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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:

Required courses (8)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
SGD100 Property Investment Analysis - Financing and Capital Markets
SGD102 Property Development Feasibility and Analysis
SGD103 Property and Asset Management
SGD200 Property Research Project
SGD202 Property Development and Project Management Processes
SGD214 Statutory and Specialist Valuation
SGD321 Foundations of Engineering
ICT352 Introduction to Applied Mathematics

*Available to be studied online

Minor (4)

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

Required courses (4)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
SGD100 Physics
SGD103 Communication and Thought
SGD200 Engineering Statics
SGD202 Introduction to the Internet of Things

*Available to be studied online