Course contact details
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Phone:01752 203434
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Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Course summary
This course is currently subject to validation
Turn your passion for creating digital content into a profession on a fast-paced, industry-focused degree that develops creative, technical and analytical skills across visual and interactive media.
If you love creating digital content (filming, editing, posting and sharing stories), this degree will help you turn that passion into a profession. Whether you want to grow your own personal brand, freelance for agencies, or work for employers on big campaigns, BA (Hons) Content Creation will prepare you to join the next generation of creatives.
In an era of rapid technological and cultural change, meaningful communication through digital content is vital across all industries. This fast-paced, industry-focused course equips you with the creative, technical and analytical skills to engage audiences and shape narratives through visual and interactive media.
At a glance
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Degree: BA (Hons) Content Creation*
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UCAS codes: 3-year degree CW20 / 4-year extended degree 7PW5
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Typical UCAS points: 104–120
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Validation status: *Subject to validation
What you’ll learn
Using the latest technology and software, you will learn to create content in multiple forms including moving image, photography, audio, animation and written communication.
You’ll explore marketing, branding and business development principles while examining audience engagement, data-driven content planning and platform-specific production.
Future-facing digital tools and experimentation
Through experimentation, you will investigate how digital tools such as AI, immersive media and interactive design can expand creative practice and redefine the relationship between maker and audience.
Industry briefs, live projects and professional experience
Project-based learning is central to the course. You’ll work on industry briefs and collaborative projects, often in real-world environments and at live events, gaining insight into commercial production workflows and client engagement.
Access to our extensive industry links offers opportunities for placements, internships and the development of professional networks.
Critical, contextual and ethical practice
Your practical work will be underpinned by critical and contextual studies, allowing you to explore the political, social and ethical dimensions of content creation.
You’ll examine how media shapes perception and behaviour, and how inclusive storytelling can foster positive change.
Modules
Ways to study this course
Campuses
- Main Site
Study options
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • Placement (mandatory) • 4 Years
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Part-Time • 6 Years
Start dates
Application codes
- Institution code:
- P65
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
Arts University Plymouth has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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How to apply
Application codes
- Institution code:
- P65
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.
Course optionsEntry requirements
Typical qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff104-120
Although many of our students do come in with top grades and high UCAS points, these aren’t necessarily essential for entry. We typically ask for a minimum of 104 UCAS points, but we understand that talented artists, designers and makers can have a wide range of relevant strengths and skills beyond formal qualifications. We’re just as interested in exploring your portfolio as we are in seeing your grades.
Your application will tell us about your qualifications and previous experience, but studying the arts is about more than can be captured on forms. We need to find out about your creative potential, your abilities and idiosyncrasies, so we will invite you to talk about your work with a member of our HE academic team. You can tell us about your aspirations, and why you want to study at the university. It is also a good moment to find out what we can offer you. We encourage you to visit the university, so that you can see our facilities, meet our teaching and technical staff, and discuss any other queries you may have; however we appreciate this may not be possible, and are happy to talk to you via an online platform (such as Google Meet or similar). We accept a range of international qualifications and will look at each application individually.
Entry requirements for students joining after Year 1: We will look at your application on an individual basis, but you must evidence 120 Level 4 credits from another HEI https://www.aup.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/how-to-apply
Additional entry requirements
- Portfolio
- If your application meets our entry requirements, we’ll invite you to submit your portfolio, so that we can review your work and find out more about your creative potential. You will have the opportunity to submit your portfolio digitally, or in person at one of our Applicant Experience Days. At an Applicant Experience Day, you'll also get the chance to discuss your portfolio with a member of our academic team.
English language requirements
IELTS (Academic)6IELTS (Level B2):overall score of 6.0 with minimum scores Listening: 5.5, Speaking: 5.5, Reading: 5.5, Writing: 5.5 Trinity ISEPassIntegrated Skills in English II (Level B2), minimum grades required: Reading: Pass Listening: Pass PTE Academic50PTE Academic (Level B2), minimum grade required: Listening: 50, Reading: 50, Writing: 50, Speaking: 50https://www.aup.ac.uk/international/language-requirements
Contextual admissions
Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.
We believe in making tailored offers that recognise that artists, designers and makers can have a wide range of relevant experience and skills beyond formal qualifications. We therefore require all applicants to submit a portfolio of work as a condition of any offer to study with us. This allows applicants the opportunity to demonstrate their creative skills, and what they’re passionate about. Following a successful portfolio review, offers will be tailored on an individual basis.
Historical entry grades data
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.
Course optionsHistorical entry grades report
This report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Per year tuition fees
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland | £10050* | |
| EU & International | £17500 |
* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
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