Creative Media Arts with Foundation

Program Overview

Creative Media Arts with Foundation BA Honours

Overview

Our degree courses with Foundation year offer the opportunity to prepare you for advanced study before you progress onto a full honours degree at the University of Westminster.

Whether you do not feel ready for degree-level study, don’t have the right qualifications, want to change your subject specialism or return to study after an absence from education, we aim to encourage a broad range of students to undertake our Foundation year in order to progress onto their full honours degree with us.

Course Structure

You'll be taught through a mix of workshops, group and individual tutorials, and lectures supporting the development of your practical and conceptual skills.

Assessment methods include submission of practical projects and research material, live crits, seminar presentations, visual essays and online study tasks.

Foundation

• Critical Thinking in a Changing World
• Explorations in Art and Design
• Extended Project in Art and Design
• Fundamentals of Art and Design
• Introduction to Academic Practice
• Themes in Art and Design

Year 1

• Creativity and Collaboration
• Media Explorations
• Screen 1: Production Design for the Screen
• Screen 1: Visual Effects and Animation
• Screen 1: Working with Actors
• Space, Place and Experience: Moving Image, Interactivity and Sound
• Storytelling: Photography and Web Media

Year 2

• Convergent Media: Extended Realities and Audiences
• Culture, Power and Creativity in the Media Arts
• Media Frontiers: Exploring Creative Technologies
• Research and Synthesis
• Screen 2: Camera and Lighting Skills
• Screen 2: Identities: Race, Class and Gender in Film and Television
• Screen 2: Short Form Film and Video
• Scriptwriting for Media
• Transmedia Sound
• Work-Based Placement Learning

Placement Year

Between Years 2 and 3, you may undertake an optional year-long placement. If you take advantage of this option, you’ll undertake an additional year-long Industry placement year module running parallel to your work placement, and your final degree award will be BA Honours Contemporary Media Practice with Professional Experience.

Year 3

• Major Project Explorations
• Major Project
• Professional Launchpad
• Research Project

Entry Requirements

UK

• A Levels – DD (48 UCAS Tariff points)
• T levels – 48 UCAS Tariff points
• International Baccalaureate – 48 UCAS Tariff points from all components of the Diploma Programme. International Baccalaureate Career-related programme will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• BTEC Extended Diploma – PPP
• BTEC Diploma – MP
• Access – 48 UCAS Tariff points from the Access course
• In addition to one of the above, you should have:
  • GCSE English Language grade 4/C – IB grade 4 can be achieved during first year.
  • GCSE Maths Pass – IB Pass

If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.

International

• International Baccalaureate – 48 UCAS Tariff points from all components of the Diploma Programme. International Baccalaureate Career-related programme will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• Other international qualifications – We accept a wide range of international high school level qualifications.
• International Foundation courses – We work in partnership with Kaplan International College London who provide the International Foundation Certificate at their College based in Liverpool Street.
• English language requirements – If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.

Fees and Funding

UK

• UK tuition fee: £9,535 (Price per academic year)
• Funding – As well as tuition fee loans, there is a range of funding available to help you fund your studies.
• Scholarships – The University is dedicated to supporting ambitious and outstanding students and we offer a variety of scholarships to eligible undergraduate students, which cover all or part of your tuition fees.

International

• International tuition fee: £17,600 (Price per academic year)
• EU Qualifications Welcome Award Scheme – If you are an international student accepted on an undergraduate programme starting in September 2024 or September 2025 at level 3 (Foundation) or level 4 (first year) on the basis of an eligible EU qualification only, you will be awarded a tuition fee reduction which will align your fee more closely to the one for UK students.
• International student funding – Find out about funding for international students.

Facilities

At our Harrow Campus, we provide dedicated, high-specification studios and facilities for our portfolio of art and design courses.

As a Creative Media Arts student, you will have access to extensive industry-level facilities including film and green screen studios, video editing suites, photography studios and darkroom facilities, 3D workshops, computer labs and the Emerging Media Space.

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching methods across all our undergraduate courses focus on active student learning through lectures, seminars, workshops, problem-based and blended learning, and where appropriate practical application.

Assessment methods include submission of practical projects and research material, live crits, seminar presentations, visual essays and online study tasks.

Supporting You

Our Student Hub is where you’ll find out about the services and support we offer, helping you get the best out of your time with us.

• Study support – workshops, 1-2-1 support and online resources to help improve your academic and research skills
• Personal tutors – support you in fulfilling your academic and personal potential
• Student advice team – provide specialist advice on a range of issues including funding, benefits and visas
• Extra-curricular activities – volunteering opportunities, sports and fitness activities, student events and more

Course Location

Harrow is our creative and cultural hub, home to most of our arts, media and digital courses. It houses state-of-the-art facilities for every discipline, including project and gallery spaces, film studios, creative labs, collaborative learning spaces, and the Westminster Enterprise Network.

Harrow Campus is based in north-west London, just 20 minutes from the city centre by train.

Related Courses

• Film BA Honours
• Television Production BA Honours
• Photography with Foundation BA Honours