Higher Technical Professional Course

Multimedia Production and Digital Gaming

Higher School of Technology and Management

Introduction

Course Coordination

Rui Alexandre Salgado Ruela Branco Carreira

coord.ip.pmjd@ipmaia.pt

Area of Education and Training

213 - Audiovisual and Media Production

Description

This Higher Technical Professional Course is a vocational training course taught as part of polytechnic higher education and lasts 4 semesters, corresponding to 120 ECTS.

The course is organised into general and scientific training, technical training and on-the-job training (internship), and each student is awarded with a Higher Technical Professional Diploma at level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning.

Relevant Areas and Entry Requirements

Relevant Areas

Qualification in the relevant area(s) for this course (Article 40-F of Decree-Law n.º 65/2018), must be demonstrated with the approval in the following subject, attested in the certificate of secondary education or legally equivalent qualification:

Computer Science or

Mathematics or

Portuguese

Entry Requirements (one of the following)

Having completed a secondary education course qualification or a legally equivalent qualification.

Having passed the special exams for assessing capacity to attend higher education for people over 23 (Decree-Law no. 64/2006 of 21 March).

Holding a technological specialisation diploma, a higher technical professional diploma or a higher education qualification.

Professional Profile and Professional Opportunities

Professional profile

The Higher Technical Professional Course in Multimedia Production and Digital Games aims to train professionals who are able to devise, plan and develop multimedia products and digital games using specific technologies.

Professional opportunities

Performing duties relating to project development for digital games and multimedia products, such as programming serious games, entertainment games and multiplatform applications, interactive multimedia, e-learning and virtual reality, and activities in the area of game design, interface design, conceptual art and 3D animation and modelling.

Partner Organisations

The Multimedia Production and Digital Gaming HTPC has Cooperation Protocols, namely for carrying out curricular internships, with the following entities:

Accreditation

Registry

Course registered at the General Directorate of Higher Education with the number R/Cr 369/2015, de 27 de agosto de 2015.

Area of Education and Training

213 - Audiovisual and Media Production

Publication in the Official Gazette

Notice nº 12013/2017 - 2nd series, n.º 194, of 9 October.

Study Program Evaluation

Study Program Self Evaluation Report (in portuguese)

1st Year	Period	ECTS
1st Year	71083 - Human Behaviour In Organisations	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71076 - Communicating In The Portuguese Language	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71077 - Economic And Social Culture	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71079 - Game Design	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	4
1st Year	71081 - 2D Image And 3D Modelling	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	6
1st Year	71080 - Programming Languages	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71086 - 3D Animation	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71082 - Art, Culture And Communication In The Digital Age	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71084 - Audio For Games	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	4
1st Year	71087 - Devising Characters, Scenarios And Game Levels	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71078 - Technical English	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71085 - Development Engines And Platforms I	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	6

2nd Year	Period	ECTS
2nd Year	71091 - Interface Development	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
2nd Year	71092 - Game Development For Mobile Platforms	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
2nd Year	71090 - Development Engines And Platforms II	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	6
2nd Year	71093 - Entertainment Game Project	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
2nd Year	71088 - Serious Game And Digital Content Production Projects	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
2nd Year	71089 - Simulation And Serious Games	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	4
2nd Year	71094 - Internship	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	30

Andreia Daniela Silva Moreira de Sousa Andreia Daniela Silva Moreira de Sousa Andreia Daniela Silva Moreira de Sousa
António José Silva Gomes Antonio Jose Silva Gomes António José Silva Gomes
Carlos Daniel Sampaio Constantino Carlos Daniel Sampaio Constantino Carlos Daniel Sampaio Constantino
Diogo Vicente Inácio Portela Bessa Diogo Vicente Inacio Portela Bessa Diogo Vicente Inácio Portela Bessa
Guilherme da Silva Gama Guilherme da Silva Gama Guilherme da Silva Gama
Hugo Miguel Carvalho Madeira Canossa Hugo Miguel Carvalho Madeira Canossa Hugo Miguel Carvalho Madeira Canossa
João Nuno Lopes Angélico Joao Nuno Lopes Angelico João Nuno Lopes Angélico
José António Pinto da Silva Jose Antonio Pinto da Silva José António Pinto da Silva
Odete Costa Machado Girão Odete Costa Machado Girao Odete Costa Machado Girão
Rosimária Sapucaia Rocha Rosimaria Sapucaia Rocha Rosimária Sapucaia Rocha
Rui Alexandre Salgado Ruela Branco Carreira Rui Alexandre Salgado Ruela Branco Carreira Rui Alexandre Salgado Ruela Branco Carreira
Telmo Rui Dias Bento Telmo Rui Dias Bento Telmo Rui Dias Bento
Teresa de Jesus Baptista Vieira Teresa de Jesus Baptista Vieira Teresa de Jesus Baptista Vieira

Pursuit of further studies - Bachelor's degrees

In case of pursuit of further studies, the credits acquired in the scope of the short-cycles can be transferred as follows:

Bachelor's degree in Sport, Fitness and Wellness

Course units	Year/ Semester	ECTS
Unidades curriculares	Inglês	Ano / Semestre	3.º Year/ 2.º Sem	ECTS	3

Bachelor's degree in Digital Games Development - Pursuit of further studies exempted from admission exam

Course units	Year/ Semester	ECTS
Unidades curriculares	Interactive Virtual Environments	Ano / Semestre	1.º Year/ 2.º Sem	ECTS	5
Unidades curriculares	Game Design	Ano / Semestre	2.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5
Unidades curriculares	Digital Animation Techniques	Ano / Semestre	2.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5
Unidades curriculares	Gamification and Serious Games	Ano / Semestre	3.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5

Bachelor's degree in Business and International Trade

Course units	Year/ Semester	ECTS
Unidades curriculares	Business English I	Ano / Semestre	1.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5

Bachelor's degree in Digital Production For Branding - Pursuit of further studies exempted from admission exam

Course units	Year/ Semester	ECTS
Unidades curriculares	3D Modelling and Rendering - Option	Ano / Semestre	2.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5
Unidades curriculares	Interactive Virtual Environments - Option	Ano / Semestre	2.º Year/ 2.º Sem	ECTS	5

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Web and Multimedia - Pursuit of further studies exempted from admission exam

Course units	Year/ Semester	ECTS
Unidades curriculares	Information Architecture for the Web and Mobile Devices	Ano / Semestre	2.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5
Unidades curriculares	Multimedia Content Production	Ano / Semestre	2.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5
Unidades curriculares	Development of Multimedia Interfaces	Ano / Semestre	3.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5
Unidades curriculares	Game Development (Optional)	Ano / Semestre	3.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5

Bachelor's degree in Sports Coaching

Course units	Year/ Semester	ECTS
Unidades curriculares	English	3.º Year/ 2.º Sem	ECTS	4

The application by holders of Higher Technical Professional Diplomas to attend IPMAIA Bachelor’s degrees is subject to the conditions established by the institution body that is competent to do so in accordance with the law and the statutes. Depending on the Higher Technical Professional Course and Bachelor’s degree, these conditions may establish the need to pass a specific IPMAIA admission exam, or allow the exemption to perform such an exam.

Observation:

a) Students who intend to apply for an IPMAIA Bachelor’s degree course and must sit the specific admission exam will receive suitable preparation during the teaching of the Higher Technical Professional Course.