BA (Hons) Games Design and Creative Writing at University of Hull

A joint degree combining games design with creative writing, covering interactive storytelling, scripts, short stories, poetry and non-fiction. Students use a virtual reality lounge and PC and Mac labs, workshop their work with peers and can publish in the student-led magazine Document 1.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Education  |  Department: School of Arts and Humanities  |  Duration: 3 years full-time (4 years with foundation year)  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Hull, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers Critical Studies Project, Facts into Art, Game Design and Prototyping, Introduction to Game Audio, Poetry, Performance, Play and The Writer's Toolkit. Year 2 covers Scriptwriting and a Collaborative Game Project, with options such as The Storyteller's Art, Level Design, The Short Story and Writing Poetry Now. The final year covers a Creative Writing Portfolio and a Major Project (Games Design), with options such as Writing the Novel, Emerging Technologies and The Art and Business of Publishing.

Career pathways

Graduates have gone on to roles including game designer, 2D or 3D artist, VFX artist, scriptwriter, publishing assistant, and publicity and marketing in games, creative writing and multimedia production.

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