Creative Media Design - BA(Hons)

Emphasis is placed on a creative approach, experimentation and critical reflection, providing opportunities for you to experience a range of media production techniques, processes, technologies and concepts.

The course has a number of strands, which progressively build your media production skills as well as your creative and critical development.

You will undertake both group and individual production work throughout the three years. In the final year, you will undertake self-directed work, culminating in an ambitious final project and a work placement.

Year one

You will study the following compulsory modules:

• Convergent Media - interactive, multimedia moving and still image production for online and mobile distribution.
• Media Archaeology - exploring the history of media and the physicality of media in project work and written work.
• Media and Design Contexts - an introduction to locative computing, interface design and mobile web production.
• Pervasive Media 1 - network culture and the nature of work in the digital age, theory and application.

Year two

You will study the following compulsory modules:

• Pervasive Media 2 - designing location based mobile applications that explore interactive storytelling, mapping, game play and participation.
• Interface and Experience Design - design for interaction, interfaces and user testing.
• Media Enterprise and Environments - professional development, work placement and portfolio development.
• Data Worlds - mobile app development and interactive video exploring the world of data.

Final year

You will study the following compulsory modules:

• Creative Media Design Final Group Project
• Creative Media Design Final Individual Project

You will also choose two from the following optional modules:

• Games, Simulation and Media
• Media and Culture Dissertation
• Hardware Hacking

Please also note this structure is for the full-time course delivery only. For part-time delivery, the same modules will be studied. However, the structure will differ.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.

The Creative Media Design award is taught through workshops, lectures and discussion groups. You will be expected to contribute meaningfully and critically to you peer group, developing a high level of critical reflection that is informed by research and your growing knowledge of the subject area.

Throughout the course you will have access to experienced tutors and visiting professionals who will discuss your work with you and offer support, guidance and suggestions on how to develop your portfolio of work in readiness for employment.

For more details see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.

A variety of assessment methods are used throughout the course, including essays, individual and group projects and group presentations. There are no exams. You will engage in written critical evaluation of your work where you are expected to critique and analyse and relate it to the broader context of media theory and creative practice.

Marks from modules at Levels two and three will contribute towards your overall degree classification.

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.