BSc (Hons) Computer Games Development at Liverpool John Moores University

Taught by leading experts, the BSc (Hons) Computer Games Development at Liverpool John Moores University offers you exciting paid work placement opportunities with leading games development companies plus access to state-of-the-art facilities. This BSc course will prepare you to be a computer game developer ready to work and succeed in this challenging and exciting industry. Computer games development is a very technically demanding process and developers are required to possess a wide range of technical skills including computer programming, computer graphics and mathematics.

Faculty: Faculty of Health, Innovation, Technology and Science  |  Department: School of Computer Science and Mathematics  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years with placement year  |  Study mode: full-time, optional placement year (sandwich)  |  Intake: September (2027/28 entry)  |  Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Professional Practice, Data Modelling, Fundamentals of Games Programming, Maths and 2D Computer Graphics, Web Development I, Introduction to Video Game Studies, Computer Systems Architecture. Year 2 core modules: Group Project, Data Structures and Algorithms for Games, 3D Computer Graphics, Digital Games Content Production, Software Engineering for Games, User Experience Design. Year 3 core modules: Project, Advanced 3D Games Development, Mixed Reality Technologies, Advanced Topics in Games Development, Advanced Games Graphics Techniques.

Career pathways

There are many career openings for Computer Games Technology graduates in computer games development, software engineering, multimedia authoring, and interactive TV development. Many of our graduates have gone on to work for games development companies like Sony Liverpool, Lucid Games, Bizarre Creations, TT-Games, TT-Fusion, Juice Games, Electronic Arts, Eurocom, Spiral House and many more.

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