Digital Media BA(Hons)

Why study BA(Hons) Digital Media at University College Falmouth?

BA(Hons) Digital Media course leaflet (1.50 MB)

Creative problem solving defines Digital Media at Falmouth. Expect to engage and experiment, as you become adept at designing and producing cutting-edge cross-media projects.

The contemporary media world is in a state of continual flux. This course offers you the opportunity to be at the centre of that process; exploring and innovating as you develop the conceptual and practical know-how to operate as a creative producer of digital media.

Through a series of themed projects, you will gain a critical understanding of the new languages and possibilities of media communication. At the same time, you will establish yourself as a highly-skilled practitioner in an area of your choice - Image / Sound / Interaction - utilising our high-end production facilities.

University College Falmouth is part of the Cornwall Skillset Media Academy network - a UK-wide group of institutions identified as centres of excellence in creative media education and training.

What will I get out of the course?

BA(Hons) Digital Media presents you with a number of production and design pathways before you choose one to specialise in. This allows you to bring your creative, original ideas to life using emerging technologies to engage, enlighten and fascinate audiences. You'll undertake live practical projects producing solutions for real clients and agencies and examine theories and contemporary debates to raise your critical awareness, enabling you to innovate and develop industry-standard products. 

Tell me more about the BA(Hons) Digital Media course

"Hitting deadlines, collating information, creating an end product and having to work to a strict brief mimics the same processes involved in professional production. Falmouth lays solid foundations." Chris Skarratt, Co-Director of Petrol Digital Media, Soho

By choosing to study for a degree in Digital Media at Falmouth you will:

• Benefit from being taught by friendly and approachable staff who are experts in their respective fields.
• Develop a range of high-level diagnostic, conceptual and technical skills that will equip you for your career in digital media.
• Learn about and experiment with a number of different media platforms before choosing one area to follow for the remainder of your course.
• Be based at the stunning Tremough Campus, which boasts industry standard media, broadcasting and photography facilities.
• Undertake a series of live practical projects that will allow you to identify, develop and realise a variety of production solutions for real clients and agencies.
• Benefit from the course's flexible structure that will allow you to keep pace with the rapid changes in technology and production that now typify the creative industries.
• Be part of one of the flagship courses of Cornwall's Skillset Media Academy and benefit from the high-level industry connections that this association brings.

Projects and events

• UCF hosts Image 2.0: Digital Media Futures conference

Facilities

Our Media Centre includes:

• Equipment store with range of cameras and monitors
• Video editing suites with AVID Media Composer
• Digital production suites with industry-standard software
• Audio post production suites with Pro Tools
• Music recording studios
• Dedicated radio newsrooms
• Digital animation studio
• Virtual reality TV studio
• 106-seat cinema
• 17,000-title TV and film library

Course outline

Level 1

• Content & Form
• Users & Uses
• Group Projects/Reflective Practice

Level 2

• Technology & Social Change
• Community Campaign Project
• External Production Project
• Personal Development Portfolio

Level 3

• Minor Portfolio
• Dissertation
• Major Portfolio

Guest lectures

Molly Dineen guest lecture

The inaugural event of the Cornwall Skillset Media Academy at University College Falmouth featured a screening of BAFTA award-winning documentary film maker, Molly Dineen’s latest film, The Lie of the Land.

Guest Lecture series: Molly Dineen (streaminig audio)

Professorial lecture series

Falmouth's Professorial lecture series aims to produce an engaging and challenging public programme that stimulates the intellectual curiosity of our staff, students and alumni, our research collaborators, our industry partners, our local communities and other supporters. Recent lectures relevant to students in the School of Media include Andrew Chitty and Emily Bell.

Andrew Chitty

Seven myths that drive the digital economy

Andrew has been a pioneer in the converging worlds of TV and digital media since the mid 90s when as Editor of BBC2's The Net he was responsible for the BBC's first website and virtual world. Since 1998 he's built Illumina Digital into the UK's leading cross platform production company winning a raft of awards including 4 BAFTAS, 8 RTS Awards, The UN award for e-learning and even a Golden Ladle for the world's best cookery site. In 2008 Illumina joined All3Media, the UK's largest independent production group.

Andrew has been active in policy and industry groups, co-authoring OFCOM's paper New Options for Public Service in the Digital Age and has advised Lord Stephen Carter as a member of the ministerial steering board for the Digital Britain Report. He is a council member of PACT, trustee of TRC Media in Glasgow and a past board member of Skillset. Andrew is currently Chair of the National Skills Council for Digital Media.

A video of Andrew Chitty's lecture can be viewed online here

Download the transcript of Andrew Chitty's lecture (175.81 KB)

Emily Bell

Back To the News Future: Journalism 10 Years from Now

Director of Digital Content for Guardian News and Media, Emily set up www.mediaguardian.co.uk in 2001. www.guardian.co.uk has won multiple awards, including the prestigious Webby for Best Newspaper on the web in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Oxford graduate, Bell is one of the rising stars coming through from a younger, more web-focused generation of senior media figures.

A video of Emily Bell's lecture can be viewed online here

Answers and advice about the course

If you have any queries about the course please visit our HelpMe Forum.

HelpMe Forum

For further information about BA(Hons) Digital Media at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 214355. 

Career opportunities

Our graduates are precisely the skilled, knowledgeable and dextrous people demanded by the contemporary creative industries. You can expect to find career opportunities within digital media, advertising and other communications-design related areas. Graduates have gone on to work for BBC Music, Disney, Top Gear, Channel 4, Discovery, Nickleodeon and more.

Course entry requirements

A minimum of 220 UCAS points, equivalent Level 3 qualifications or relevant experience. Applicants may be invited to interview and present a portfolio of work so we can assess your abilities, skills and potential to succeed at this level of study.

Please see our How to Apply page for more information.

For further information about BA(Hons) Digital Media at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 214355.

Interview dates and selection process

Interviews will commence in February.

The interview will include a campus tour and an individual interview. Applicants are not expected to bring a portfolio to interview but will be asked to discuss their knowledge of, commitment to and enthusiasm for the subject.

Location: Tremough Campus

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