BA (Hons) Computer Games (Concept Art) Top-Up

The Computer Games (Concept Art) prepares you for employment within the games and arts industries. You will specialise within the field of games concept art, learning how to critically analyse and develop detailed worlds, stories and characters for use in an interactive graphical format.

About the course

This course covers areas such as the following:

Character design.Environment design.
Comic art.
Storyboarding.
Creature design.
Key art.
Thumbnails.
Weapons.
Props.

On this course you will design and develop interactive and visually stunning projects that allow you to fully explore your creative skillset. The major project module will enable you to pursue your specialism within concept art by focusing on a large-scale practical project while adding to existing research in the field of concept art. Additionally, you will explore and analyse issues within the industry and contextualise these to try and create solutions.

To reflect industry practice, we promote the use of agile workflows and promote events such as Game Jams and Game Societies. We focus on employability, so work is tailored to match and meet industry standards while adopting industry workflows. We emphasise personal development, encouraging you to work with industry standard software and tools to create artwork.

This course is validated by The Open University

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Fee	£7,950 full-time (per academic year) £3,975 part-time (per academic year)
Location	University Centre Leeds
Start Date	September 2021
Duration	1 year full-time, 2 years part time
Course Code	UCAS Course Code: I6M2 Institution code: L21
Study Mode	Full-time or Part-time

Studying during COVID-19

We will continue to follow government guidelines to ensure the safety of all our students and staff and have put in place additional safety measures, including the way we deliver your course.

For Semester 1, we plan to deliver your course through a mixture of online and face to face tuition and we will review this as Government guidelines change in response to COVID-19 developments.

Under the present guidelines, we plan to deliver your course 50% online and 50% face to face. We will timetable, where possible, so that you come into the UC for a whole day and you will be in a bubble with your fellow students on your course.

Face to face contact will be delivered following guidelines on social distancing and increased health and safety measures. You will be made fully aware of the current measures in place and be expected to follow the guidance issued.

What you learn

Benefits/ skills you will develop

You will be given the opportunity to work across a wide range of projects, developing skills in the specialism of game concept art. Additionally, you will explore the workflows required to create unique and refined characters, creatures, worlds and environments for contemporary computer games. You will develop skills in integrating these designs fully into your own game ideas, giving you full creative control over your own unique idea. Heavy emphasis will be on preparing your work to showcase your skills by rendering high-quality images for use within a portfolio.

You will develop the following skills:

Innovative and creative thinking that prepares you for the ever-evolving games industry.
A critical understanding of concept art and its role in games.
Self-discipline and independence as both a learner and industry practitioner.
Academic skills such as research, academic writing and project management.

Benefits include:

Taught by practicing professionals with industry experience.
Opportunities for networking with our industry connections.
The opportunity to work collaboratively on ideas and projects.

You will also be developed as a creative individual, learning to appreciate and apply artistic techniques to create real world solutions to problems while refining your ability to create a unique story and world.

Assessment

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for this course include a 50% average at foundation degree level or an overall 50% on a relevant HND.

Additionally, for literacy levels a GCSE grade 4 or above in English is desirable or equivalent qualifications. For numeracy levels, a GCSE grade 4 or above in maths is desirable or equivalent qualifications.

IELTS score of 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any component.

Please note, international qualifications will be assessed against the above criteria.

University Centre Leeds welcomes applications from mature applicants (aged 21 years and over at the start of the course) who may not have met the academic criteria, but who can demonstrate a wealth of experience in their chosen field. Candidates in this category and otherwise are likely to be interviewed to assess their suitability for the course and may be asked to provide a portfolio of evidence to support their application.

What’s next

Programme Specification

Course Handbook

The Open University Regulations