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HNC and HND Computer Games Development

The HNC and HND Computer Games Development awards allows the candidate to develop a range of contemporary vocational skills relating to the development of computer games appropriate to employment at junior developer level (or equivalent) and provide a flexible curriculum to meet the needs of candidates in employment, recognising their existing experience.

The awards gives the candidate the opportunity to work as part of a games design team and to integrate the knowledge and skills contained in the mandatory and optional units, as a large proportion of units take a ‘project’ approach, using the product of a previous assessment as the foundation of the next. Such project scenarios will all favour a games design and development approach, to give the candidate a true reflection of how items being studied integrate and relate to industrial practice.

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Arrangements Documents

Title:	HNC Computer Games Development
Code:	G7Y8 15
Date:	May 2006
Download:	HNC Computer Games Development Arrangements Document

Title:	HNC and HND Computer Games Development
Code:	G9NX 15 and G9NY 16
Date:	Version 05 (August 2012)
Download:	HNC and HND Computer Games Development Arrangements Document (658 KB)

Assessment Exemplars

HN Assessment Exemplars

Your centre's SQA Co-ordinator will have access to these HN Assessment Exemplars on SQA's website. Please approach them for copies.

Title:	2D Animation
Unit:	F209 34
Publication:	F209 34
Edition:	1st Edition, April 2011

Title:	Computer Operating Systems 1 Exemplar
Unit:	DH33 34
Publication:	CB3268
Edition:	1st Edition, August 2006

Title:	Computing Planning Exemplar
Unit:	DH35 34
Publication:	CB3270
Edition:	1st Edition, August 2006

Title:	Professional Issues in Computing Exemplar
Unit:	D76H 35
Publication:	CB3456
Edition:	1st Edition, November 2006

Title:	3D Modelling and Animation Exemplar
Unit:	DE2N 35
Publication:	DE2N 35/AEX001
Edition:	1st Edition, January 2011

Title:	Computer Games Develoment: Object Oriented Programming Exemplar
Unit:	F86A 35
Publication:	F86A 35/AEX001
Edition:	1st Edition, January 2011

Title:	3D Level Editing Exemplar
Unit:	F869 34
Publication:	F869 34/AEX001
Edition:	1st Edition, January 2011

Title:	Games Design Pitch to Treatment
Unit:	F88D 34
Publication:	F88D 34/AEX001
Edition:	1st Edition, April 2011
Downloads:	Games Design Pitch to Treatment Exemplar

Title:	Game Technology
Unit:	F8M3 34
Publication:	F8M3 34/AEX001
Edition:	1st Edition, April 2011
Downloads:	Game Technology Exemplar

Title:	History Evolution and Impact of Computer Games
Unit:	F86J 34
Publication:	F86J 34/AEX001
Edition:	1st Edition, April 2011
Downloads:	History Evolution and Impact of Computer Games Exemplar

Title:	Mathematics - Calculus and Matrices for Computing
Unit:	DP8F 34
Publication:	DP8F 34/AEX001
Edition:	1st Edition, April 2011
Downloads:	Mathematics - Calculus and Matrices for Computing Exemplar

Title:	Structured Programming for Games
Unit:	F8HC 34
Publication:	F8HC 34/AEX001
Edition:	1st Edition, September 2011
Downloads:	Structured Programming for Games