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Digital Media(Top Up) BSc (Hons)
Level 6
Cheltenham
Course Overview
Full Time
Certificate
Certificate
Introduction
Build your professional portfolio by applying your problem-solving skills and technical knowledge to real-world projects.
Why study digital media?
Design principles and delivery technologies underpin how we make and interact with creative content in an increasingly ubiquitous digital world. This includes movies and music, print and broadcast, commerce, and interactive entertainment.
Digital media use is growing, ranging from screen-based systems and physical interaction to urban social networks and mobile commerce in the developing world.
There's also a growing demand for content creators and professionals who understand the digital landscape.
BSc(Hons) Digital Media offers the chance to experience working with cutting-edge technologies to create engaging digital experiences in a range of environments.
It introduces you to design contexts and development opportunities in use and on the horizon for digital media.
Learn the fundamentals of programming, web technologies and design and visualisation techniques. Explore rich media creation, multi-platform deployment, physical computing, testing and project management.
Specialise in design and coding, web development, media production, games development and audio technology.
Develop a strong grounding in industry standard processes, technologies and their application.
Study the art and science of communication and develop an understanding of the ethical, commercial, and legal environment the industry operates in.
Enhance your professional skills and experience and build your portfolio by working on live briefs with local businesses. Get involved with student-run projects with guidance from professional software developers.
Improve your industry knowledge and contacts through networking evenings with regional businesses and presentations from visiting professionals.
Graduate ready to succeed in your career as a content creator and developer.
Where can it take me?
Career opportunities range from roles in large corporations to smaller entrepreneurial start-ups.
Working at all stages of content creation, your options will range from designer, developer, creative technologist, project management and client handling to information architecture and user experience design.
You'll study:
- Comprehensive Creative Technologies Project
- Design Enterprise Studio.
- Interaction Design.
Study Facilities
Our brand new £3m Advanced Digital Academy (ADA) will help you develop practical skills and bring ideas to life. Learn, collaborate and get creative in our modern facilities. Access advanced video and audio equipment and software for 2D, 3D, animation and coding. Collaborate with classmates and develop strategies and presentations in our well-equipped studios, designed to reflect a professional environment.
The course is offered at both UWE Frenchay Campus as a three year course and Gloucestershire College as a one year Top-up*. Please ensure you select campus code V on UCAS if applying for the Gloucestershire College option.
Please note that applicants for the Top-up need to have successfully completed either the HNC/D in Games Development at Gloucestershire College or the HNC/D in Creative Media Production at Gloucestershire College. If you have any queries about the application process for the Top-up, please contact the Gloucestershire College Admissions Team on 0345 155 2020 (option 3) or email applications@gloscol.ac.uk
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Course Entry Point: Year 1 (Gloucestershire College) Typical offers
- 48 UCAS tariff points
- A levels at grade DD
- BTEC National at grade PPP
- T Level at grade P (D or E)
- Access to Higher Education at grade P45
- Advanced Apprenticeship
Course Entry Point: Year 2 (Direct Entry) (Gloucestershire College) Typical offers
- Higher National Certificate PASS (120 Credits) in a comparable and relevant subject
- GCSE Maths and English Requirements: To study Higher Education at Gloucestershire College, normally applicants will be required to have GCSE English and Mathematics grade 4 (C) or above or have comparable/equivalent qualifications
- English Language Requirements: If English isn’t an applicant's first language they will be required to have a minimum IELTS score of 5.5 across all components. The College also accepts a range of international English qualifications and English language tests that demonstrate the required level of English language proficiency
- Gloucestershire College welcome any other/combinations of relevant qualifications that are comparable and/or equivalent to the typical course entry requirements
- Applicants that do not have recognised qualifications may still meet course entry requirements through alternative methods of assessment at the College’s discretion
- All queries regarding course entry criteria including the equivalency of qualifications and exceptional extenuating circumstances should be directed by email to the Admissions Department through applications@gloscol.ac.uk.
Course Entry Point: Year 3 (Direct Entry) (University of the West of England - UWE Bristol) Typical Offers
- GCSE: Grade C/4 in English Literature or Language and Mathematics, or equivalent. We do not accept Level 2 Key Skills, Functional Skills or Certificate in Adult Numeracy and Literacy as alternatives to GCSEs
- English Language Requirement: International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with no component below 5.5 OR overall score of 6.0 with no more than one component at 5.5 (or approved equivalent*)
- The university accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you will need in our English Language section. Visit http://uwe.ac.uk/englishlanguagerequirements
- Specific subjects: HNC/HND in Games Development or Creative Media at Gloucestershire College, You need an average of two-thirds Merits in your Final year.
- For further information: UWE Course Page: Digital Media - BSc(Hons) - UWE Bristol.
- UCAS Course Page: Digital Media - BSc(Hons).
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Career opportunities range from roles in large corporations to smaller entrepreneurial start-ups.
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To register your interest, please call Student Services on 0345 1 55 2020
There is little left in our modern lives that isn’t affected by computers and technology. You’ll find computing at the centre of almost all businesses and, as a result, employment opportunities within the sector are huge.
We offer a range of qualifications that support a variety of interesting careers, from games and apps development, through to forensic computing and cyber security. Our industry-experienced lecturers will give you the knowledge and skills you need to develop your own computing competency, in an area that interests you.
A computing course is an ideal route to employment, or to progress on to higher-level qualifications at GC or university. You’ll have access to state-of-the-art equipment and software, including a dedicated network for computing students, so that you can get familiar with the latest technology and prepare for the systems you’ll use in the business world.
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