- 2019

Undergraduate

Minor

Commencement year

This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2019 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook.

Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the component of any bachelors double degrees.

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Managing faculty

Faculty of Information Technology

Contact details

Information TechnologyInformation Technology (https://www.monash.edu/it/about-us/contact-us)

Location

Clayton

The games design minor focuses on the underlying principles of game design and design and the digital creation of game characters, environments and soundscapes. You will work on assignments and collaborative projects geared towards the design and creation of game levels and interactive virtual worlds. This minor should appeal to students from information technology and from across the University who have an interest in computer game design but are not necessarily programmers.

Availability

Games design is listed in the Bachelor of Information Technology at Clayton as a minor.

Units

Minor requirements (24 points)

No more than 12 points at level 1 may be credited to the minor.

Students complete:

Related areas of study

Related majors/minors

Complementary areas of study

Relevant courses

Bachelors

Single degrees

Successful completion of the minor can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the following single degree:

  • C2000 Bachelor of Information Technology

Students in this course can complete the minor by using 24 points of their free electives or, where, relevant prescribed FIT electives.*

Students in other single bachelor's degrees may be eligible to complete the minor by using 24 points of their free electives.

Double degrees

Successful completion of the minor can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the Bachelor of Information Technology component in the following double degrees:*

  • B2017 Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Information Technology
  • B2025 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Information Technology
  • A2009 Bachelor of Criminology and Bachelor of Information Technology
  • F2012 Bachelor of Design and Bachelor of Information Technology
  • F2006 Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor of Information Technology
  • C2002 Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Arts
  • C2003 Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Science
  • L3010 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Information Technology

* Depending on units completed it may be possible for students to complete a minor and a major by using, where relevant, prescribed FIT electives. Students cannot complete both a minor and a major in the same area of study.