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Brock

Game Design

OUAC BGD

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Brock

Game Programming

OUAC BGP

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Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording80–83%Low 80s73–77%Mid-70s80–83%Low 80s
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row belowENG4UENG4UENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it
  • one of MCV4U, MHF4U
Prerequisitesas published
  • ENG4U
  • Recommended subjects:
  • 1 from 4U History, Philosophy, Classical Studies or International Language
  • ASM4U, AVI4M, ADA4M or ICS3C
  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
  • ENG4U
  • 5 additional 4U/M courses
  • Alternative Offers
  • If you are inadmissible to the original degree program you have applied to, you may be
  • +3 more on the program page
  • ENG4U
  • MHF4U (min. 70%) or MCV4U (min. 70%)
  • Strongly recommended subject: ICS4U
More than marks?supplementary applicationMarks onlyMarks onlyMarks only
Co-opNoAvailableNo
DegreeBachelor of Arts, BA, Diploma, Dipl.Bachelor of Science, BSc, Diploma, Dipl.
First-year intakewhere published50
What you studyCinematics & PhotographyComputer Animation and Visual EffectsComputer GamesDesignDesignEntrepreneurshipFine ArtComputer GamesComputer ScienceDesignEntrepreneurship
What it isYou study how to create video games from start to finish, learning programming, visual design, animation, sound, and storytelling. Unlike a pure computer science degree, this program balances technical skills with creative and business thinking, so you learn game engines, art, and how to actually launch a game. It suits people who want hands-on work making games rather than working only on backend code or studying game theory in isolation.Creative Technologies is a visual arts and design degree that combines fine art, graphic design, and digital media with entrepreneurship skills so you can develop creative work and understand how to turn ideas into projects or businesses. Unlike a straight fine arts program, it emphasizes the practical and business side of creative work. It suits people who want to make art or design but also care about how creative work reaches audiences and generates opportunity.You learn to design and code video games, combining programming skills with game design and storytelling. This program emphasizes building complete games from concept to finished product, rather than studying general computer science. It suits people who want to work in the game industry and have both technical problem-solving skills and creative ideas.
The door tomajors you reach through itApplied to directlyApplied to directlyApplied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See themNone published by average4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them
SourceBrock University on OUInfoYork University — Markham on OUInfoBrock University on OUInfo

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