2013
Course overview
This year-long course offers you the opportunity to top up your Foundation degree or HND to a full BA (Hons) qualification.
It is designed to cater for students from a wide range of backgrounds, primarily from media, design, marketing and advertising courses.
The blend of individual and group-led presentations, reports, essays, portfolio or design work will equip you with the skills and experience sought by the creative media industries, as well as providing you with the academic skills appropriate for a final-year undergraduate.
You will cover a broad spectrum of areas which may include advertising design, new media, graphic image-making or television production and promotional media, depending on your interests.
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Industrial focus
Our experienced staff ensures that your studies are relevant to the changing technologies and trends in the creative industries. You will emerge as an industry-aware graduate able to offer creative responses and solutions to media communication issues.
Course content
Three core units and two option units:
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Major Project (Creative)/Major Project (Research)
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Reading Contemporary Culture
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Design Communication.
Options:
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Global Media Strategies
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Photography Production (Image Manipulation)
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Working in the Creative Industries
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Solent Live
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Creating a Web Presence
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Media Planning and Buying.
Why choose Solent?
This exciting broad-based course has been designed to prepare students for a range of careers within the media industry. It successfully combines theory with practice in an innovative manner and encourages creative thinking and practical application across a range of media. The digital media explosion has resulted in the creation of many new roles in marketing communications that require the broad range of skills that this course delivers.
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Ideal for students who want to work in a wide range of creative industries.
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Supported by communications agency Five by Five.
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Media production and photographic studios.
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Dedicated IT space and excellent library and online facilities.
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A supporting programme of research and academic development.
Assessment
Coursework only, including methods such as group and individual presentations, essays, reports, and portfolio and design work.
Projects/work experience
Students will respond to a number of varying industry and live briefs, as well as having the opportunity to organise a live event.
Key career skills
Creative thinking, writing, presentation, IT, teamwork, project management.
2012
Course overview
This year-long course offers you the opportunity to top up your foundation degree or HND to a full BA (Hons) qualification.
It is designed to cater for students from a wide range of backgrounds, primarily from media, design, marketing and advertising courses.
The blend of individual and group-led presentations, reports, essays, portfolio or design work will equip you with the skills and experience sought by the creative media industries, as well as providing you with the academic skills appropriate for a final year undergraduate.
You will cover a broad spectrum of areas, which may include advertising design, new media, graphic image making or television production and promotional media depending on your interests.
|
Industrial focus
Our experienced staff ensure that your studies are relevant to the changing technologies and trends in the creative industries. You'll emerge as an industry-aware graduate able to offer creative responses and solutions to media communication issues.
Course content
Three core units and five options:
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Major Project
-
Reading Contemporary Culture
-
Design Communication.
Options:
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Solent Live
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Global Media Strategies
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Small Business Entrepreneurship
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Photography Production
-
Creating a Web presence.
Why choose this course?
-
Ideal for students who want to work in a wide range of creative industries.
-
Supported by communications agency Five by Five.
-
Media production and photographic studios.
-
Dedicated IT space and excellent library and online facilities.
-
A supporting programme of research and academic development.
Assessment
Coursework only, including methods such as group and individual presentations, essays, reports, and portfolio and design work.
Key career skills
Creative thinking, writing, presentation, IT, teamwork, project management.
Projects/work experience
Students will respond to a number of varying industry and live briefs as well as having the opportunity to organise a live event.