Games Design and Production with Foundation Year

The world of arts and media is changing at a phenomenal rate, and there has never been a better time to explore your creativity and the ways in which you can apply it to the world around you.

This Foundation Year provides the perfect opportunity for you to explore the key principles of art, design and media. The course is designed to help you develop your creative skills, it gives you a chance to build a larger portfolio, and provides a good transition period to familiarise yourself with the School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology and life as a student at Salford. You will then be in a strong position to progress onto your chosen degree pathway.

This is a shared Foundation Year across Art, Design and Media disciplines, and will give you a collaborative environment to explore ideas, take creative risks and become confident independent learners. You will be joining a thriving and creative community.

The Foundation Year of this four-year programme aims to provide you with an understanding of the subject to allow you to progress on to the BA (Hons) Games Design and Production course.

You will:

• develop your creative skills and academic confidence

• familiarise yourself with student life

• prepare to study on one of our degree programmes

This course is not open to international students.

**Foundation Year **

• Digital Media Applications
• Creative Methods
• Introduction to Creative Coding
• Creative Practice Major Project
• Introduction to the Creative Industries

Year 1

• Introduction to Programming
• Visual Arts
• Game Design Fundamentals
• Digital Graphics
• Entertainment Technologies
• Principles of Digital Game Design

Year 2

• Agile Production Management
• Digital Narrative Technologies
• Games Design Planning
• Games Design Prototyping
  You will also choose one of the following two optional modules
• Games Engine Programming
• Digital Environment Art
  In addition, you will choose one of the below optional modules
• Advanced Games Engine Programming
• Digital Character Art

Year 3

• Final Project Development
• Creative Portfolio
• Practice Based Dissertation