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Part Time Web Multimedia BTEC Certificate Level 3

BTEC

In Brighton ()

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    BTEC

  • Duration

    1 Year

An ideal course if you are looking to enhance your career potential within the digital media design industry. It will provide you with a broad understanding and application of current web design software and practices. You will examine the complexities of designing and building websites. You will also gain experience of working with animation and other interactive design processes. You will.

Important information

Government funding available

About this course

Applicants should have some practical experience in the visual arts, preferably within interactive media, and a genuine desire to develop interactive media skills for career development. You will need access to a computer with Adobe Dreamweaver/Photoshop/illustrator and related software, to use in your own time. Some initial research or reading may be set.

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Course programme


Web Multimedia BTEC Certificate Level 3 (Sept '09)

This course information relates to courses starting in September 2009.

Course code: B0892

Course category: Part-time

End Qualification: BTEC National Certificate

Starting and ending month: September to June

Starting year: 2009

Days of the week: Wednesday

Course duration: 1 year

Time of day: p.m.

Formal assessment: Formal assessment required

Course location: Pelham Campus

Course aims:
An ideal course if you are looking to enhance your career potential within the digital media design industry. It will provide you with a broad understanding and application of current web design software and practices. You will examine the complexities of designing and building websites. You will also gain experience of working with animation and other interactive design processes. You will use most of the following software programmes:
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Sound Edit
  • Flash
  • Dreamweaver

The course is currently taught on Mac platforms, but the skills and practices are readily transferable to PC use.

Course content:
On this course you will learn about:
  • understanding digital graphics
  • image manipulation
  • interface design
  • website production
  • professional practice
  • freelancing


Facilities for students:
Students will be based at our City College Main Campus where we have extensive and excellent facilities for practical and theory work.
These include: state of the art Apple Macintosh running the latest industry level digital media design software, namely Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop and other digital / interactive design related software.

Tutors:
The tutor assigned to this course has extensive experience in teaching this course and working with a range of digital media design software and in particular interactive design related packages. The tutor also has extensive industry experience in the areas of digital media design across a range of areas and practices.

Assessment: Assessment will be ongoing on a Unit by Unit basis within the course and through a process of Formative Assessment. Students must have at least a minimum Pass grade in all the 4 Units of study to achieve the final BTEC Certificate.

Awarding Body: BTEC/Edexcel

Entry Requirements:
Applicants should have some practical experience in the visual arts, preferably within interactive media, and a genuine desire to develop interactive media skills for career development. You will need access to a computer with Adobe Dreamweaver/Photoshop/illustrator and related software, to use in your own time. Some initial research or reading may be set.

Interview for entry: Interview required

Progression and links:
Achievement of this L3 award would allow students to apply for application to a L4 course.
This course has provided many students with the necessary skills to further and widen their professional opportunities through enhancing their skills and practice levels thereby making them more competitive within the digital / interactive web design employment markets.

Academic Centre:
CVSA - Visual Arts

Costs of your Course:
There are five parts to the cost of your course:
  • Tuition Fees
  • College registration
  • Awarding Body registration
  • Resource Fee
  • Exam / Assessment Fees
Tuition fees

How much will the Tuition Fees cost?

Below are the fees for 09/10.

Home/EU students tuition fees (per year) : 550

If you are under 19 on 31st August 2009 you do not have to pay Tuition Fees, the College Registration, Awarding Body Registration or Exam/Assessment Fees. However, you will have to pay any Resource Fees. Under 19s entering Higher Education will have to pay full costs.
Once you know your tuition fee, please look at the 'Additional Costs'. This will tell you all the extra costs you will have to pay in order to begin or complete your course.
Additional costsPayment dueTotal
Resource Fee 35
Registration Fee 26

Total for 19 and over : 611
Total for under 19 : 0
Total with fee remission : 61

Part Time Web Multimedia BTEC Certificate Level 3

Price on request