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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:

Required courses (8)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
SGD100 Direct Practice 1
SGD102 Social Research
SGD103
SGD200 Counselling for Crisis, Trauma and Loss
SGD202
SGD214 Chemistry
SGD321 Critical Social Policy Analysis
ICT352 Physics

*Available to be studied online

Minor (4)

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

Required courses (4)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
SGD100 Science Research Methods
SGD103 Introduction to Engineering Design
SGD200 Thermodynamics
SGD202 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

*Available to be studied online