Cheltenham
Build your professional portfolio by applying your problem-solving skills and technical knowledge to real-world projects.
Design principles and delivery technologies underpin how we make and interact with creative content in an increasingly ubiquitous digital world. This includes movies and music, print and broadcast, commerce, and interactive entertainment.
Digital media use is growing, ranging from screen-based systems and physical interaction to urban social networks and mobile commerce in the developing world.
There's also a growing demand for content creators and professionals who understand the digital landscape.
BSc(Hons) Digital Media offers the chance to experience working with cutting-edge technologies to create engaging digital experiences in a range of environments.
It introduces you to design contexts and development opportunities in use and on the horizon for digital media.
Learn the fundamentals of programming, web technologies and design and visualisation techniques. Explore rich media creation, multi-platform deployment, physical computing, testing and project management.
Specialise in design and coding, web development, media production, games development and audio technology.
Develop a strong grounding in industry standard processes, technologies and their application.
Study the art and science of communication and develop an understanding of the ethical, commercial, and legal environment the industry operates in.
Enhance your professional skills and experience and build your portfolio by working on live briefs with local businesses. Get involved with student-run projects with guidance from professional software developers.
Improve your industry knowledge and contacts through networking evenings with regional businesses and presentations from visiting professionals.
Graduate ready to succeed in your career as a content creator and developer.
Career opportunities range from roles in large corporations to smaller entrepreneurial start-ups.
Working at all stages of content creation, your options will range from designer, developer, creative technologist, project management and client handling to information architecture and user experience design.
You'll study:
Study Facilities
Our brand new £3m Advanced Digital Academy (ADA) will help you develop practical skills and bring ideas to life. Learn, collaborate and get creative in our modern facilities. Access advanced video and audio equipment and software for 2D, 3D, animation and coding. Collaborate with classmates and develop strategies and presentations in our well-equipped studios, designed to reflect a professional environment.
The course is offered at both UWE Frenchay Campus as a three year course and Gloucestershire College as a one year Top-up*. Please ensure you select campus code V on UCAS if applying for the Gloucestershire College option.
Please note that applicants for the Top-up need to have successfully completed either the HNC/D in Games Development at Gloucestershire College or the HNC/D in Creative Media Production at Gloucestershire College. If you have any queries about the application process for the Top-up, please contact the Gloucestershire College Admissions Team on 0345 155 2020 (option 3) or email applications@gloscol.ac.uk
Career opportunities range from roles in large corporations to smaller entrepreneurial start-ups.
To register your interest, please call Student Services on 0345 1 55 2020
You will pay
for your course
When you enrol you’ll need to pay any course fees for the first year, which you can do by direct debit, cash, debit card or credit card.
Please contact us for more information.
0345 155 2020
To register your interest, please call Student Services on 0345 1 55 2020
Please contact us to discuss your fees for this course
0345 155 2020
There is little left in our modern lives that isn’t affected by computers and technology. You’ll find computing at the centre of almost all businesses and, as a result, employment opportunities within the sector are huge.
We offer a range of qualifications that support a variety of interesting careers, from games and apps development, through to forensic computing and cyber security. Our industry-experienced lecturers will give you the knowledge and skills you need to develop your own computing competency, in an area that interests you.
A computing course is an ideal route to employment, or to progress on to higher-level qualifications at GC or university. You’ll have access to state-of-the-art equipment and software, including a dedicated network for computing students, so that you can get familiar with the latest technology and prepare for the systems you’ll use in the business world.
Check the progress of your application and find out everything you need to know about the application and enrolment process at GC.
