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| Location: | Portsmouth / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Portsmouth
The course considers the theoretical, practical and technical aspects of media production and offers individual subject choices for you to tailor the programme to your personal strengths and interests.
You can choose to study this course on a full or part-time basis. The full time course runs from October to September and consists of a taught programme of two semesters from October to June. The project is undertaken in the summer period from June to September. The part-time programme runs over three years, from October to June each year.
The course can be studied full-time for one year or part-time for three years.
Contents
You will study the following core taught units:
* Advance Web Technologies - Online media delivery
* Multimedia Asset Production - Creating media and video material
* Primary Empirical Techniques For Original Research - Research methods
* Professional Development - Planning and managing development projects
You will also have the opportunity to choose two optional specialist units:
* Computer Graphics Techniques and Applications - 3D animation and games
* Post-Production and Special Effects - Digital video special effects
* Programming Principles for 2D and 3D Animation - Programming skills
* Sound Synthesis and Processing - Sound generation and manipulation
During the taught units, you will encounter a range of assessment types, depending on the content and nature of each unit. These will typically include coursework, learning journals, examinations and presentations. However, in order to further prepare you for employment in a business environment, and not just for a technical role, you´ll also complete the Masters Creative Technology Project. This will also give you an opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge from the taught part of the course to a practical client-led problem, usually supplied by local businesses or other external clients.
This will provide experience of project managing an extended research or development project, where you can develop portfolio pieces.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A 2:2 honours degree in a computing or information technology subject or an art-based subject with a significant information technology component, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 or equivalent.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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