Creative Computing BA(Hons) Degree

Course outline

Stage 1

• Innovation: From Inspiration to Creativity
• Building Narratives I: Introduction to Animated Storytelling
• Digital Cultures I: Social Networks, Creative Industries & the Digital Economy
• Creative Coding I: Simple Logic, Mobile Apps & Dancing Robots
• Games Design I: History, Context & Design Fundamentals
• Prototyping Ideas Lab: Imagining, Inspiring, Designing & Making 

Stage 2

• Elective I: Choose a Practice Module (eg more animation, creative writing, film, theatre creative media, and more)
• Building Narratives II: Interaction Design Across Media & Place
• Digital Cultures II: Pervasive Media & the Internet of Things
• Creative Coding II: Scripting Interaction & Smart Objects
• Games Design II: Game Cultures & Design Strategies
• Prototyping Ideas Lab: Imagining, Inspiring, Designing & Making 

Stage 3

• Elective II: Choose a Practice Module (eg more animation, creative writing, film, theatre, creative media, and more)
• Building Narratives III: Making a Success of your Creative Practice in a Digital Age
• Creative Coding III: Software Toolkits & Instrumented Spaces
• Games Design II: Game Cultures & Design Strategies
• Prototyping Ideas Lab: Imagining, Inspiring, Designing & Making

Tell me more about the BA(Hons) Creative Computing course

Creative Computing at Falmouth focuses on game design in all its contexts. The course is built around a range of modules that explore the different uses and meanings of gaming. This means you can choose to either hone in on making an impact in the digital gaming industry itself, or keep your studies broad, combining game principles with digital know-how to strike out in other areas of the creative industries.

Balancing technical, creative and experimental skills, Creative Computing is taught by a staff of experienced and award-winning art, design and technology professionals. You'll be encouraged to work creatively across a range of subjects, from art practices in media, design and performance to prototyping programmable media, objects and spaces. Working collaboratively, you'll develop co-authoring and team production skills that build on the diverse talents of your peers, while learning to invent designs, solutions and experiences that turn ideas into reality.

You will:

• Explore digital technologies in a supportive art-based environment
• Work in teams and inspire others with your ideas
• Work in a multidisciplinary environment of academics, researchers and creative industry practitioners
• Network with commercial and cultural partners in the Academy for Innovation & Research (AIR) 

How is the course taught?

You will be taught through a mix of creative labs, seminars and tutorials and projects. Projects will be collaborative and involve designing and delivering experiences across a range of digital and physical media and art forms.

Assessment

• Continuous assessment with no formal examinations
• Prototype demonstrations, verbal and written assignments
• Project demonstration and dissertation in the final year 

Facilities

Facilities dedicated to imagining, inspiring, designing and making are at your disposal, including:

• Content creation labs in the Media Centre
• Academy for Innovation & Research
• Hardware and software development kits
• Online and hands-on prototyping

Answers and advice about the course

BA(Hons) Creative Computing is a new course for 2013 entry. For further information about BA(Hons) Creative Computing at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 255764.

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Career opportunities

This course has its roots at the centre of Falmouth's strength in the creative arts and builds practical computing skills to enable you to design and produce new experiences for mobile, situated, multi-platform and multi-artform interaction. Such skills are in demand in:

• Media agencies whose customers are demanding multi-platform and mobile delivery of campaigns
• The game industry, which has seen the rapid growth of casual games and development of pervasive games at its fringes with performance art and theatre
• Film makers, broadcasters and production houses, who are exploring new channels for the delivery content and content designed for new channels
• Product organisations
• Healthcare sector, which is adopting game design strategies for learning and delivery
• Corporate and public sector organisations, who have communications and creative media as strategic strands
• Starting your own practice/business

Entry requirements

GCSE English and Maths at grade A*-C (or equivalent). Minimum 220 UCAS points or equivalent Level 3 qualifications. At least one technical subject preferred but not essential. International Baccalaureate minimum of 26 points.

Please see our How to Apply page for more information.

For further information about BA(Hons) Creative Computing at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 255764. 

Interview and selection process

All applicants will be invited to attend an interview and may present a portfolio of creative work so we can assess your abilities, skills and potential to succeed at this level of study.

Related courses

• Digital Animation BA(Hons)
• Digital Media BA(Hons)