OFFICIAL BACHELOR DEGREE IN GAME DESIGN

Basic Skills

• Students must demonstrate knowledge and understanding in a study area beyond that of general secondary education, and which, while generally being supported by advanced textbooks, also includes aspects that imply state-of-the-art knowledge in their area of study.
• Students must know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess skills that are generally demonstrated by drafting and defending arguments and solving problems in their area of study.
• Students must be able to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) to produce opinions including a reflection on relevant social, scientific and ethical questions.
• Students must be able to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
  Students must have developed the study skills required for higher learning and a high degree of autonomy.

General Skills

• Lifelong learning through independent study and continued education.
• Know how to adapt to change and to new situations flexibly and with versatility.
• Develop creativity and innovation and have the ability to present resources, ideas and innovative methods, to be able to subsequently turn them into actions.
• Leadership skills and an ability to negotiate.
  Demonstrate initiative and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Be motivated by a desire for quality.
• Demonstrate an interest in and sensitivity towards social and environmental issues as well as an ability to analyse the social implications of business and corporate social responsibility.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a team.
  Know how to manage time effectively.
• Be able to work in an international context and diverse, multicultural settings.
• Possess the basic skills necessary for establishing personal relationships.
  Be critical and self-critical; have the ability to analyse various alternatives.
• Value a sense of ethics at work.
• Work in multi-disciplinary environments.
• Be able to organise and plan.
• Express themselves appropriately, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrate skill in analysing, summarising and gathering information from a variety of sources.
• Manage information adequately.
• Know how to make decisions and solve problems in a professional context.

Transversal Skills

• Deploy their knowledge, activities and values in cultural, sporting and social contexts.
• Demonstrate an interest in civic cooperation and volunteering.

Specific Skills

• Have the language skills required to communicate and structure a coherent argument in the field of sociology, philosophy and psychology in relation to interactive product design.
• Analyse social and cultural aspects that promote the usability of interactive products.
• Analyse the needs and moral and ethical implications of development and design facing interactive product designers.
• Understand the influence of sociology, philosophy and psychology on art history, literature and games as a reference in the creative process.
• Apply the practical foundations of maths and physics to create an interactive digital product.
• Understand the practical foundations of using and programming computers and developing interactive products.
• Evaluate the ethical, technical and creative implications of technology for interactive product design.
• Understand the principles of audiovisual storytelling to create arguments and stories that can be applied to interactive products.
• Have a knowledge of 2D and 3D content design and artistic techniques.
• Apply creativity to the digital content environment.
• Have a knowledge of the elements involved in designing an interactive work for users.
• Apply basic knowledge of man–machine interaction to an interactive digital product.
• Apply the basics of narrative to developing interactive products.
• Analyse user characteristics and needs in the humane environment as a fundamental element in designing interactive products.
• Understand the processes of the elements involved in interactive artistic production.
• Apply the basic principles of animation to computer generated models.
• Apply theoretical and practical product design knowledge to content development.
• Understand the design principles that enable the use, accessibility and usability of interactive products and their philosophical implications.
• Be aware of the determining factors in the consumer market for interactive products, taking knowledge and respect for social and cultural environments into account.
• Understand the principles of design applied to multiple consumer devices.
• Understand and be able to clearly and effectively communicate the development guidelines for a product.
• Understand the relevant aspects of digital society in the context of sociology, philosophy, psychology, ethics, moral values and aspects related to knowledge, which affect the creation, publication and distribution of interactive products.
• Understand and know how to address the relationships between Technology – Society – Culture, with regards to interactive product design.
• Recognise the philosophical, social and political implications of technology design and innovation.
• Detect the implications of legal and ethical limits to technology innovations.