Goldsmiths Launches new MSc in Computer Games and Entertainment
Always dreamed of working in Computer Games but not sure how to make
the move? Goldsmiths, University of London is now offering an
exciting new MSc in Computer Games and Entertainment, with the first
students starting this September.
This degree offers a unique curriculum for graduates and
professionals from various fields who want to get into the computer
games and entertainment industries for the first time or for people
who are working in those industries who want to upgrade their skills.
A potential candidate could be someone working writing software
systems for a city bank who feels like a career change or a recent
bright graduate in computing science who wants to target their skills
for the games and entertainments industries.
The MSc is focused on advanced programming in C++, new technologies
(including procedural programming for multi-core hardware and novel
artificial intelligence programming for games) and team work. It is
directed and taught by experts from the games and entertainment
industries and leading researchers. The course can be taken on a 1 or
2 year basis to give flexibility to people who are working part-time.
Students work together in the BP Games Studio in the futuristic Ben
Pimlott Building, surrounded by an exciting Research Context of
genetic programming, complex geometry, pattern recognition and online
meta-data tagging work. Students will be encouraged to combine
innovation with intelligent programming towards producing a final
term team project to make a playable computer game demo for PC or
Console or Mobile.
William Latham, MSc programme Director (Creative Director of hit game
The THING, PS2, Xbox, PC), said: "This is a very exciting programme
and students who do this MSc will gain a firm positioning for a
career in the multi-billion pounds Games and Entertainment
industries, now expanding across Console Games, Massively Multiplayer
games, Casual Games, Serious or Learning Games, Mobile and PC Games,
and new emerging areas of social networking games."
"There is a big shortfall in the UK for good games programmers and
technical managers/directors and this course will address this
serious shortfall. During the course there will be opportunities and
events for industry networking to hopefully secure jobs for students
in the UK or abroad before they finish"
Places are still available for this September, for more information
please visit: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/computing/computer-games/
Notes to Editors: Biographies and images of William Latham and
Frederic Fol Leymarie, who will run the MSc in Computer Games and
Entertainment, are available on request.
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