英國國立雪菲爾哈倫大學 - 遊戲軟體研發碩士課程
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| MSc Entertainment Software Development |
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英國國立雪菲爾哈倫大學與Sony歐洲集團合作推出了最熱門的遊戲軟體研發碩士課程。本系的 |
| 目標在於積極培育遊戲軟體公司及一般軟體公司的專業設計及管理人才。 |
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| 課程細節 |
This course provides the skills to compete in the interactive entertainment market. Aimed at those who have an interest in and an enthusiasm for software development, you may have recently gained your degree in a computing course which involved a strong element of software development or you may be someone who has worked as a software developer in industry and who is looking to break in to this exciting sector of the jobs market. |
The course provides a rich mix of practical programming experience in a challenging and interesting area of application. It instills good software engineering principles within this experience and provides a very practical learning environment where you will work on large scale joint projects with commercial partners, developing entrepreneurial skills so that you can sell your talent to others. |
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| Associated careers |
The course is seen as providing a distinctive advantage for graduates competing in the software developers' job market. This applies not only to the specific demands of the Interactive Entertainment industry, but also to the more general market for good software developers. The specific skills provided and enhanced by this course are highly transferable to other employment sectors. Moreover, the greater demand on programming skills imposed by writing applications for this sector makes those who can demonstrate that they have this experience more generally attractive in the market place. |
You will be actively supported in collaborating with external companies on your practical software development projects during the course. This will give you 'real world' experience whilst learning and could lead directly to you gaining jobs with these companies. |
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| Assessment |
| PgC - 100 per cent continuous assessment |
| PgD - 100 per cent continuous assessment involving large group-based industrial project |
| MSc - 50 per cent continuous assessment - 50 per cent dissertation |
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| Professional recognition |
We are working in partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and other internationally recognised companies in the design, development and delivery of the course.At successful completion of each level of the course you will be eligible for the award of the postgraduate certificate, the postgraduate diploma and the MSc.Employers give great respect to someone who has gained this valuable experience, learning and a named award. |
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| Course content |
| The different levels of the course are based on gaining credit points for successful completion of each unit module.You need 60 points for postgraduate certificate, 120 points for postgraduate diploma and 180 points for MSc. |
Postgraduate certificate
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| • entrepreneurship and commercialisation of innovation (15 points) • 2D and 3D graphics (15 points) • process management for entertainment software (15 points) • architectures and technologies for entertainment software (15 points) |
Postgraduate diploma |
As for postgraduate certificate plus • interaction design for MM applications (15 points) • special techniques for graphics and animation (15 points) • product design and development project (30 points) |
The group project will require students to • establish requirements • design • implement • test • create a marketing strategy for an innovative software product for the entertainment industry. |
MSc
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| As for postgraduate diploma plus • research methods (15 points) • seminar programme (15 points) • dissertation (30 points) •The research methods module concentrates on the more practical research and development aspects of the industry. |
In the seminar programme students research and make presentations about developments in the field. There are also presentations by respected external speakers from industry and academia . |
The dissertation topic will relate to the project work done for the postgraduate diploma. We encourage submission of a substantial software component as part of the dissertation. |
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| Entry requirements |
New graduates 2.1 in a computing related discipline with interest and enthusiasm for software development. |
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Experienced software development professionals wishing to enhance skills, knowledge and job marketability. |
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