Program Overview

• If you want to augment your creativity with the digital skills to bring them to life as a digital designer or developer, this is the course for you.
• On our BSc (Hons) Digital Media degree course, you’ll get a deep understanding of digital media and learn to create exciting experiences for web, mobile, virtual reality, game engines and emerging technologies.
• After the course, you’ll be able to take on roles across any industry as a mobile developer or digital designer, or work in areas such as marketing and project management.
• On this Digital Media degree course, you'll:
  • Learn on a course we've developed with the industry, giving you the most up-to-date knowledge, skills and techniques
  • Broaden your knowledge and get a valuable grounding in interface systems, user experience, and web, mobile and VR development
  • Get to grips with the latest tech, including augmented and virtual reality applications, and game engines, making you a valuable expert in the latest digital media
  • Pair creative theory with technical ability by learning to use professional tools such as the Adobe Creative Suite to design interactive applications, graphics, audio and video
  • Use software including Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro and Adobe Animate
  • Choose from module options to tailor your career towards Digital Design, Emerging Technologies, or a combination of
  • Develop a portfolio and CV to impress employers, and take opportunities to study for industry certifications in professional tools
  • Experiment with combining different technologies to create innovative user experiences
  • Engage in large-scale, client-based projects with external companies

Placement year

• After your second year, you can do an optional work placement year to get valuable longer-term work experience in the digital media industry. You’ll have access to Creative Careers; a team within the faculty helping students to find placement opportunities within the creative industries. They’ll provide you with a database of placement vacancies, support with your job search, including help with applications and interviews, and support throughout your placement, should you need it.
• Previous students have taken a placement year with big name companies such as Disney, Atos, and ASOS.
• Interested in running your own business on your placement year instead? We can help you start up and run your own company for a year as an alternative to a work-based placement. You'll work with fellow students to build and launch a successful venture, overseen by an academic mentor and our team of enterprise specialists.
• However you spend your year, we’ll give you plenty of support and mentoring to make sure you’re getting the most out of your placement.