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Serious Games – (M.Sc.)
University of Skövde
School of Life Science
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| Application Deadline: | January 15 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - ≈ € 9,416 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Skövde / Sweden / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | August |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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Computer games are used throughout our society. People play on the bus, at home and at work and we can see how computer games concern a number of areas in the society of today. Furthermore, we see an important industry emerging. The term "serious games" refers to games that engage the user, and contribute to the achievement of a defined purpose other than pure entertainment (whether or not the user is consciously aware of it). The additional purposes can, for example, be education, training, health care or marketing.
What will you study?
The study program is about developing and analyzing serious games. There is a strong practical focus meaning that you will spend much time on developing and evaluating serious games.
Most of the courses are related to our research within serious games. InGaMe Lab is an interdisciplinary research group focusing on research about computer games and other interactable media.
Contents
The study programme has a focus on practical applications of serious games. The course content covers all aspects of serious games development, including the
identification of application areas, requirements elicitation and analysis and technological aspects. One important goal of the study programme is to provi-
de deeper knowledge of the so called serious aspects of serious games, e.g. what are the challenges in developing relevant content in a game for training and
education.
The study programme comprises the following common courses:
- Project Serious Games, Advanced level, 15 ECTS
- Serious Games Research and Development, Advanced level, 7,5 ECTS
- Experimental Game Evaluation, Advanced level, 7,5 ECTS
- Master Degree (one year) Project in Informatics with a specialisation in serious games, Advanced level, 15 ECTS
The course Project Serious Games deepens knowledge in game development as it introduces the additional aspect, beyond entertainment, into the game develop-
ment process. Serious Games Research and Development provides an orientation to the research frontier within serious games.
The course Experimental Game Evaluation aims to teach appropriate methods for evaluation of serious games with respect to their desired effect, e.g. learning.
The course is linked to the project course in that the prototype which has been developed will undergo an evaluation based on a scientific approach.
The Master’s Thesis provides opportunity to apply theoretical and practical knowledge from courses taken during previous studies. The student should apply
a scientific approach to identify, formulate, argue for and solve/answer a research problem within the subject field.
Course block business development:
- Business Planning, Basic level, 7,5 ECTS (Currently only in Swedish)
- Marketing, Basic level, 7,5 ECTS (Currently only in Swedish)
The two courses Business Planning and Marketing give the students an orientation in how to start their own business and work as an entrepreneur. This is an aspect is introduced as serious games is an emerging industry and entrepreneurial skills are expected to be important. The two courses in business planning and entrepreneurship are linked to the project course so that the students can develop a business idea around their project.
Orientation towards research
This orientation gives the student an opportunity to broaden and deepen the knowledge in adjacent areas of informatics in order to better understand how that
area may be applied to serious games development.
- One course in informatics, advanced level, 7,5 ECTS
- Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Applications A1N, 7,5hp
- Vetenskaplig teoribildning inom Informationsteknologi A1N, 7,5 hp
- Cloud Computing A1N, 7,5 hp
- Web Intelligence A1N, 7,5 hp
- Open Systems A1N, 7,5 hp
- Organisatoriska tillämpningar av kunskaps-och datadrivna beslutsstödsystem A1N, 7,5 hp
- Decision-making and Decision Support Systems A1N, 7,5 hp
- Interaktionsdesign och informationsvisualisering A1N, 7,5 hp
- Academic writing in English, 7,5 ECTS
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Requirements
Applying students must have at least a 3-year Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS credits) in Computer Science or Computer Game Studies or similar. A further requirement is proof of skills in English equivalent of studies at upper secondary level in Sweden, known as English course B. This is normally demonstrated by means of an internationally recognized test, e g IELTS, TOEFL or the equivalent.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 575 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
Funding details
in Sweden.
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