What are the criteria?
Skillset guidelines for undergraduate course approval can be downloaded here:
Computer Games - Undergraduate Accreditation Application Guidance - 2008.09
The assessment team, formed by professional industry people, will focus on the following areas when in the decision-making process of accrediting a course:
1. Learning Outcomes
2. Course Requirements
3. Resources
4. Staffing
It is essential that each course provides evidence that it reaches the specific benchmarks set.
Specific criteria for computer games accreditation include:
Technical Path: Programming For Computer Games
- Programming and Mathematics For Computer Games
- Programming Low Level Architecture
- High Level Games Programming
- Game Creation Processes
Art Path: Digital Art Courses
- Observational Drawing
- Visual Invention and Visual Communication
- 2d Digital Art
- CGI: 3d Modelling
- CGI: Texturing
- CGI: Rendering and Lighting
At Postgraduate Level assessors will focus less on individual criteria and will examine courses based on the following:
- Industry Input in Course Design
- Tuition by practitioners
- High Quality Resources
- Commitment to Diversity
- Recruitment of suitable candidates
- Student Work Experience
- Graduate Placement in Industry
Click here to view Skillset's detailed research into how games specific courses have affected the employment situation in the UK.
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