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 Calculus | | | |
| SGD102 Biodiversity and Ecology | | | |
| SGD103 Science Research Methods | | | |
| SGD200 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education | | | |
| SGD202 Introduction to Applied Mathematics | | | |
| SGD214 Introductory Calculus | | | |
| SGD321 Calculus II and Linear Algebra | | | |
| ICT352 Numerical Analysis | | | |
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 Discrete Mathematics | | | |
| SGD103 Reading in Advanced Mathematics | | | |
| SGD200 Applied Mathematics | | | |
| SGD202 Applied Systems Modelling | | | |
