Business and Games Design BA (Hons)

Course overview

Have you ever thought about how a computer game becomes an international phenomenon? This business and games design degree gives you an understanding of the business relationships within the field of computer games. Working alongside technical and creative professionals, you make great ideas become reality, and develop strategic plans to take a computer game to market.

You study business organization, management, leadership and enterprise combined with specialist modules in games design.

The games designer designs the rules and structure of a game. It involves working with many different people, understanding the roles of specialists who need to work together to create and promote games. You develop design skills alongside an appreciation of game mechanics and its relationship to game play, including conceptual, story, character, level and visual design. You also study game engines and industry technologies and compare their capabilities.

You study at both Teesside University Business School and the School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies, giving you complete a business and computer science learning experience. An optional work placement year is included, at no extra cost.

Career opportunities

Our students progress to a range of businesses and sectors, securing roles from general business manager to digital marketing executive, international business representative to social entrepreneur, and new business adviser.

We provide an environment that allows you to develop the extra practical employability characteristics that make you more interesting to employers in the job market in the years to come.

This course helps you to develop your employability skills in addition to your subject knowledge. Our staff utilize their extensive business connections to provide many and varied opportunities to engage with potential employers through fairs, guest lecture sessions, live projects and site visits. In addition we offer a series of workshops and events in the first, second and third year that ensure all students are equipped with both degree level subject knowledge, plus the practical skills that employers are looking for in new graduate recruits. We also offer extensive support for students to find and secure industry year placements which have been shown to make have significant positive impact on a student’s career prospects on graduation.

Our careers service works with regional and national employers to advertise graduate positions, in addition to providing post-graduation support for all Teesside University alumni.

Through collaborative projects with our international partners, you gain the skills and confidence to succeed in the world of work on a global scale. You work with SMEs and large corporate organizations, developing practical business skills by formulating solutions to real-world challenges. We ensure that you acquire a unique mix of ability, knowledge and experience to secure the perfect role.