University Campus Oldham, BA (Hons), Digital Arts Practice

The worlds of art, design and new media are beginning to develop increasingly creative uses for new digital technologies; building upon the existing Foundation degrees in multimedia (design) and multimedia (games art) at the University Centre, this degree is intended to provide the student with an additional year of research and investigation to mature and develop their area of practice within games art, contemporary arts practice and multimedia design to a higher professional level; the aim is to harness the ethos inherent in the Foundation degree through continued industrial involvement, via client based learning; through the this course, the student gains valuable practical, theoretical and vocational experience in the application of digital art technologies toward a range of exciting and creative outcomes; the student utilises web applications, moving image, digital drawing and modelling, digital animation and motion graphics for both the commercial and non-commercial creative industries; the overall aim of the course is to produce graduates capable of adopting a role within the area of digital arts practice; the student’s aspirations are developed by encouraging an understanding of technologies, creative thinking and its applications.