Programme summary for BA(Hons) Interactive Media Design
UEL's BA (Hons) Interactive Media degree runs alongside our BSc Multimedia programme. Both programmes share modules about interactive multimedia concepts and practices. The Interactive Media degree includes media production skills and media concepts and theories.
Interactive media has developed out of traditional media such as sound, video and television to include all digitalised media forms, such as websites, CD-Roms, DVDs, games, simulations and installations, interactive television, toys and mobile phones. All these media forms are distinguished by their interactivity, a concept which is central to this degree.
The interactive media industries are significant areas of employment – large media companies have interactive departments requiring skills in the specific area of interactive media, a buoyant area of commercial, creative and critical practice. Most large commercial media companies are continuing to invest in online interactive services. There is also a growing number of publicly funded interactive media projects, such as the Public Records Office archive digitalisation project.
About the programme
Interactive media form an integral part of daily life at home and at work, for leisure and entertainment, education and information. They have political, economic, legal and ethical roles and considerations, and they play a role in expressing identities, offering pleasures and generating symbolic resources with which to imagine our worlds.
Programme structure
Modules include:
Level 1
- From Text to Hypertext: Introduction to New Media
- Introduction to Web Page Production
- Media Production
- Media Meanings
- Skills for Media, Communication, Interactive Media and Computer Games
- Choice from a range of optional modules.
Level 2
- From Hypertext to Cybertext: Researching New Media
- Media, Culture, Identity
- Management of New Media
- Multimedia Design
- Choice from a range of optional modules.
Level 3
- Digital Media Cultures
- New Media Project
- Choice from a range of optional modules.
Career opportunities
Graduates studying new media at UEL have gone on to become web designers and freelance multimedia practitioners, as well as undertaking postgraduate qualifications in, for example, multimedia systems. Others have become teachers or technical demonstrators of new media.
The field of interactive media is a buoyant area of commercial, creative and critical practice. Interactive media companies are important areas of employment within the creative industries. Most large commercial media companies are continuing to invest in online interactive services. There is also a growing number of publicly funded interactive media projects, such as the Public Records Office archive digitalisation project.
Support
Each student is allocated a personal tutor to guide them through their studies. There is also a programme tutor, who is responsible for your degree and can also offer help and advice. The university also offers support in the following areas: residential; student finance advice; careers advice; study skills development; IT/learning resources.
Admission
The minimum requirements for entry for Level 1 entry is 240 UCAS tariff points from:
A/AS level (Including 2 A2 passes), GNVQ, AVCE, Scottish Highers, International Baccalaureate. European Baccalaureate, BTEC / SCOTEC Diploma, Relevant Access Course or successful completion of the Level 0. Other qualifications, including overseas, may be considered.
We also welcome applicants from mature students who do not have formal qualifications but may have relevant experience. Students applying to this programme will be expected to demonstrate a specific interest in this area of study and should have a commitment to engaging with the subject. Applicants may be invited for interview.
Overseas Qualifications
The number of overseas qualifications which are accepted for entry are too numerous to list, but you can get advice from the British Council or our admissions unit on 020 8223 2835. You must be able to understand and express yourself in both written and spoken English and some evidence e.g. For level 1 entry a TOEFL score of 550 or an IELTS score of 6.0 (no skill level below 5) and for Level 0 entry an IELTS score of 5.5 (no skill level below 5) would be required.
Key facts
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