Niagara College, located in Welland, Ontario, is a leading Canadian institution renowned for its applied learning programs and industry connections. With a focus on career readiness, Niagara College offers a wide range of programs in areas such as business, hospitality, technology, health sciences, and more. Students benefit from experiential learning opportunities, including co-op placements, internships, and industry projects. The college's state-of-the-art facilities, dedicated faculty, and strong ties to the local community contribute to a transformative educational experience and prepare graduates for success in their chosen fields.

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Unique dual-credit program between Niagara College and Brock University that leads to a four-year Bachelor Degree from Brock University and a three-year Advanced Diploma from NC in four years. Hundreds of hours of hands-on, applied learning in state-of-the-art game development labs. Practical individual and collaborative game development experience, including team projects where students conceive, design and develop original game titles. Explore the creative and cultural context of games; gaming history; platforms; and design and production paradigms as well as game design, art creation techniques and game creation and production. Attend Brock and NC concurrently while collaborating with Game Programming students in development teams. Show less

BA Game Design / Advanced Diploma Game Development
Courses offered at Brock University Courses offered at Niagara College
Year 1 Fall Term
IASC 1P30 – Programming for Interactive Media BTGD9810/1P10 – Digital Graphics for Gaming I
CPCF 1F25 – Media and Culture: Texts and Practices BTGD9811/1P11 – Fundamental 3D and Multimedia
Technologies
IASC 1P04 – New Media and Games
Year 1 Winter Term
CPCF 1F25 – Media and Culture: Texts and Practices BTGD9820/1P20 – Digital Graphics for Gaming II
IASC 1P05 – Games, Genres, Aesthetics BTGD9822/1P22 – Game Engine Fundamentals
IASC 1P06 – History and Future of Storytelling
Year 2 Fall Term
IASC 2P04 – Ludology BTGD9831/2P31 – Environment Design
VISA 2Q99 – Sound Design for Game Applications BTGD9833/2P33 – Database Essentials
BTGD9835/2P35 – Game Design and Development I
Year 2 Winter Term
IASC 2P05 – Game Design Paradigms BTGD9841/2P41 – Character Modelling and Animation
VISA 2Q97 – Digital Video for Game Applications BTDG9844/2P44 – Project Management
BTGD9845/2P45 – Game Design and Development II
Year 3 Fall Term
APCO 1P50 – Integrity and Literacy in the Information Age BTGD9851/3Y51 – Advanced Animation Techniques
IASC 3P04 – Immersion and Simulation BTGD9855/3Y55 – Game Production I
Year 3 Winter Term
IASC 3P06 – Game Criticism BTGD9864/3P64 – The Game Industry Business
Select 2 credits from (Fall and/or Winter
Term):
COMM 2P90 – Computer Mediate Communication
COMM 2P91 – Social Media: Reading and Writing in New
Spaces
ENCW 3P73 – Creative Writing for Digital Media
HIST 3P36 – Digital Innovations: History and Computing I
IASC 3F91 – Innovations in Advanced Digital Media
IASC 3P11 – Motion Capture Studio
STAC 3P14 – Dramatic Creation for Contemporary Cultural
VISA 3P10 – Expanded Video Process and Production
Practice
BTGD9865/3P65 – Game Production II
Year 4
IASC 4P02 – Video Game Research and Development
IASC 4F03 – Team–based Practicum in Game Design and
Production
Select 3.5 credits from:
COMM 3P26 – Social Political Aspects of Digital Gaming
COMM 3P90 – Advanced Topics in Digital Culture
COMM 3P92 – Technology and Culture
COMM 3Q98 – The Psychology of Screens (Television and
Beyond)
DART 3P92 – Scriptwriting
EDUC 4P62 – Video Games in the Classroom
IASC 3F93 – Project Collaborations Across Diverse
Programs
IASC 3F96 – Advanced Internship in Game Design
(Spring/Summer)
IASC 3P93 – Heritage Interpretation in the Digital Age
IASC 3P95 – Internship in Interactive Media
IASC 3P96 – Level Design for Games and Immersive
Media
IASC 3P97 – Interactive Media Portfolio
IASC 3P98 – Directed Studies
IASC 3P99 – Directed Project
IASC 3Q90 – Competencies in Game Design
PCUL 3Q98 – The Psychology of Screens
STAC 3P98 – Reporting Arts and Culture
STAC 4P72 – High and Low Art: Intersections, Exchanges
and Flows
WRDS 3P15 – Writing for New Media
or other 3XXX and above courses in consultation with
GAME BA academic advisor

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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