Bachelor in Computer Arts (Top Up)

This module builds the ability to read, question, and situate creative work, your own and others’, within a wider critical and industry context.

You’ll examine published and professional work to understand its methods and intent, then apply that same rigour to your own creative direction.

Expect to work with real critical frameworks, not abstract theory, using them to sharpen how you argue for your ideas and defend your creative choices.

Through this module, students will

• Identify and analyze professional and published work in relation to research practice
• Apply critical frameworks to the discussion of academic arguments and creative practice
• Relate findings to the motivations behind their own creative work
• Develop specialist writing relevant to their domain of practice

By the end, you’ll be able to write and think about your craft with the clarity expected in a portfolio review, studio crit, or industry presentation.

This module takes you deep into the production of game-ready characters, environments, and high-fidelity props. You’ll move beyond building assets and into the decisions behind them, analysing style, narrative fit, aesthetics, and technical constraints at an industry level.

Through this module, students will:

• Research and develop original game art concepts with a defined visual style
• Build 3D assets using industry-recognised methods and best practices
• Apply surfacing and construction techniques that bring authenticity and consistent fidelity to their work
• Present and implement final assets in a game engine to a standard expected in production

By the end, you’ll have planned and executed a full production pipeline from concept through to engine-ready output, with a body of work that demonstrates range across environments, characters, and props.

This module builds the full research-to-finished-art cycle central to every concept art department. You’ll ground your practice in industrial and commercial context, developing work that communicates clearly to clients, directors, and audiences.

Through this module, students will:

• Conduct advanced visual research into commercial art production and integrate those insights into their own work
• Develop original concepts with a defined visual style through iterative 2D digital methods
• Expand on the expectations and themes of a creative brief with depth and originality
• Present and communicate design decisions visually and verbally to an industry standard

By the end, you’ll have a commercially credible body of work that reflects how concept artists think, iterate, and deliver in the games and entertainment industries, alongside a clear understanding of pipeline processes from first sketch to final delivery.

The Professional Project places students in a multidisciplinary team to deliver a real interactive media project, each taking on a role matched to their specialisation, whether that’s concept art, 3D art, design, or development.

Through this module, students will:

• Communicate with clients and stakeholders throughout the production cycle
• Pitch, present, and defend their team’s creative and technical decisions
• Research and test technical pipelines suited to the project
• Produce project documentation, planning materials, and production schedules
• Design, develop, test, and deliver a functional interactive prototype as a team

The output is a vertical slice of gameplay or interactive experience, taken through the full lifecycle from ideation to delivery. Students will demonstrate competence in their chosen discipline while integrating their work with teammates across different specialisations.