Uni questions! [Game design and staffs uni]

[daz]

3 quid for a baguette for my gf on the open day, i nearly fell over.

Definitely come to London in that case!

 

[JaFFa]

But what's going to look best at a glance, a "Bsc Games Design" degree, or a "BSc (Honours) Computer Graphics and Visualisation"?

well I do "BSc (Honours) Computer Games Technology" , but thats beside the point, Id rather do the course I wanna do and enjoy my life than constantly worrying about what may and may not be better.

 

[Miguél]

I do a games technology course at Manchester Met, im a first year and its pretty good so far.

Ive already done 2 years of a History course at Manchester, and compared to this, that was a bag of poo.

The teaching I get is top notch, they help me when i need it and I feel like they do care.

Those saying its best to do a computing degree, theres really not that much difference. I have 1 module different to taht of a comp sci, whilst it branches off a bit more in the other years, I think the things it branches into are worthwhile (graphical mathematics, advanced programming, AI, etc).

The facilities are pretty much brand new we all use the new Mac pro's with what I think must be at least 20" apple monitors in climate controlled new labs.

Whilst it might be better to do a more general degree, im taking a chance and specialising in something I really want. I dont wanna leave uni like so many others with no idea what real field I want to work in.

My mates in your year doing that course. I'm in the third year of a comp sci degree there.

The first year is the same for all the degree schemes including games technology (apart from that one module). Its not until the second year you can choose what modules you want to do and thus are more related to your degree.

 

[NokkonWud]

a first for everything and im going to big up teesside

the games design course is apparently **** hot and its chepa as chips to live there

used to play on there css servers wich uses the same forum as the gamers society or whatever it is. by the sounds of it mot people on the course go on to big name companys

It's true, it's head and shoulders the best Computing University in the Country, and apparently the best in Europe.

I actually study Computer Games Design, so if you want to ask any specific questions feel free, preferably via e-mail as I'm rately in 'General Discussion'.