BScComputer Games

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BSc
Course code	G610

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher)

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 TOEFL (IBT): 76 CAE: B2 with 52+ CAE (from Jan 15): 169+

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided.

More information	essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=UG00066&subgroup=1

Overview

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Programme structure

Year 1

Professional Development
Mathematics for Computing
Introduction to Programming
Object-Oriented Programming
Introduction to Databases
Web Development
Network Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Digital Systems

Year 2

Group Project & Industrial Practice
Application Programming
Data Structures and Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Game Design
Computer Game Programming
C++ Programming
Robotics (optional)
Operating Systems (optional)
Software Engineering (optional)

Final year

Individual Project
Intelligent Agents
Virtual Worlds
High-Level Games Development
Advanced Programming (optional)
Natural Language Engineering (optional)
Computer Vision (optional)
Large Scale Software Systems and Extreme Programming (optional)
Network Engineering (optional)
Evolutionary Computation and Genetic Programming (optional)

Career opportunities

We have many graduates in senior positions in the computer communications industry, as well recent graduates working in IT and computer companies

Our department has a large pool of external contacts, ranging from companies providing robots for the media industry, through vehicle diagnostics, to the transforming of unstructured data to cloud-based multidimensional data cubes, who work with us and our students to provide advice, placements and eventually graduate opportunities.

Our recent graduates have gone on to secure impressive roles, including as a Java/Actionscript Developer for Playtech and as an Associate Software Developer for Sky.