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 Marketing Essentials
SGD102 Creative Production
SGD103 Accounting Principles
SGD200 Introduction to Screen and Media Industries
SGD202 Business Law
SGD214 Information Systems in Organisations
SGD321 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
ICT352 Running Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (M.I.C.E) industry events

*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 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
SGD103 Business, Governance and Society
SGD200 Work Integrated Learning Project
SGD202 Work Integrated Learning Project