Ballyfermot College of Further Education are offering a BA Visual Media with Game Design. This BA is an honours degree awarded by the University of Dundee, Scotland. As a two-year top up course, it is designed to build on the HND in Creative Media Production (Game Design), challenge students to develop and integrate their technical, creative and academic skills in a structured way.
The course content includes game concept design, asset creation, iterative game prototyping, feedback analysis, and game production.
At honours level the learning is largely self-directed. Students collaboratively produce a fully functioning game in a dedicated studio classroom. Live play, along with promotional trailers, screen alongside animation shorts at the annual Graduate Showcase.
Students applying for the Games – Visual Media BA Hons Degree (Game Design Stream) Course should bring to the interview an original portfolio your best work completed within the past year. Portfolio should include evidence of game design, game production, research, academic writing and conceptual development. All work must be original and recent.
