Creative Technologies (with placement year)

BSc (Hons) Creative Technologies is an interdisciplinary course that brings together creative practice, emerging technologies, and digital production. You will explore how immersive media, interactive systems, moving image and sound can be shaped creatively, helping you turn ideas into experiences that people can see, hear, explore, and respond to.

You will learn by making. The course is designed for students who want to work across disciplines rather than within a single specialism. You will develop creative and technical confidence through hands-on projects that reflect real-world creative processes, from early ideas and prototyping, through to production and presentation. Collaboration, experimentation, problem-solving, and the application of AI tools are central to how you learn.

As a specialist arts university, we provide access to professional-standard facilities, including computer labs, specialist software, film and sound production spaces, and equipment for interactive and immersive media. Teaching is practice-led and project-based, encouraging you to explore ideas through making, testing, and refining your work.

Collaboration sits at the heart of the course. You will be encouraged to collaborate with students from across the University, including Filmmaking, Animation, Music, Games, and Fine Art. Opportunities for live briefs, public-facing projects, installations, and industry engagement are embedded throughout the course, helping you build confidence, creative ambition, and a strong portfolio.

We support you in developing professional skills alongside creative practice. This includes working collaboratively, communicating ideas clearly, documenting your process, and understanding the cultural, ethical, and professional contexts in which creative technologies operate. Guest speakers and visiting practitioners share insight into current practice and emerging career pathways.

• This course is subject to approval

Year one - Year one introduces the foundations of creative technologies through practical workshops and guided projects. You will explore digital storytelling, interactive thinking, moving image, sound, and animation, learning how creative ideas develop through tools, systems, and audience experience. You will be introduced to logic and interaction in an accessible way, focusing on curiosity and experimentation. Projects are designed to build confidence, encouraging you to test ideas, reflect on outcomes, and work creatively with others.

Year two - In year two, your work becomes more immersive, interactive, and ambitious. You will explore technologies such as augmented and mixed realities, alongside spatial and installation-based practice that invites audiences to engage with your work in new ways. You will begin to define your creative direction while continuing to collaborate across disciplines. Alongside making, you will explore the wider cultural, ethical, and professional contexts that shape contemporary creative technologies.

Year three - Your final year centres on a major project that reflects your interests and future ambitions. Projects may be digital, physical, or hybrid, and can be developed individually or collaboratively. You will be supported through research, development, and production, as well as professional presentation and portfolio building. The focus is on helping you articulate your creative identity and prepare for progression into industry, freelance practice, or further study. By the end of the course, you will graduate with a distinctive body of work that demonstrates creative confidence, technical fluency, and the ability to work across disciplines.

*This course includes a placement year (also known as a sandwich year, work placement, industrial placement, or year in industry), which provides a fantastic opportunity to enhance your employability and gain practical experience in your field of study. The placement year typically occurs after year two and before year three. Please see the Undergraduate Placement Year FAQs on our website for more information: www.leeds-art.ac.uk/undergraduate-placement-year-faqs