BA (Hons) Games Art with Foundation Bachelor's degree at Westminster

Critical thinking is fundamental to our ability to progress in an increasingly complex and changing world. It is an essential skill across a range of academic and practice-based disciplines. This module helps you understand the importance and function of critical thinking both at university and beyond. By working in partnership with academic staff and peers, you will explore how critical thinking aligns with disciplinary practices, shapes scholarly knowledge, and addresses inequalities. Through

This module provides you with an opportunity to develop a broad understanding of the key working methods, concepts and principles of the Art and Design disciplines within the Foundation course. You will be challenged to complete a sequence of short projects, working across a range of techniques within the subject disciplines. Self-evaluation and documenting your learning are both important elements of this process, and you will be learning by doing.

This Semester 2 module deepens and consolidates the fundamental skills, approaches and processes of Art and Design research and practice developed in Semester 1 through a practical Extended Project. It helps you to develop your creative practice, based on iterative practical, technical and contextual research, and undertaken through a negotiated project. With an overarching theme set across disciplinary pathways, you will work within a chosen discipline, with group and individual tutorial suppor

This Semester 1 module introduces fundamentals of Art and Design practice and research. It helps you to develop your individual creative practice based on an understanding of visual and contextual research processes through structured studio, research and technical activities.

This module introduces you to the key academic, professional, and personal skills essential for success at university. It encourages good practices in writing, presentation, and time management, while also fostering reflection to help you build confidence as you transition to higher education. Open to all students enrolled in courses delivered through Westminster Foundation Pathways, the module provides a creative and supportive environment where you can reflect on and develop your academic and

Following the Art and Design modules of Semester 1, this module provides you with the opportunity to engage with some of the key themes and practices of Art and Design disciplines. You will be challenged to complete several projects of approximately one month's duration, selecting techniques and working methods from the available disciplines. Self-evaluation and documenting your learning continue to be important elements of this process, and you will be learning by doing.

This module introduces you to the practice and production of 3D computer and video games art. You will consider some of the principles and methods used to create objects as assets for game environments. To do this, you will look at simple briefs and consider the different ways in which a brief for a game can be interpreted creatively. You will then learn how to use 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional tools to create 3D game assets in response to a brief.

This module introduces you to the creative and professional practice of concept art across games, film, and related creative industries. You will develop your ability to communicate visual ideas through a range of traditional and digital techniques while exploring the role of research, iteration, and presentation in visual storytelling. You'll investigate how historical, cultural, and global perspectives shape visual languages and production contexts, and how awareness of inclusion, representati

This module introduces you to the foundational creative and professional principles of games art and design. It provides a shared understanding of how visual, structural, and interactive elements combine to shape player experience. You will analyse existing board and tabletop games to understand the relationship between aesthetics, mechanics, and narrative. You will then design, prototype, and document an original board game that responds to a UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), developing cr

This module introduces you to the design and implementation of mechanics within a game engine. You will consider the role of game design in the game development pipeline, and explore the principles and methods used to create mechanics within a game. To do this, you will look at a client brief and use this to develop a simple game-related artefact. You will also consider how to adapt a design to make it accessible for a diverse range of users.

This module introduces you to core game development concepts of level design and environment art. You will consider some of the principles and methods used to design a level for a game and then concept and develop the game assets used to build the environment. To do this, you will look at simple briefs and consider the different ways in which a brief for a game can be interpreted creatively.

This module is an introduction to working with 2D animation software. It will give you an overview of the various applications of 2D modelling and animation, as well as an understanding of 2D aesthetics. A series of workshops will introduce you to the skills needed to create your own 2D assets, and you will practice animating a 2D rig. These workshops will be the building blocks you need to develop your own concept for a 2D asset or animation.

This module introduces you to the practice and production of 2-dimensional (2D) game development. You will consider some of the principles used to develop 2D