychology B
SGD202 Physiological Psychology
SGD214 Introduction to Human Development
SGD304 Social Psychology
SGD305 Communication and Thought
ICT352 Introduction to Economics

Minor (4)

For a minor in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

*Note: This minor requires additional requisite course(s) to be completed.

Required courses (4)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
SGD100 Management and Organisational Behaviour
SGD103 Introduction to Marketing
SGD200 Business Analytics
SGD202 Accounting for Business