BA (Hons) Game Art at Birmingham City University

Join the innovative world of game art with our BA (Hons) Game Art course. This course bridges the gap between art and technology, offering both game art and game technical art pathways. This course starts by providing you with a broad knowledge base of the fundamentals of game art, game design, game technology and game asset production, before further developing your art skills in 3D asset and games production.

Faculty: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment  |  Department: Games, Animation and Sound, Computing  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time (optional professional placement)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Master a range of technical art skills including 3D modelling, animation, rigging, and motion capture for real-time rendering in game development. Explore procedural modelling, dynamics, and effects to develop high-quality game assets and environments. Engage deeply with game design through hands-on projects in game mechanics, game asset pipelines, and worldbuilding. Modules include Modelling, Game Asset Pipeline, Game Mechanics, Animation, Game Design, Art Fundamentals, Game Programming, Game Studio Production.

Career pathways

In the BA (Hons) Game Art course at Birmingham City University, we prioritise equipping you with a robust set of skills tailored to enhance your future employability in the fast-evolving gaming industry. Here's how we prepare you to be a highly competent professional in game development: Develop Your Own Practice: You will learn to refine your programming and design practices through advanced modules and real-world project experiences.

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