电脑游戏理学学士学位（荣誉学位）

这是世界成就的学位。您可以制作故事，角色和情节，以建立玩家可以穿越的虚构世界。我们的工作受到创造力，想象力和技术卓越的推动，在Essex，您既掌握游戏设计又掌握计算机编程，从而完全掌控要创建的世界。我们学校是一个学者社区，在技术研发方面处于领先地位。当今的计算机科学家都是富有创造力的人，他们专注而又投入，却不停地尝试。我们是世界上许多顶级科学家的故乡，我们的工作受到创造力和想象力以及技术卓越的推动。
This is a degree in world-making. You craft stories, characters and plot in order to build imaginary worlds that a player can journey through. Our work is driven by creativity and imagination as well as technical excellence; at Essex you master both game design and computer programming, giving you total control over the worlds you want to create.Our course gives you the skills to design and specify complex, non-trivial games through focusing on the following areas:The mechanics of a game, including gameplay elements and the relationship with storyThe concepts and techniques of computer game programmingReal and virtual worldsArtificial intelligence behaviours for non-player characters2D and 3D graphic effects and game objects (e.g. weapon systems)At the end of your course, you will be able to create the outline design specification for a computer game of your own design, and to implement a game using industry-standard techniques.Our School is a community of scholars leading the way in technological research and development. Today's computer scientists are creative people who are focused and committed, yet restless and experimental. We are home to many of the world's top scientists, and our work is driven by creativity and imagination as well as technical excellence.Both for entertainment and for more serious purposes such as virtual reality training, computer games, gamification and games intelligences are increasingly important in today's world.Study abroadYour education extends beyond the university campus. We support you in expanding your education through offering the opportunity to spend a year or a term studying abroad at one of our partner universities. The four-year version of our degree allows you to spend the third year abroad or employed on a placement abroad, while otherwise remaining identical to the three-year course.Placement yearAlternatively, you can spend your third year on a placement with an external organisation, as part of one of our placement year degrees. The learning outcomes associated with this programme focus on using the specialist technical skills acquired in the first two years of the course and developing communications skills with customers.