Creative Media Technologies (L6 Top-Up)

Overview
On this 1-year Creative Media Technologies top-up degree, you'll enhance your Creative Multi-Media and Journalism HND by topping it up with a Bachelor's degree. You'll hone your creative and technical skills and gain the professional knowledge you need for a successful career.
You'll use the same software packages that professionals use in industry, and develop the abilities you need to create quality content across all forms of media.
When you complete the course, you'll be ready to take on work in areas such as TV production, animation, content marketing and web development.

Location – course delivered in Chichester
This course takes place at Chichester College in West Sussex. While studying at Chichester College, you can still access the University's student support services and community including study support, the Students’ Union and our library's online resources.

What you'll experience
On this Creative Media Technologies top-up degree course, you'll:

• Tap into the industry experience of our creative technology experts

• Get access to the software and packages needed for a career in creative industries, including Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere and Animate

• Build on your existing experience in a chosen discipline, such as games, video, animation, web, mobile and AR/VR applications

• Shape your learning to suit your career aspirations and interests

• Collate a professional portfolio of your work

• Work alongside real clients on projects

• Use our well-stocked facilities, including a green screening studio, and high-technology suite with up-to-date PCs in addition to industry-standard cameras and software

Careers and opportunities
What can you do with a Creative Media Technologies degree?

You'll graduate with the skill and understanding to take up roles in almost every creative field, including:

• web development

• animation

• video production

• gaming

• music production

• TV production

• journalism

• digital print design

What jobs can you do with a Creative Media Technologies degree?
Roles previous University of Portsmouth creative media technologies students have taken on include:

• computer games animator

• 3D modeller

• web designer

• graphics artist

• video film-maker

• broadcast journalist

• games developer

• musical technician

Many graduates have also gone on to form their own web design, event management, and video production companies or have built successful freelance careers.

What you'll study
Each module on this course is worth a certain number of credits. You'll study modules worth a total of 120 credits.
Year 1 Core Modules

• Communication Design – 20 credits

• Creative Media Project – 20 credits

• Digital Photography and Online Applications – 20 credits

• Documentary Film-making – 20 credits

• Future Technologies – 20 credits

• Vocational Project Portfolio – 20 credits

Year 1

Communication Design –  20 credits
Digital Photography and Online Applications – 20 credits
Documentary Film-Making – 20 credits
Final Year Project – 40 credits
Future Technologies – 20 credits

Changes to course content
We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.

Therefore, course content is revised and regularly reviewed. This may result in changes being made in order to reflect developments in research, learning from practice and changes in policy at both national and local levels.