MA Independent & Serious Games

The MA Independent Serious Games at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) is a course designed practice-based and theoretically grounded. It provides students with the tools to develop innovative and meaningful games. As a student, you are encouraged to explore serious gaming in a variety of forms, with a particular focus on independent and art house gaming.Course Content: The course encourages you to explore the field of serious gaming through a combination of practical workshops, lectures, seminars, and self-directed study. It is centered around project work and emphasizes critical engagement with the creative process, cultural context, and commercial realities of gaming development. Subjects like Game design, 3D modeling, and programming are central to expanding your knowledge and enhancing your skills.Key Modules: The key modules in the course include Major Project: Serious Games, Serious Games Context and Application, and Advanced Design Principles. These modules are tailored to help students creatively approach the designing of unique gaming experiences that have a purpose beyond pure entertainment.Accreditations: The course is awarded by the University for the Creative Arts.Future Careers: On completion of this course, you can follow a wide variety of career paths that involve serious games and interactive media in general. You could work in game design for a major studio, strike out on your own as a freelance game designer, or perhaps move into an academic career, conducting research and teaching the next generation of game designers.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.