Creative Digital Media MA

Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, animator, digital filmmaker, illustrator, web designer or motion graphics designer, this course will develop your work through innovation, exploration and self-directed study.

This course is designed for ambitious practitioners who are looking to hone their future directions, post graduation, or who are already working in the creative and media industries.

The programme provides an opportunity to work with experienced academics with proven track records in creative practice and the media industries, using state-of-the-art facilities.

It enables you to test and progress your work and ideas informed by cutting-edge, international contexts of digital design and creative practice and by the challenging ethical and theoretical debates surrounding these.

In addition to professional practice, you will also engage with experimental investigation and ethical issues. Modules are designed to encourage innovative practice within individual disciplines and collaboratively across disciplines. In the Independent Study module, you pursue an in-depth exploration of the critical, theoretical, creative and practical aspects within a specialist field. In addition, there is the opportunity to acquire knowledge of entrepreneurial and business skills.

The course will enable you to effectively manage the balance of creativity and technical knowledge, and will develop your production techniques and strategies. Effective research, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of digital media will also be developed.

The course is supported by a central bank of excellent digital media facilities, such as Macintosh computers running industry standard digital media software, and smaller studio spaces for digital media experimentation, research, production and development work. There is a 48 track digital sound recording studio, a digital video production studio with full lighting rig, blue screen technology and multi-camera studio facilities, as well as digital video editing facilities and web servers.

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How to Apply

For all taught postgraduate and PG Cert programmes, please apply directly to University of Worcester. You can download an application form, or can contact the Admissions office on 01905 855111 / pg-admissions@worc.ac.uk

Please post your completed application form to:
Admissions Office
University Of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester
WR2 6AJ

Alternatively you can apply online for postgraduate programmes at University of Worcester via the Prospects online directory of postgraduate programmes. There is no fee for using the online application service.

When we receive your application form, your details will be passed to the Masters Programme Leader who will contact you to arrange an informal interview. You may include additional material, such as references, in support of your application or bring them with you to interview.

You can apply for postgraduate taught courses and PG Certs at any time, but preferably as early as possible before the start of the academic year, which begins in September.

Study options

It is possible to study towards a Masters award (nine modules) or either of the interim awards:

Postgraduate Certificate
To gain a Postgraduate Certificate students must successfully complete three modules, which may be all taught or a combination of taught and individual study modules.

Postgraduate Diploma
After completing the Postgraduate Certificate, it is possible to complete a further three modules to achieve the award of Postgraduate Diploma

Get in touch

David James
MA Course Leader & Digital Arts Centre Manager
01905 85 5445
d.james@worc.ac.uk

Admissions Office
01905 855111
admissions@worc.ac.uk

Either:

A first or second-class Honours Degree in a relevant, cognate discipline

Professional qualifications in an appropriate area

Relevant professional experience

All applicants will be invited to attend an interview and will be asked to provide a portfolio

If English is not your first language, you will be expected to have reached a sufficient standard on admission to the course (e.g. IELTS 6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 in each element)

Modules

Professional Practice
Ethical Practice
Research for Digital Media
Experimental Practice
Digital Media Practice 1 and 2
Independent Study

Assessment

Learning, teaching and assessment within the programme has been designed to develop specialist knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to your professional practice in digital media, as well as to enable you to develop academic and transferable skills that will support your creative practice. Your knowledge, skills and approaches will be developed through a variety of learning strategies, including lectures, written assignments, group work, seminars, practical work, and tutorial support.

In keeping with Masters level study, you will be expected to extend your learning through an Independent Study that either combines a range of interests, or focuses on a single topic. Reflective practice is a key element of the learning and teaching strategy and facilitates the integration of both theory and practice. Collectively, academic tutors have extensive professional experience in the digital arts industries (in, for example, Animation, Print and Media Design, Motion Graphics, Web Design, Film-making, Fine Art Practice, Photography, Illustration, Advertising), and the course also hosts visiting speakers from the arts and industry.

Academic department

Institute of Humanities & Creative Arts

“We are a lively community of scholars, researchers and creative practitioners”
Professor Antonia Payne, Head of Institute

Employability

Successful students would be qualified to seek positions of creative leadership or management in both national and internationally oriented areas of new media, communications and information, including:

Web Design and Development
Animation
Graphic Design
Television Production
Opening Sequences and Motion Graphics
Audio and Radio Production
Illustration
Photography
Multimedia
Studio Management
Teaching and Research

Meet the team

Andrew Stevenson - Senior Lecturer, Graphic Design & Multimedia

Anthony Hunt - Systems Support Officer

David James - Subject Leader

Helen Holmes - Lecturer in Creative Digital Media

Martin Woodford - Senior Lecturer in Creative Digital Media

Maureen Gamble - Principal Lecturer, Head of Division: Art, Design & Creative Digital Media

Omid Ghanat-Abady - Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Animation

Paul Hazell - Senior Lecturer in Creative Digital Media

Piet Grobler - Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Illustration

Ree Han - Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Graphic Design & Multimedia

Digital Arts Centre

The Digital Arts Centre offers a range of digital media resources in specialist computer suites, visit the Digital Arts Centre webpage to find out more.