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Video games have the power to connect, excite, and educate like nothing else. As technology advances, games become more detailed and immersive—it's no wonder that gaming, which was once a niche, is now a phenomenon.

Want to turn your passion into a career? There's never been a better time. Game developers and designers are some of the tech industry’s best problem solvers, with a skill-set that lends itself to fields outside of gaming such as simulation, data visualisation, AI, neural networking, and education. Explore our game design courses, animation courses and similar courses in digital media.

Game design courses will provide you broad skills, and introduce you to roles within a development team. Experience every step of the collaborative game development process, from pre-production and planning, to programming and the debugging stage. After covering the basics, further study areas include:

If you're exploring this field for the first time, a Bachelor of Game Design (or similar) will give you a solid foundation of knowledge, with the opportunity to study elective subjects to broaden your skill-set, or hone in further on a particular area.

Every role within a game development team plays an important part in bringing new ideas to life. Whether you’re the kind to wear many hats, or you have just one in mind, there are a number of pathways available for graduates of game design courses:

If you're not looking for a game design job, graduates also find roles within data visualisation, AI, neural networking, simulation roles in science and medicine, or other artistic fields such as live production design, marketing, and architecture.

Undergraduate CUR-AGD-DEG-2022

Bachelor of Arts (Animation and Game Design)

Undergraduate MUR-BIT-DEG-2022

Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) in Games Design and Development

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Undergraduate CUR-DIG-DEG-2022

Bachelor of Arts (Digital Experience and Interaction Design)

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Undergraduate CUR-DDF-DEG-2022

Bachelor of Arts (Digital Experience and Interaction Design) (Fine Art)

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Undergraduate CUR-DIG29-2022

Animation and Game Texture Design

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Undergraduate MUR-GAD375-2022

Games Design and Prototyping

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Undergraduate CUR-DIG230-2022

Introduction to 3D Modelling and Rendering

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Undergraduate MUR-ICT288-2022

Virtual Realities and Games Software Design

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