Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Games Design with Placement Year

at Leeds Beckett University - City Campus United Kingdom

Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), this course focuses on the study of psychology within a range of sport and exercise settings, providing an essential stepping-stone to becoming a Chartered Sport & Exercise Psychologist.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Learn how to conduct initial assessments of clients
• Look at how to maintain professional boundaries
• Analyse data sets
• Develop a systematic, evidence-informed and ethical approach to your work

To support your career goals, you’ll have the opportunity to gain practical experience working with a range of clients, from recreational to elite performers, across a variety of sporting pursuits. This hands-on approach will aid your professional development, enhancing your understanding of ethical and evidence-informed practice.

As part of this course you’ll:

• Find new ways to produce innovative choreography
• Choose optional modules to create an individual programme of study
• Explore your artistic interests and make several new pieces of choreography
• Engage with the latest research and insights, and learn how to apply this to real-world situations
• Develop the skills to respond to a brief, curate work for festivals and events, and collaborate on and initiate interdisciplinary and experimental projects
• Explore traditional and alternative settings for dance and performance, from the studio and theatre to galleries and museums
• Have the opportunity to work with community groups using participatory, immersive and specialised collaborative approaches to develop new choreographic methods
• Share ideas and experiences with fellow students to collaborate, critique and engage with each other's choreographic identities

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Learn how to perform effectively as a specialist learning and development practitioner across a diverse range of business environments and sectors
• Develop knowledge and understanding of strategic learning and development, people management, managerial and business practices
• Critically evaluate and apply theory and techniques to a range of complex issues, problems, and situations
• Gain a strategic perspective on learning and people development practice in external and internal business contexts
• Practise making ethical and informed quantitative and qualitative professional judgements
• Develop creativity and transferable skills to use in organisational and professional settings with awareness of inclusivity, sensitivity to equality, diversity, and culture

As part of this course you’ll:

• Understand the policy-making process and how it impacts everyday lives
• Look at why social problems persist, and explore what more can be done to address them
• Have the opportunity to explore the welfare state, the impact of globalisation, social inequalities, the complexities of making successful policies, and social and economic justice
• Have a choice of optional modules and a dissertation in your second and third years, which you can tailor to your interests

With our range of events and guest speakers, you’ll be able to immerse yourself in a rich learning environment that will prepare you for the career you choose.

Our careers advisors will be on hand to offer guidance and to help you recognise and sharpen your employability skills. This course will develop your transferable skills in team working, time management and written and oral communications. We value student support extremely highly. You’ll be allocated an academic advisor in your first week at university who you can contact to discuss any issue.

This professionally accredited course will develop the skills you’ll need for a rewarding career in this dynamic, growing sector.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Gain newsgathering skills and experience in modern journalism
• Understand the practice and principles of contemporary journalism including fairness and accuracy
• Create multimedia news content for print, digital and broadcast platforms
• Have access to purpose-built facilities including computer suites, TV and radio studios, and a dedicated newsroom

You'll have the opportunity to use our facilities to create multimedia news content for print, digital and broadcast platforms by combining the best of the past with an eye on the future.

Develop key marketing skills and learn to generate innovative solutions to complex challenges within an international setting.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Gain a detailed insight of marketing in an international context and understand how to use your knowledge to help steer business success in a global economy
• Explore risk, nuances and complexities of operating in a global environment
• Examine the role that culture plays in decision making across a range of international settings
• Learn how to manage international brands and how to plan and implement effective PR campaigns in a global context
• Develop the tools and knowledge to make a valuable contribution to any organisation that operates in, or plans to develop, non-domestic markets
• Choose a topic with an international or global emphasis for your Postgraduate Marketing Research Project

Develop the marketing expertise to make strategic business decisions, manage digital campaigns and understand buyer behaviour.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Gain specific knowledge of marketing ethics, corporate social responsibility and of the ethical and cultural differences between national markets, maximising your employability both in the UK and overseas
• Learn how to understand the thought processes behind every consumer purchase
• Develop the acumen for business management so you can oversee finance, economics, accounting and people 

What would you do if a rival company launched a cheaper product to compete with yours, or the demand for your product shrank in one part of the world? This course will give you the chance to gain real-life business and marketing expertise. You'll test your marketing skills against simulated challenges in our business simulation suite and attend workshops and networking events.

You’ll learn from expert teaching staff with a wealth of professional experience and close working links with the business community.

Develop your skills in product design and professional practice.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Gain insight into user requirements, economic, environmental and ethical considerations, as well as materials, manufacturing, production and industry capabilities
• Use your insights to help inform the design of your products
• Design a range of products for both commercial and domestic use, including furniture, interior products, consumer goods and sustainable products
• Work on live industry briefs, which will ensure you’ll be working in real world settings to design products that make a positive contribution to the world around us

The role of acoustics in the built environment and the impact of sound and noise on society is a growing area of research and practice.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Understand acoustic design and practice as a vital component in environments where creative industries function
• Recognise the intrinsic relationship between audio systems and the environments in which they operate
• Develop a broad understanding of the behaviour of sound in all scenarios
• Build technical and practical skills in the measurement, evaluation and design of audio systems and acoustic environments
• Explore the areas of interfacing, interactivity and spatial audio
• Practise listening to audio systems and acoustic environments and develop your ability to complete their set up and evaluation independently

Critically explore divisive political issues such as the 2017 snap general election, Brexit and the Donald Trump US Presidency.

As part of your course, you’ll:

• Examine politics as a human activity with a local, national and global outlook
• Study the ideas, ideologies, policies and institutions that form the foundations of modern politics
• Understand complex policy issues and advocate solutions to problems
• Evaluate the nature and distribution of power systems, processes and institutions of governance
• Analyse different interpretations of political events and issues, synthesising relevant information, exercising critical judgement and constructing reasoned arguments
• Analyse pressing issues facing us today, such as climate change, human rights, migration and the crisis of capitalism
• Explore how the role of the state, international power relations, ethics, and political movements and ideologies such as Marxism have profound implications for the organisation of our society
• Undertake a volunteering placement giving you work experience in the field
• Blend critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills