Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing in Interactive Digital Art and Design

at Institute of Technology Carlow

This course provides graduates with the skills required to become a professional digital artist and application developer. They will acquire skills in concept design, art production and graphics programming. On completion, you will have produced numerous concepts for games, applications and entertainment media. 
 

Lectures and course practicals cover industry-standard tools and technologies including:
 

• Concept Design: Balsamiq, Sketch and Invision

• 2D Art: Photoshop, Illustrator

• 3D Art: 3D Studio Max, Blender, Maya, Zbrush

• Programming Languages: C++, Javascript, Python and HTML5.
   

Collaboration is actively encouraged throughout this course. Collaboration, beginning in first year, with students from Computer Games Development will result in the creation of numerous portfolio titles, game projects and technical demonstrations.
 

• Year 1 / Semester 1

• Mandatory

• Introduction to 2D Digital Art

• Communication Skills

• Human Computer Interaction

• Mathematics for Graphics

• Introduction to Programming
   

• Year 1 / Semester 2

• Mandatory

• Concept Art for Games

• Game Design

• Interaction Design

• Introduction to Data Analytics

• Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
   

• Year 2 / Semester 1

• Mandatory

• Animation Principles

• User Interface Testing

• User Interface Programming

• Project Management
   

• Year 2 / Semester 2

• Mandatory

• Introduction to 3D Digital Art

• Design Psychology

• User Interface Prototyping

• Web User Interface Design
   

• Year 3 / Semester 1

• Mandatory

• Business Processes

• User Experience Measurement

• Creative Studio

• Interactive Content Creation

• Advanced User Interface Programming
   

• Year 3 / Semester 2

• Elective

• Project

• Approved Semester Abroad

• Work Placement
   

• Year 4 / Semester 1

• Mandatory

• Visual Effects Programming

• Design Process and Methodology

• Advanced 2D and 3D Character Modeling

• Project (part 1)
   

• Year 4 / Semester 2

• Mandatory

• Project (part 2)

• Concept Design

• Advanced 2D and 3D Environmental Modeling

• Emergent Human Computer Interaction

• Entrepreneurship
   

• Elective

• Blockchain Technology

• Bias in Computational Systems

• Data Visualisation

• Case Studies in Data Science

Leaving Certificate:

• 5O6/H7
   

Subjects required:

• English or Irish O6/H7

• Mathematics O6/H7

The fees for Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing in Interactive Digital Art and Design may vary from €10,000 to €15,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

As this course is focused on the user centred design, graduates will develop skills in 2D and 3D interactive art creation, user experience design, user interface design and programming. 
 

Graduates can work as 2D concept artists, 3D concept artists, technical artists, user experience designers, user interface designers and user interface programmers.
 

Course participants will be visual design literate within the interactive digital art space and able to
effectively use colour, form, light and composition. Graduates will be ready to contribute to the development and preparation of prototypes and style determination of games, applications and entertainment media.