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Applied Immersive Game Design

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Qualifications

Bachelor of Product Design

Overview

Applied Immersive Game Design is one of three majors of the Bachelor of Product Design degree combining creative innovation with technical and business skills.

You will acquire knowledge and skills in creative and technical design, as well as business expertise within the gaming industry. Throughout the major there are opportunities to design and develop games that meet end-user needs for entertainment, education, rehabilitation, and industrial applications.

Not only will you learn the theory of idea generation, game structure, and interface design, you will also gain practical experience in prototyping for a range of game engines and platforms with an emphasis on virtual, augmented, and mixed reality.

Why study Applied Immersive Game Design at UC?

UC's Te Kura Hanga Otinga | School of Product Design brings together creative design, science, engineering, and business studies, and there are opportunities to apply your learning through team-based projects, entrepreneurship courses, and the use of dedicated, hands-on product innovation spaces.
Developing your skills throughout the degree, you'll be building your first games, right from the first semester of year one.
You will have extensive use of the School's gaming lounge which houses consoles, PCs, and AR/VR spaces and equipment.
Based at UC, Hangarau Tangata, Tangata Hangarau | HIT Lab NZ specialises in the rapidly growing areas of augmented reality and immersive game design, with expert lecturers and facilities.

Recommended preparation

Students should ideally have at least 14 credits in Level 2 NCEA science and mathematics (or the IB/CIE equivalent of these).

Courses

UC offers a major in Applied Immersive Game Design as part of the Bachelor of Product Design.

At all levels, students will undertake significant hands-on projects, working in teams and individually to design and test game prototypes to the level needed to launch a new game app, or pitch a new product concept to a client or investor.

Career opportunities

The electronic entertainment and technology sector is one of the biggest earners worldwide, with the gaming industry in particular growing at an exponential rate.

Aotearoa houses more start-up developers per capita than any other country in the world. Companies benefit from graduates with 'all-round' skills — from technical aspects through to marketing and customer support — and a user-centred approach to game and software design, for example in the areas of entertainment, industrial, retail, tourism, education, behavioural intervention, robotics, and medical and rehabilitation.

Find out more about what you can do with a degree in Applied Immersive Game Design.

Shay Allen

'I would learn the skills to tell my own stories, whether through film, games, or other media…'

Shay Allen

Product Design, Applied Immersive Game Design

Contact us

Te Kura Hanga Otinga | School of Product Design

Phone +64 3 369 4271 or +64 3 369 4272
Email productdesign@canterbury.ac.nz

Location
Len Lye building – see campus maps

Postal address
Te Rāngai Pūkaha | College of Engineering
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand

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