Interactive Media and Web Technologies BSc (Hons)

Course overview

This course explores fundamental topics such as programming, interactive media, production, user experience design, web development, graphic design and visual effects.

This course aims to help you:

• understand software techniques and technologies
• master the principles of technical art, exploring animation, VFX, modelling and motion graphics
• become a professional full-stack web developer, able to generate a user-focused front-end and a technologically sound back-end, to any online project.

The January start for this course is condensed in Year 1. Please see the ‘How you’ll learn’ section below for more details.

Why you should study this course

• Learn to apply technical knowledge to the development of creative content regularly found in creative industries such as film, TV, games and web.
• Develop a portfolio of work across a wide array of platforms and uses including web and mobile services, social media, virtual reality (VR) and immersive simulations using game engines.
• Have the chance to study as part of a community of creative content generators, working collaboratively to produce complex digital artefacts.
• Explore your creativity through a range of open-ended assessment briefs that focus on individuality and expression of ideas.
• Prepare for a career in the creative industry by practising commonly used industry-standard tools and learning techniques for working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

If you choose to start this course in January you will study exactly the same course but over a slightly shorter timescale in Year 1. This is ideal if you missed the September start, want to transfer from a different university or course or just need a bit more time to prepare for life at university.

Careers and opportunities

During the course, we aim to offer you opportunities to experience working on collaborative projects as part of a diverse team².Upon successful completion of the course, you should have gained practical knowledge of a range of industry standard content creation tools⁴.

Graduates should be equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively work within the creative industry, pursuing careers across areas including digital media, animation, user interface and UX design, game design and full-stack web development and mobile application development.

As a multi-disciplinary subject, the Interactive Media and Web Technologies BSc (Hons) is designed to produce design-conscious graduates that have a wealth of technical skills and knowledge of implementation. As the creative industry keeps growing, it relies increasingly on designers and content creators that have a fundamental knowledge of computer systems, their requirements and their limitations.

Learning to produce efficient digital media content, engage with collaborative design practices and understand the technical aspects of design, helps graduates become informed, socially responsible content creators and design practitioners.