I'm applying for university in a bit, and I'm looking for a design/computer based course (video games would be preferable). I'm having a bit of trouble choosing.
What are your opinions about the courses that are offered? I'm thinking of doing Computer Arts at Abertay Uni (in Dundee) - http://www.abertay.ac.uk/Courses/CDetails.cfm?RID=1&CID=184&Key=002 - because it seems to envelope a lot of things other than just graphics; cinematography, character design, music/sfx. It's just a bit far away though.
Another option is Computer Games Design, which a variety of universities do. I dunno which one's best for it though. Also Animation, which I can do at UCLan, which is close to where I live.
Applying for university? I thought you were much older. Anyway... I was going to do a similar course at Abertay, but I was warned that the image of Abertay was that it was for people who were... a bit thick. I'd actually do a standard computer science course and specialise later on.
I'm planning on going to Uclan to do software development or software engineering. They do video game courses and stuff there (we had a tour/day where we looked at the video game stuff, and it was very impressive). But I'm not really sure whether a video game course is considered a professional course to do? I don't know
I had a look on Google for top universities for Computing, and Manchester, Lancaster, Durham where all in the top 10 - which is quite close to were I live. But I don't want to move away from home, and Uclan is only 30 minute drive from where I live, so that'll probably be my choice.
That's what I'm struggling with - like how do you know which universities are for thickos and which ones are actually half-decent. Is there no website which tells you?
Yeh I know.
Uclan isn't exactly known for being a clever university or anything - but it's something like the 6th biggest in the UK. To be honest, I'm not too bothered on how clever or how performance for a uni is. With something like Computing, if there is something you want to learn further - you can just learn it at home, so really the results you get will depend on the effort you put in. Obviously with subjects like Maths and Chemistry or something, then the university would matter a lot more, but for computing I'm not really too bothered.
I just searched google for top universities - I think The Times online had a list of university courses, and showed you which universities got the top 20 results for each subject. For computing, Oxford and Cambridge were obviously top.
The Sunday Times list is good for those looking to study academic subjects, but for art/design it's a pile of wank, and it's art/design that I'm looking for (computers is a secondary thing).
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