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Serious Games Design

Serious games

The rapidly growing Serious Games industry focuses on solving real-world problems using the universal appeal of play. In this major, you'll learn how to design and deliver game experiences to drive positive change in education, healthcare, marketing and more.

You’ll study game-based learning, puzzle design and game production, and use these skills to create emotionally rich and challenging experiences within your own games and simulations, including experiences for PC, mobile and virtual reality.

You can take your newfound knowledge and skills into the many companies that are now growing around the games industry.

Career opportunities

Job opportunities include embedded roles in government agencies and not-for-profits, as well as video games publishing, marketing, production and management.

Major (8)*

For a major in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

*Note: This major requires additional requisite course(s) to be completed.

Required courses (8)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
SGD100 Comprehensive Assessment in Midwifery
SGD103 Introductory Bioscience
SGD200 Health, Culture and Society
SGD202 Research Foundations for Health Practice
SGD214 Therapeutics in Midwifery
SGD304 Midwifery Practice 2
SGD305 Advancing Midwifery
ICT352 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care

Minor (4)

For a minor in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

*Note: This minor requires additional requisite course(s) to be completed.

Required courses (4)

CourseSemester of offer
(Moreton Bay)
UnitsRequisites
SGD100 Leadership and Governance in Maternity Care
SGD103 Midwifery Practice 3
SGD200 Midwifery Internship
SGD202 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family