Uni for sotware engineering/game developement (2 Viewers)

[darkfate]

Hey, im having a hard time picking my preferences for Uni, im currently in year 12 and wish get into a course where it involves software programming, preferably for games. Can anyone recommend a good Uni and/or a good course i should try for? I was thinking ANU but not sure what software engineering is like over there.

 

[Ben1220]

do you have any preferences in the area you want to go to university? Just NSW or ACT? I would be a little wary about doing a games development degree, they seem to be just baiting students. Your best bet would be a proper computer science degree, doing computer graphics, programming and artificial intelligence type subjects in your final year.

 

[darkfate]

i live in Sydney so it will be great if theres a good course in my area, but im prioritising whichever uni course is better, so i dont really mind where i go. If im intrested in programming which wilil be a better option. computer science or software engineering?

 

[nutting]

i live in Sydney so it will be great if theres a good course in my area, but im prioritising whichever uni course is better, so i dont really mind where i go. If im intrested in programming which wilil be a better option. computer science or software engineering?

Ah welll can have a look at computer science degrees ate australian universities or more specifically computer games development courses in universities in australia. I dont think you need to take a degree in Software Engineering to get into Games Programming...that said if you do Games Programming ...which is a pretty niche area, you could possiblly be limiting your employment oppportunities...ie. you cannot work in any other field in IT except Games development ...My suggestion is , take a General computer science course , and a couple of electives in Games Programming....go to the faculty pages of each uni to see which ones offer such electives etc etc