Entry requirementsEntry Requirements Normally a 2:1 honours degree or its equivalent if outside the UK. The subject discipline is not as important as aptitude and commitment to study in this area. Equivalent experience may be considered as alternative fulfilment of part or all of the requirement in individual cases.
Academic titleMSc Design & Digital Media
Course descriptionProgramme
The MSc in Design and Digital Media is a unique programme of study that addresses the growing need for professional education in digital technology applied to design, including its social, cultural and philosophical implications. Based in a lively studio environment, the programme develops wide skills in digital techniques and a critical framework to appraise the application of these technologies to design.
The course addresses the needs of practitioners, managers, decision-makers and educators who want to be informed by first-hand knowledge of the technical possibilities of digital technology and an awareness of social, cultural and business contexts.
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
* acquire a broadly based foundation in design technologies;
* develop their ability to work cooperatively in groups in the context of design;
* develop understanding of the potential for new technologies and their new creative uses;
* enable the use of existing digital design techniques in a creative way;
* develop skills in entrepreneurial thinking and business planning;
* find an analytical and critical framework to develop fresh thinking in design.
How You Will Be Taught
Teaching is through a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and studios. Projects bring out original thinking and independent achievement within a framework of team-working and creative ability.