The course is taught in dedicated rooms in UCW’s Knightstone Campus. You will also benefit from the equipment, modern library and bright and spacious study spaces in our University Centre in the Winter Gardens, also in the centre of Weston.

This course also offers a comprehensive itinerary of optional visits to studios and businesses in the games and animation industry, and games conventions in the UK and abroad. In recent years and at an additional expense, students have visited EGX in Birmingham and Gamescom in Cologne, for example.

Please click on the next tab to find out more about what you will learn on this programme and how it is taught and assessed.

Please contact UCW’s HEART student services team if you have any questions. It would also be great to meet you and show you around at our next Open Day.

All of the modules on this course are compulsory and worth 30 credits each.

Year 1:

• Introduction to Animation – 30 credits 
• Introduction to Art – 30 credits
• Introduction to Game Design – 30 credits
• Understanding the Creative Industries – 30 credits

Year 2:

• Specialism Development – 30 credits
• Wider Specialism Development – 30 credits
• Collaborative Production – 30 credits
• Portfolio Development – 30 credits

Year 3:

• Major Collaboration: Pre-Production – 30 credits
• Major Collaboration: Production  – 30 credits
• Advanced Specialism Development – 30 credits
• Professional Portfolio – 30 credits

• Graduates of this course are eligible to apply for postgraduate courses such as the Master's degrees in Commercial Games Development and Animation at UWE Bristol.
• Graduates of this course could also seek positions such as producers, designers, artists, animators, illustrators, concept artists and many other related roles within the creative industries.

Industry insight

The UK video games industry generates £12 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA) annually and supports more than 73,000 jobs across the country. 

Qualification requirements

• UCAS Tariff - 80 points
• A level - CDD
• Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MMP
• T Level - P
• Applicants are also required to submit a portfolio of creative work and attend an interview.
• Applicants with a level 5 qualification such as HND, Foundation Degree, or equivalent can be considered for 3rd year entry. Please contact admissions@ucw.ac.uk to discuss your application further.

We try to ensure that all as many costs for the programme you will study will be included within your tuition fees. We will endeavour to keep any additional costs you may have to pay to a minimum and some of the extra costs may be considered optional where it is deemed extra to your programme.

To be clear, your tuition fees pay for the following:

• All teaching and lectures
• Use of specialist facilities at UCW
• Specialist Guest Lectures at UCW
• Annual photocopying budget of £10
• Use of computer equipment at any UCW campus
• Access to Microsoft 365 whilst enrolled at UCW.
• Access to careers advice during and after completion of your programme of study.
• Use of Libraries and access to Journal databases, e-books and physical books.

On BA (Hons) Game & Animation Production, additional costs that you may incur should you wish to are:

• Visits/Exhibitions that are seen as optional. (in 2023/4 the cost was £5 )
• Optional visit to EGX/Comicon. This is expected to cost up to approximately £70.

Course Handbook

Programme specification

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