Creative Media Arts with Foundation

Program Overview

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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.

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

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

Programme Recognition

This course is industry-recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries, and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark, which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries.

Programme Training Opportunities

This course is committed to health and safety training, and has partnered with the Mark Milsome Foundation to offer an optional online course for students wishing to develop their skills in this area.

Careers

Build Industry Connections

Our dedicated work-based and placement learning modules help you to develop strong links across the media and creative industries.

Study Multiple Media Practices

Our focus on multi-skilled media production prepares you for adapting to dynamic changes in the creative industries and making the most of every opportunity.

Employability and Entrepreneurial Skills

Employability and entrepreneurial skills are emphasised in modules through the use of practical, problem-solving tasks that mirror professional environments.

Work-Based Learning

Provided through a core module in Year 2.

Industry Links and Work Experience

Based just a 20-minute tube ride from the heart of the city, you'll have easy access to the wealth of media and creative industries located in London.

Graduate Success

Our graduates have gone on to find a wide range of work across the media and creative industries. Notable recent alumni include:

• Kadri Mahmood, Kiran Mandla and Chris Toumazou, who founded the commercial and video production company Compulsory soon after graduation, and whose clients include Adidas, Hugo Boss, Google, Universal Music and Warner Music Group
• Alexandra Penelope, Partnerships Manager at Little Dot Studios, a premium digital content producer for the BBC, NBC Universal and Sony
• Katie Mitchell, Project Coordinator at the visual effects and animation company DNEG, which has worked on several major films, including Blade Runner 2049, Ex Machina and Interstellar
• Rémi Paringaux, Brand Developer, and former Brand Image Director at Gucci

Job Roles

This course will prepare you for roles such as:

• Creative director
• Creative technologist
• Curator
• Digital artist
• Digital content creator
• Events manager
• Film producer
• Game designer
• Interactive media designer
• Motion graphics designer (3D/VFX/CGI)
• Photographer
• Production designer
• Social media manager
• UI/UX designer
• Video editor
• VR/AR developer

Graduate Employment

Graduates from our course have gained employment or worked with many high-profile companies and organisations, including:

• BBC
• British Film Institute
• Channel 4
• Disney
• Google
• Guggenheim Museum
• ITV
• Marvel
• Netflix
• The Times
• Vertigo Films

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

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. You can refer to the UCAS calculator to determine your point score
• We accept a wide range of international high school level qualifications. Please see information on Country-specific entry requirements
• We work in partnership with Kaplan International College London who provide International Foundation Certificate courses for students who don’t meet our entry requirements. Upon successful completion, you can progress to your chosen degree at the University of Westminster. Find out about a range of university preparation courses that are accepted for entry.

Fees and Funding

UK

• UK tuition fee: £9,535 (Price per academic year)

Please note that if you defer your place, the first year’s tuition fees will be those of the academic year in which you enrol, which may be higher than the fee shown for this year.

Fees are subject to UK Government Parliamentary procedure.

International

• International tuition fee: £17,000 (Price per academic year)

When you have enrolled with us, your annual tuition fees will remain the same throughout your studies with us. We do not increase International tuition fees.

Please note that if you defer your place, the first year’s tuition fees will be those of the academic year in which you enrol, which may be higher than the fee shown for this year.

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

How You'll Be Taught

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.

How You'll Be Assessed

Our undergraduate courses include a wide variety of assessments.

Assessments typically fall into two broad categories:

• Practical: examples include presentations, videos, podcasts, lab work, creating artefacts
• Coursework: examples include essays, reports, in-class tests, portfolios, dissertation

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.