Digital Media BA(Hons)

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

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

Today's media industries encompass an ever-growing blend of digital technologies, formats and platforms. Television, cinema and radio now interact and interplay with the web, animation, computer games and the myriad emerging forms of mobile communication. In the future, companies will need professionals who are not only adept at producing high-quality media content but who are also able to adapt and exploit new technologies quickly.

At Falmouth, you'll develop the skills to imagine and create solutions to these complex problems. We'll also help you make sure you have a portfolio of production work and writing that demonstrates you have what it takes to perform as a creative digital media practitioner in this exciting, fast-paced world.

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.

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

Creative problem solving defines BA(Hons) Digital Media at Falmouth. We want you to use technology to bring your creative, original ideas to life. Evolved from our highly-regarded Broadcasting course, Digital Media brings with it a flexible structure that can keep pace with the rapid changes in technology and production that typify today's creative industries. With high-level industry connections, it's one of the flagship courses of Cornwall's Skillset Media Academy.

Examining the theories and contemporary debates of the digital media world will help you develop a level of critical awareness that's essential for you to be able to innovate and develop industry-standard products, whilst communicating creatively and confidently as you generate the ideas that shape and inform these products.

You'll be presented with a number of production and design pathways - Television/Video, Interactive/Web and Radio/Audio - before you choose one to specialise in. You'll undertake a series of live practical projects that demand high-level diagnostic, conceptual and technical skills as you identify, develop and realise a variety of production solutions for real clients and agencies.

Our Media, Performance and Photography Centres will give you access to the range of technologies demanded by the media industries, including the latest video cameras, editing suites, digital content creation labs, music recording studios, newsrooms, digital animation studio and virtual reality TV studio.

"This course is arming its students for the digital broadcasting revolution. The energy and intelligence of the staff and students is outstanding. It's rare you see such a commitment to innovation. This is an exciting time to be at Falmouth." Jack Price, multi award-winning writer/director whose campaigns include Tony Blairs' election broadcast in 2001 and the recent Aviva commercials with Kelly Holmes and David Weir.

Guest Lectures

Molly Dineen guest lecture

The inaugural event of the Cornwall Skillset Media Academy at University College Falmouth could not have been more prestigious with a screening of BAFTA award-winning documentary film maker, Molly Dineen’s latest film, The Lie of the Land.

Date of lecture: 27 February 2008

Guest Lecture series: Molly Dineen (streaminig audio)

Facilities

Our Media Centre includes:

• High specification digital video editing suites
• Digital content production labs
• Music recording studio
• Radio studio
• Newsroom
• Virtual reality TV studio
• The latest in video camera technology

Course outline

Level 1

• Content and Form
• Genre and Audience
• Group Project

Level 2

• Technology and Social Change
• Community Project
• External Project
• Professional Portfolio Development

Level 3

• Minor Portfolio
• Dissertation
• Major Portfolio

Answers and advice about the course

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Career opportunities

BA(Hons) Digital Media is a new course that evolved from Falmouth's BA(Hons) Broadcasting course. Recent graduates from BA(Hons) Broadcasting work in television and radio production, in programme research, in presentation, and in events management and promotion. This course provides a good foundation for all aspects of the contemporary communications industries. Specialist training and postgraduate study are further options.

• Video, audio and interactive production
• Production research
• Content creation
• Events management
• Promotion
• Advertising
• Postgraduate study

Course entry requirements

UCAS Tariff 220 points, mainly from the A2 level, or the equivalent in appropriate 14-19 Specialist Diploma, National Diploma or Access to HE Awards, or experience.

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

Related courses

• Film BA(Hons)
• Journalism BA(Hons)