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BA Interactive Media: Television (In conjunction with the University of Abertay Dundee)

SCQF Level 9

For the first time TV is becoming something the viewer can control and use for information and communication on demand, using existing methods of delivery and also emerging mobile technologies. Traditional and new media organisations are turning their attention to the new technologies and content designed to meet this demand. Many companies, such as the BBC, have built divisions dedicated to interactive television and are demanding new media professionals to lead them. This degree is designed to produce industry-ready graduates with first-hand experience in delivering interactive content, while equipping them with transferable skills and knowledge.

What You Study

Interactive Television Programme Design and Creation
Innovation Broadcasting Techniques
Interactive Narratives
Personal Projects
Persuasive Narrative

Practical Projects

A project focused integrated approach will be taken with all elements of the course in order that students maximise their learning experience within a relevant industrial context. As such, a commercial studio/station working atmosphere will be replicated as a focus of activity. Students will be producing interactive television programmes delivering real on-line content through ongoing practical projects. In addition to this they will produce a significant Personal Project in an area of their own choosing.

Duration and Attendance

One Year Full-time after HND

Entry Requirements

HND Creative Industries: Television, HND 3D Computer Animation or equivalent HND
Satisfactory interview and academic references

AND

Relevant portfolio of work

Career Opportunities

This course is of particular interest to those aspiring to careers in all areas of Digital Broadcasting and the Media industry including Television, Advertising, Interactive Design and Gaming, throughout the UK and abroad.