CUA60620 Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media (Game Art & Design)
Build the environments, characters and the vehicles/props for games
This Advanced Diploma offers hands-on artistic and technical training in game art. It delves into designing games and scripting game interactions.
Overview
Campus Perth
When Semester 1, 2025
How On campus
Let your artistic and game design skills take you to the next level in games development
Computer Generated imagery (CG) artists and game developers work together to create video games, with CG artists responsible for designing and creating the visual elements of the game, such as environments, characters, and vehicles/props, while game developers focus on the programming, interaction and technical aspects of the game.
Unleash your potential as a game developer and CG artist with our Advanced Diploma qualification, learn to design games, script interactions, build stunning game art, characters and worlds using industry-standard tools. With our strong industry connections, you'll have the opportunity to showcase your work at the end-of-year Expo. By the end of the course, you'll have a professional showreel and your very own game creations.
You will be equipped to be competitive in the global market, using the same software and work practices employed by top games and animation studios all over the world.
This course is highly practical and you will develop your creative abilities in:
- 3D character modelling, texturing and rigging
- Environment and prop creation
- Concept art
- Level design and gameplay
- Game scripting and interactivity
- Game prototype design
- Software including Autodesk Maya, Unity, Pixologic Zbrush, Unreal, Substance Painter and Designer and Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro and After Effects
I have the following attributes:
- Creative flair and strong designing abilities
- Aptitude for solving complex technical problems
- Ability to perform under pressure
- Good communication skills
- Able to work individually and as part of a team
Important information
Select your preferred campus and apply
Semester 1, 2025
Details
Course fees
(Tuition fee* $5,072.04 + Resource fee $570.00 )
*Fee disclaimers
The fees quoted are estimates only and are for the entire course for students enrolling on a full-time basis. Please view the full list of Fee disclaimers.
Please note fees listed include all units required to gain this qualification. If you're a continuing student and have successfully completed a lower-level qualification that is a prerequisite for this course, you'll only pay for the units that you need to enrol in, to complete this course.
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Units
Core
| National ID | Unit title |
|---|---|
| CUAIND611 | Work professionally in the creative arts industry |
| CUAPPR515 | Establish and maintain safe creative practice |
| CUAPPR613 | Engage in the business of creative practice |
| CUAPPR615 | Evolve ideas for professional creative work |
Elective
| National ID | Unit title |
|---|---|
| BSBCRT512 | Originate and develop concepts |
| CUAANM513 | Design specifications for animation and digital visual effects |
| CUADIG512 | Design digital applications |
| CUADIG517 | Design digital simulations |
| CUADRT611 | Establish creative vision for screen productions |
| CUAPPR611 | Originate a body of independent creative work |
| CUAPPR616 | Extend expertise in a specialised art form to professional level |
| CUASOU513 | Develop sound designs |
| CUAWRT512 | Develop storylines and treatments |
| ICTGAM533 | Create complex 3-D interactive games |
| ICTGAM545 | Manage technical art and rigging in 3-D animations |
| ICTGAM552 | Create complex 3-D characters for games |
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