MSc in Computer Games Technology
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Chris Child, Lecturer; and Computer Game Company Director, Childish Things Ltd
Famed for developing the International Cricket Captain game series (1 million copies sold), Chris Child has been working in the gaming industry for over ten years. After time at Empire and Logica CMG he now runs his own computer game company ‘Childish Things Ltd’ where he’s involved in every stage of computer game production from game design, game programming, motion capture, writing manuals, right through to advertising and marketing.
Yet it doesn’t stop there for Chris, he can also be found developing the next generation of computer game designers in City University London’s School of Informatics, where he lectures on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in computer games technology.
Chris says: The video games industry is a booming sector - last year (2007) we experienced record-breaking sales, generating more revenue than the film industry and we look set to overtake the music industry this year. New consoles and accessible genres made gaming into a main-stream social activity for all ages, creating off-the-charts consumer demand, and boosting innovation. Describing it as ‘exciting’ to work behind the scenes is somewhat of an understatement.”
Gaming graduates can look forward to an exciting career in a number of professional roles in the computer games industry including graphics programmer; audio programmer; physics programmer; artificial intelligence programmer; game engine programmer and game designer. City University London offers courses that can be studied on a full or part-time basis and students are also given the option to boost their CV with six months industry experience through City's unique internship option.
The course aims to develop:
- a deep knowledge of a range of advanced aspects of games technology;
- experience of the planning, management and execution of a major extended practical application of games technology;
- a detailed understanding of the games development process;
- coverage of technological areas such as graphics, audio, physics models, C++ and AI;
Overview
This course is designed for graduates of computing-related degrees who want to develop their career in the games industry by further specialising their existing undergraduate education or who wish to update their skills after time in industry as a computing professional, and for those with equivalent experience.
The course is delivered in the evenings for both full and part-time students.
In particular, the project component gives students an opportunity to carry out an extended piece of work under the supervision of one of our specialist academic and research staff, at the cutting edge of games technology, in an industrial or academic context.
Internship option
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Six months of professional IT industry experience as part of your postgraduate degree (optional) |
Professional recognition
| Professional recognition will be applied for from the The British Computer Society for exemption from the BCS Professional Graduate Diploma and Professional Graduate Diploma Project. |