Games Technologies

Newcastle College University Centre
Undergraduate FdSc Full-time 2 Years Computer games and animation

A-Level Entry

CC

UCAS Points

64 points

About this course

This Games Technologies degree allows you to explore your creative side as well as develop advanced technical skills to set you up for a rewarding career in programming, 3D design or games development. You will learn from highly skilled tutors with extensive experience of designing and developing games. You will have an interest in how the front end and back end of games are created and cover topics such as games design, animation and modelling. Developed with industry professionals including Tombola, Sumo Digital and Pocket Money Games, this degree will help you develop communication skills, project management and professionalism as you will be working with real clients on ‘live’ projects set by employers. You also have the opportunity to study an Adobe Qualification of your choice. You are encouraged to secure a work placement to gain real-work experience and develop your professional skills. You will benefit from insight from guest speakers from industry, some of which are previous students who know what it takes to succeed in the gaming sector. You may also have the opportunity to attend industry conferences. Once you complete your degree you may decide to progress onto our BSc (Hons) Games Technologies (Top-Up). You may want to get into employment as a junior developer, junior designer, artist (modelling and animation), games programmer, AI programmer or a games designer

Entry Requirements

A-Level Grades CC
UCAS Tariff Points 64 points
Scottish Advanced Higher CC
BTEC MPP

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2134 Programmers and software development professionals
2139 Information technology professionals
2141 Web design professionals
3131 IT operations technicians
3115 Quality assurance technicians
3132 IT user support technicians

Course Details

Qualification
Foundation Degree in Science - FdSc
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
2 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Newcastle upon Tyne
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Computer games and animation