Game Design and Animation Major
The Game Design and Animation Major offers a coherent curriculum with dual emphasis on both game design and computer animation for students who are looking for professional and interdisciplinary holistic learning experience to equip themselves for digital entertainment industry and postgraduate study. The curriculum comprises fundamental courses in game design and animation; from drawing and animating for storytelling to coding, programming and mathematical concepts behind them, as well as social and historical studies of game design and animation. Moreover, students can further develop their expertise in senior years through specialization in either Advanced Game Design Stream or Advanced Animation Stream to deepen their knowledge and skills for the preparation of their Final Year Honours Projects.
Requirements
| II. | Major Courses | 67 units |
| Major Required Courses (46 units) | ||
| FILM2006 Introduction to Production | 3 units | |
| GAME2008 Practicum I | 0 unit | |
| GAME2009 Practicum I | 0 unit | |
| GAME3008 Practicum II | 0 unit | |
| GAME3009 Practicum II | 0 unit | |
| GAME3045 Honours Project Preparation Workshop | 1 unit | |
| FILM4047 Film Theory and Criticism | 3 units | |
| GAME1005 Fundamentals of Animation for Game Design and Film | 3 units | |
| GAME1006 Transcultural Studies of Game | 3 units | |
| GAME2005 Drawing | 3 units | |
| GAME2006 Fundamentals of Programming for Game Design and Animation | 3 units | |
| GAME2007 Game and Animation Production Workshop | 3 units | |
| GAME2015 Game Narrative and Storyboarding | 3 units | |
| GAME2016 Mathematical Foundation of Game Design and Animation | 3 units | |
| GAME2017 Transcultural Studies of Animation | 3 units | |
| GAME3005 2D Platform Game Programming | 3 units | |
| GAME3006 Body Mechanics | 3 units | |
| GAME3007 Game Art and Visual Expression | 3 units | |
| GAME3015 Sound Design for Game and Animation | 3 units | |
| GAME4005 Character Design and Rigging | 3 units | |
| Stream Required Courses (9 units) | ||
| Advanced Animation Stream Required Courses | ||
| GAME4016 Lighting, Rendering and Style | 3 units | |
| GAME4017 Motion Graphic Design | 3 units | |
| GAME4025 Performance Animation | 3 units | |
| Advanced Game Design Stream Required Courses | ||
| GAME4006 3D Game World Programming | 3 units | |
| GAME4007 AI for Game Design | 3 units | |
| GAME4015 Game Physics, Dynamics, and Simulation | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Course (12 units) | ||
| HIST3406 Information Technologies and Quantitative Methods for Historical Studies | 3 units | |
| HIST4326 Science and Society: A Historical Perspective | 3 units | |
| HUMN2016 Performing as Human Experience | 3 units | |
| HUMN3005 Artistic Creativity and Aesthetics Awareness | 3 units | |
| HUMN3026 Creative Industries: Theories and Practices | 3 units | |
| MUSI1037 Music Technology for Media | 3 units | |
| MUSI3066 Music and Media | 3 units | |
| MUSI3097 Music Design and Programming for Video Games | 3 units | |
| MUSI3105 History and Analysis of Game Scoring | 3 units | |
| FILM2045 Art History | 3 units | |
| FILM3006 Film Sound | 3 units | |
| FILM3016 Non-Fiction Film | 3 units | |
| FILM3076 Screen Acting Workshop | 3 units | |
| FILM3077 The Art of Documentary Film | 3 units | |
| FILM3085 Film Music and Sound Design | 3 units | |
| FILM4006 Advanced Experimental Image Processing | 3 units | |
| FILM4016 Internship | 0 unit | |
| FILM4046 Advanced Cinematography | 3 units | |
| FILM4065 Art Direction | 3 units | |
| FILM4066 Visual Effects Workshop | 3 units | |
| GAME3016 Game Design: Theories and Research Methods | 3 units | |
| GAME3017 Interactive Graphics | 3 units | |
| GAME3025 Motion Capture for Game and Animation | 3 units | |
| GAME3026 Online Media Management | 3 units | |
| GAME3027 Traditional and Experimental Animation | 3 units | |
| GAME3035 Transdisciplinary Theory of Game Design | 3 units | |
| GAME3036 Virtual World: Design and Interaction | 3 units | |
| GAME3037 Visual Aesthetics and Narrative Presentation | 3 units | |
| GAME4026 Creative Production in Extended Reality | 3 units | |
| GAME4027 Facial Animation | 3 units | |
| GAME4035 Game Cultures and Ethics | 3 units | |
| GAME4036 Game Economy: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology | 3 units | |
| GAME4037 Japanese Animation and Games | 3 units | |
| III. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| GAME4898 Honours Project in Game Design and Animation I | 3 units | |
| GAME4899 Honours Project in Game Design and Animation II | 3 units | |
| VI. | Free Electives | 15 units |
