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Game Design and Development (With Foundation Year)

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-Time
  • September 2027
  • Undergraduate
LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus
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Course summary

The foundation of your future

There’s more than one way into a gaming career. If you don’t meet the entry requirements for a degree course, but have the experience, maturity and determination to work in the sector, then this course is for you.

This foundation year isn’t a freestanding degree - but it’s the perfect preparation for one. Think of it as the first year in a four-year period of studying that will lead to a Games Design and Development undergraduate degree programme at LSBU (upon successful completion of the foundation year).

Modules

Course Modules

Foundation Year
• Technology and Environment
• Communicating Ideas
• Numeracy and Laboratory Practice
• Data in Action: Modelling and Analysis
• Project Management
• Project-based Learning
Year 1
• Remix. Remake. Recycle.
• Sound and Vision
• Creative Agency
• 3D Modelling
• Game Production
• Game Specialism 1
Year 2
• Organic Modelling and Animation
• Re:Creation
• Game Specialism 2
• Game Programming
• Professional Development and Employability
• Interdisciplinary Practice
Year 3
• Pilot Major Project
• Major Project
• Research Project
• Professional Practice and Portfolio

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus

Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 4 Years

Start dates

  • September 2027

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
W21F
Institution code:
L75
Campus name:
LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus
Points of Entry:
Year 1

London South Bank University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W21F
Institution code:
L75
Campus name:
LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level

64 UCAS points

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 64

Access to HE Diploma

64 UCAS points

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

64 UCAS points

English language requirements

English Language Requirements for International and EU Applicants: IELTS 6.0 (the minimum score required in each skill area is 5.5) or TOEFL IBT Overall 80 or 4 in new scoring from 2025 with a minimum of 17 in Listening, and Writing, 18 in Reading and 20 in Speaking or 4.0 in the new scoring system or Pearson Test of English Academic 52 (the minimum score required in each skill area is 51)

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales & Northern IrelandTBC

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Read fees and funding information at https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/fees-and-funding

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