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At present there are only a very few universities offering games programming BSc's. Should there be more, and if so, why?
Readings home Page is
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/
Just incase you want to check it out, Im sure you can order a Prospectus for next year from there.
Im glad to hear that the OU has good Discussion groups, doing a degree isnt easy at the best of times, and you really have to choose the right course for you.
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/
Just incase you want to check it out, Im sure you can order a Prospectus for next year from there.
Im glad to hear that the OU has good Discussion groups, doing a degree isnt easy at the best of times, and you really have to choose the right course for you.
Believe me, done that. The OU has its own forum where undergraduates (and graduates) meet to discuss allsorts, not just courses, so we get very good feedback on courses throughout the year (and the tutors too!).
If Reading still do that course, I'd be interested in having a look at their prospectus. (At least, I think it was Reading, it was a long time ago and I may be mistaken). It definitely had the word GAME or DEVELOPMENT in the title and would have been circa 1995-7.
I could always get in touch with EA....or SEGA.
If Reading still do that course, I'd be interested in having a look at their prospectus. (At least, I think it was Reading, it was a long time ago and I may be mistaken). It definitely had the word GAME or DEVELOPMENT in the title and would have been circa 1995-7.
I could always get in touch with EA....or SEGA.
Im also studying at the University of Reading so if you want any info on their computing Courses I can go over and have a look for you (Im studying Genetics). One tip if your planning to do any course at a University or OU, then get an opinion off someone who has done the course...the websites are usually pretty useless for most courses.
The main thing with your Course is to pass with a good grade, so make sure you choose modules you can pass..programming wouldnt be my cup of tea, although their is such a shortage of people in computing at present that BSC computer graduates can walk out of Uni into a £30K a year job, its your choice though...talk it through with someone whos done the course 1st.
The main thing with your Course is to pass with a good grade, so make sure you choose modules you can pass..programming wouldnt be my cup of tea, although their is such a shortage of people in computing at present that BSC computer graduates can walk out of Uni into a £30K a year job, its your choice though...talk it through with someone whos done the course 1st.
Hi, Jimmy, thanks for your support on the charity post, we've all pretty much agreed with Tony's idea that should we win we have the option of pooling the value of our prizes so that SR can buy a bundle (TV/Console/Games) to donate to charity. Bear in mind that it's not compulsory to donate, and we can't hold it against anyone who wants to keep a prize.
On the topic of degrees, a friend of mine (Roden actually, remember him? he used to post here), was asking how to get into games. Now when I left school years ago, EA and a few other developers at the time were sponsoring a degree for games programming at Reading University who were one of the first universities in the country to offer such a course. By now there must be many more, and I think that it is the hardcore gamers who enrol, but I don't have any statistics.
I'm currently doing Maths at the OU, but in two years time will have the option of adding computing modules to my degree syllabus. It's a tough choice, playing games is a lot more fun that writing them, I know that much...I just wish that there was more information on the web regarding such courses for the ones at school today. I've looked, if it is there it's very hard to find.
On the topic of degrees, a friend of mine (Roden actually, remember him? he used to post here), was asking how to get into games. Now when I left school years ago, EA and a few other developers at the time were sponsoring a degree for games programming at Reading University who were one of the first universities in the country to offer such a course. By now there must be many more, and I think that it is the hardcore gamers who enrol, but I don't have any statistics.
I'm currently doing Maths at the OU, but in two years time will have the option of adding computing modules to my degree syllabus. It's a tough choice, playing games is a lot more fun that writing them, I know that much...I just wish that there was more information on the web regarding such courses for the ones at school today. I've looked, if it is there it's very hard to find.
Because then ALL over Britain, people could easily study it.
At present there are only a very few universities offering games programming BSc's. Should there be more, and if so, why?