Creative Arts BA (Hons)

Program Overview

This program provides a comprehensive education in media production, equipping students with the skills and knowledge to excel in various creative industries. Through coursework, presentations, and practical work, students develop a solid foundation in theoretical, technical, and practical aspects of media. The program offers optional placement and international experience years, and features extensive facilities including a radio studio, editing suites, and an arts and innovation center.

Program Outline

Careers:

• Students on this course have gone on to work in a range of roles, including:
• creative writing;
• professional writing and publishing;
• performance and the theatre (both on and behind the stage);
• print and/or broadcast journalism;
• as actors, presenters and in television programme production;
• advertising and marketing;
• radio (as presenters as well as in programme production);
• digital, web and new media production;
• multi-media industries;
• teaching;
• lecturing; and
• public relations.

Other:

• The aim is to give you the confidence and self-reliance to excel and adapt to an exciting field which is always on the move.
• Students will develop skills and techniques to produce media material as well as essential key skills for many of the creative industries.
• This course will equip you with a solid grounding in the theoretical, technical and practical skills required to make you a sought-after professional in these fields.
• Modules are assessed by coursework, presentations and essays and also offer the opportunity to submit practical work.
• This course is available with a Placement Year option where you will study for 1 additional year.
• This course is available with an International Experience Year option where you will study or work abroad for 1 additional year.
• As you progress through the degree, much of your study will be done in small teaching groups with an emphasis on learning both group work skills and the ability to carry a piece of work through yourself from initial concept to completion.
• The aim is to give you confidence, critical skills, strategic acumen, adaptability and potential to thrive in a range of media work environments and become a sough-after professional in a competitive field.
• Extensive loans service for equipment such as digital recorders, video cameras, stills cameras and more.
• Professionally equipped radio studio.
• Audio editing suites running Adobe Audition.
• Digital video edit suites running Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express on Apple Macs.
• Auditoriums.
• Pontio arts and innovation centre, which includes a 200-seater cinema space with Dolby Surround Sound.

Additional Information:

• This information is for the 2025 entry year.
• Please see the website for information on additional costs associated with the course.
• Further entry requirements and information for international students can be found on the website.