BSc (Hons) Computer Games Development Bachelor's degree at Liverpool John Moores University

This module aims to provide you with the mathematical knowledge, understanding and skills which are required to use mathematics as an analytical tool in engineering and technology subjects.

This module will introduce you to the software development process in order to be able to use a range of computer programming environments and their applications. You will also be able to develop problem-solving skills in computing and wider engineering or technology areas.

This module provides you with the concepts, methods, techniques and experience to design, develop and manage digital multimedia productions. Lectures will concentrate on the necessary theory of these topics while hands-on practical sessions and workshops will develop the capabilities to design, create, produce and deliver media rich experiences.

This module aims to provide an introduction to technical computing and the application of computers in the implementation of simple algorithms.

This year-long module supports you in developing the academic and practical skills needed to become an effective and independent learner. It includes regular contact with personal tutors, encouraging a smooth transition into the Higher Education environment.

This module enables you to identify the importance of information and how information can be transformed into developing logical designs in order to develop a working database. This database will manipulate data to produce meaningful information for the end user. You will participate in student-focused learning activities based on a combination of formal lectures and practical, experiential learning in laboratories, with supporting tutorials and seminars designed to reinforce and increase your l

The emphasis of this module will be on the underlying computing challenges of large-scale applications of the kind regularly featured in the general media. The intention is to demystify these applications and spark your interest in the underlying computing challenges and solutions. Lectures on contemporary applied computing topics will be complemented with lab sessions encouraging you to research information and develop high-level solutions to related problems.

In this module, you will develop your high-level programming skills using the industry standard languages for computer games development. You will be introduced to the fundamental concepts of data type creation, utilisation and specification, programmatic computation, logic and how to control application flow. Practical experience with a high-level language and its associated ecosystem will lead to the development of problem solving and decomposition skills in order to solve real-world developme

This module teaches you the fundamentals of computer graphics, specifically 2D, and its underlying mathematical principles. You will recap many elementary mathematics concepts before being introduced to how complex concepts can solve computer graphics problems. The module teaches you the practical aspects of computer graphics through a series of programming workshops using modern graphics API.

This module explores influential video game examples and relevant theoretical and critical writings, students will analyse the cultural and artistic contexts in which the medium has been theorised, produced and played. Students will also become familiar with the technological developments and conceptual transformations, before and after the so called digital shift, establishing a firm understanding of the technical and intellectual changes that have influenced the development of the video game a

This module provides you with fundamental knowledge of modern computer architecture and networks. This knowledge forms the core of all computing courses and will be built upon in subsequent modules in Level 5 and 6.

This module provides you with an opportunity to consider your future role as a computing professional. The seminars will be used to develop strategies that you can use, providing opportunities for you to apply concepts to real-world scenarios. You will develop your understanding of professionalism in computing, of working in the computing industry, and of the ethical frameworks and codes of conduct for a computing industry in which Artificial Intelligence has considerable impact.

The module begins by exploring data and its domain in the context of Computer Science. The students explore the methodology & technology necessary in taking data and deriving info using industry standard tools for BI (Business Intelligence). The module moves on by exploring ERM (Entity Relational Modelling) & Normalisation, ultimately leading towards viable designs for RDBs (Relational Database). This module thusly supports students in further study, most notably in feeding necessary knowledge i

This module introduces the concepts of client-side web development. Students will learn how to create interactive web pages that present a user interface using HTML5 and CSS, processed using custom JavaScript code.

This module is a technical, skills-focused module. You will be introduced to Data Structures as Abstract Data Types and cover the fundamentals of discrete mathematics which provide the foundations for data structure design and implementation. You will gain exposure of how to create your own implementation in games industry standard languages and their standard libraries. Each structure will be covered from a game programming perspective, demonstrating real-world usage within game engines and gam

This module builds on your knowledge of 2D graphics and furthers your knowledge in 3D computer graphics, from the underlying mathematical principles to your application in the development of 3D computer games. The module uses a modern GPU-driven graphics API to demonstrate how complex 3D scenes can be constructed using a wide range of 3D graphical techniques. You will be taught about the programmable pipeline, including shader implementations of lighting and texture calculations.

In this module, students learn about the associated techniques and tools for creating 3D models for 3D animation and games. This incorporates the digital content creation pipeline for games, rendering and lighting, in order to generate static and animated content that can be utilized inside a modern games' engine for representation of scene geometry and game avatars. The focus of the module will be to cover the various tools and techniques that are used to build assets for games from conception