BSc (Hons) Games Programming with foundation year

... United Kingdom
... University of Bolton

Course Overview

A games programming graduate will be able to demonstrate the programming skills required to work on games and entertainment software. The technical skills you’ll develop include the ability to develop interactive software including graphics and sound, an understanding of programming language, including the use of artificial intelligence techniques and multi-user and multi-processor programming.

General Eligibility

48 UCAS points. Any subjects are acceptable at Level 3. You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent) including Mathematics and English. You’ll need to attain a minimum mark from a diagnostic mathematics test. If you don’t meet the standard entry requirements but have a technical computing background, we'll be happy to consider your application. You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.

Part Time Work Details

Apprentices will need to be employed by your organization for a minimum of 30 hours per week. Your organization will also need to commit to sponsoring apprentices to complete this qualification.

Language Requirement

  • If English isn’t your first language, you’ll also need IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent). We also accept a range of other English language qualifications

Programme Information
...
Course Category

Sports


...
Campus Name

University of Bolton


...
Course Level

Undergraduate


...
Duration

Full-time, 4 years


...
Available Intake

September


...
IELTS Score

5.5


...
Tuition Fees Range

Home Fees/International: £9,250,


Subject Recommendations for You
Campus

Brighton, England

Entry Score

6.0

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

15300

BSc (Hons) Environmental Science
Teesside University
Campus

Middlesbrough

Entry Score

6.0

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

9250

BA History (Co-op)
Brock University
Campus

St. Catharines, Ontario

Entry Score

7.0

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

27886

Discover Your Next Read
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
Request history8.1.11PHP Version867msRequest Duration2MBMemory UsageGET course-details/{id?}Route
  • warninglog[15:16:30] LOG.warning: Calling static trait method App\Traits\Service::get_intake_with_next_year is...
  • Booting (13.6ms)time
  • Application (853ms)time
  • 1 x Application (98.43%)
    853ms
    1 x Booting (1.57%)
    13.60ms
    4 templates were rendered
    • course-detailscourse-details.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.homejshomejs.blade.php#?blade
    • layouts.appapp.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.menusearchjsmenusearchjs.blade.php#?blade
    uri
    GET course-details/{id?}
    middleware
    web
    controller
    App\Http\Controllers\CourseController@details
    namespace
    prefix
    where
    file
    app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:130-145
    13 statements were executed, 3 of which were duplicates, 10 unique. Show only duplicated824ms
    • Connection Establishedstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `id` = '10830' limit 1
      2.17msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 10830
      Backtrace
      • 16. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 20. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` in ('57')
      900μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 57
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `represent_countries` where `represent_countries`.`id` in ('1')
      530μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 26. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 28. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 29. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 30. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `countries` where `countries`.`id` in ('235')
      410μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 235
      Backtrace
      • 31. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 32. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 33. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 34. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 35. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` in ('1')
      430μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `categories` where `categories`.`id` in ('50') order by `category_name` asc
      450μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 50
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `course_level_id` = '1' order by RAND() limit 3
      806msstaging_liveCourseController.php#138
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:138
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '62' limit 1
      6.51msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 62
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      600μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '5c449829404b422c87b7d65ab914d6c6' limit 1
      650μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 5c449829404b422c87b7d65ab914d6c6
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      3.67msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = 'c9cf9f687f00445e9fe8823d97cf4b4b' limit 1
      780μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: c9cf9f687f00445e9fe8823d97cf4b4b
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      400μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    App\Models\Course
    4Course.php#?
    App\Models\Institute
    4Institute.php#?
    App\Models\CourseLevel
    4CourseLevel.php#?
    App\Models\RepresentCountry
    1RepresentCountry.php#?
    App\Models\Country
    1Country.php#?
    App\Models\Category
    1Category.php#?
        _token
        0dGzmKQT6ypHlne7fDrKHNBzaSK9y8gmXo6FwoWD
        current_url
        https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/10830
        _previous
        array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/10830" ]
        _flash
        array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ]
        PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA
        []
        path_info
        /course-details/10830
        status_code
        200
        
        status_text
        OK
        format
        html
        content_type
        text/html; charset=UTF-8
        request_query
        []
        
        request_request
        []
        
        request_headers
        0 of 0
        array:15 [ "priority" => array:1 [ 0 => "u=0, i" ] "accept-encoding" => array:1 [ 0 => "gzip, deflate, br, zstd" ] "sec-fetch-dest" => array:1 [ 0 => "document" ] "sec-fetch-user" => array:1 [ 0 => "?1" ] "sec-fetch-mode" => array:1 [ 0 => "navigate" ] "sec-fetch-site" => array:1 [ 0 => "none" ] "accept" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7" ] "user-agent" => array:1 [ 0 => "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)" ] "upgrade-insecure-requests" => array:1 [ 0 => "1" ] "sec-ch-ua-platform" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Windows"" ] "sec-ch-ua-mobile" => array:1 [ 0 => "?0" ] "sec-ch-ua" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Chromium";v="130", "HeadlessChrome";v="130", "Not?A_Brand";v="99"" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "pragma" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "host" => array:1 [ 0 => "staging.bheuni.io" ] ]
        request_cookies
        []
        
        response_headers
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "content-type" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html; charset=UTF-8" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache, private" ] "date" => array:1 [ 0 => "Fri, 30 May 2025 15:16:30 GMT" ] "set-cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6Imt6Sy9ZSzRRQzZCUzFWYno1N1dnSEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiNmRoL2tFREJqcUlmakhGODI2dnRkUTBkeUwyeFlpZnQwb1FZN2N6SlVaaWZSMHdTUXhmbjZJcDNGVGhhVGl5WGdBUUZHNzdkbTlJYW1DT0FwUWRKdk5BYnEzeWs1TEJFUnA2eEg1YVMwUVQ2bFlDSjQzUkwzVHJDWm9LL0ZhTHkiLCJtYWMiOiIzNzdjNTk3N2FhNTM5YmU0YWYzYmQyMjZhZTFhYTFlZmJhZWFhNGZjMmQwYzlhYmI0MzZjZjgxNjRmNWQxZmU5IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 31 May 2025 11:16:30 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6Imt6Sy9ZSzRRQzZCUzFWYno1N1dnSEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiNmRoL2tFREJqcUlmakhGODI2dnRkUTBkeUwyeFlpZnQwb1FZN2N6SlVaaWZSMHdTUXhmbjZJcDNGVGhhVGl5WGdBUUZHN" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IlY1YVdWU3doQWlIeEh0QmFkc1lkb0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiakd0SGJ2Um82a0g2a202d0NDZXV1TzJDZEhueHNEQ21lbnVncWJ2ZjZWUmg3UmVINGFnQlh6MmJ4dmZZZHlhVldQandGNWxyZ0orRG5SdDladGhjL3ZQNFVCY2pMSGh5QlR6TW1XYWZYaUtkQXMzeFdpSlpTNVo2N2pSd3BtWkciLCJtYWMiOiI2MDVhZjdmZTQyOWUwNDYwYjIyMzQ0ZDA0YThmYmUxMDI3YTU3N2NlMDBhNjgyMTQ0N2MxOTc5MmFmYzBjZTNlIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 31 May 2025 11:16:30 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IlY1YVdWU3doQWlIeEh0QmFkc1lkb0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiakd0SGJ2Um82a0g2a202d0NDZXV1TzJDZEhueHNEQ21lbnVncWJ2ZjZWUmg3UmVINGFnQlh6MmJ4dmZZZHlhVldQ" ] "Set-Cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6Imt6Sy9ZSzRRQzZCUzFWYno1N1dnSEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiNmRoL2tFREJqcUlmakhGODI2dnRkUTBkeUwyeFlpZnQwb1FZN2N6SlVaaWZSMHdTUXhmbjZJcDNGVGhhVGl5WGdBUUZHNzdkbTlJYW1DT0FwUWRKdk5BYnEzeWs1TEJFUnA2eEg1YVMwUVQ2bFlDSjQzUkwzVHJDWm9LL0ZhTHkiLCJtYWMiOiIzNzdjNTk3N2FhNTM5YmU0YWYzYmQyMjZhZTFhYTFlZmJhZWFhNGZjMmQwYzlhYmI0MzZjZjgxNjRmNWQxZmU5IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 31-May-2025 11:16:30 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6Imt6Sy9ZSzRRQzZCUzFWYno1N1dnSEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiNmRoL2tFREJqcUlmakhGODI2dnRkUTBkeUwyeFlpZnQwb1FZN2N6SlVaaWZSMHdTUXhmbjZJcDNGVGhhVGl5WGdBUUZHN" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IlY1YVdWU3doQWlIeEh0QmFkc1lkb0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiakd0SGJ2Um82a0g2a202d0NDZXV1TzJDZEhueHNEQ21lbnVncWJ2ZjZWUmg3UmVINGFnQlh6MmJ4dmZZZHlhVldQandGNWxyZ0orRG5SdDladGhjL3ZQNFVCY2pMSGh5QlR6TW1XYWZYaUtkQXMzeFdpSlpTNVo2N2pSd3BtWkciLCJtYWMiOiI2MDVhZjdmZTQyOWUwNDYwYjIyMzQ0ZDA0YThmYmUxMDI3YTU3N2NlMDBhNjgyMTQ0N2MxOTc5MmFmYzBjZTNlIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 31-May-2025 11:16:30 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IlY1YVdWU3doQWlIeEh0QmFkc1lkb0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiakd0SGJ2Um82a0g2a202d0NDZXV1TzJDZEhueHNEQ21lbnVncWJ2ZjZWUmg3UmVINGFnQlh6MmJ4dmZZZHlhVldQ" ] ]
        session_attributes
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "_token" => "0dGzmKQT6ypHlne7fDrKHNBzaSK9y8gmXo6FwoWD" "current_url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/10830" "_previous" => array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/10830" ] "_flash" => array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ] "PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA" => [] ]
        ClearShow all
        Date ↕MethodURLData
        #12025-05-30 15:16:30GET/course-details/10830141315