Creative Media with Foundation BA (Hons)

The foundation pathway provides students with non-standard entry points to progress onto the BA (Hons) Creative Media. You will have the opportunity to explore creative processes relevant to visual design, animation, illustration, print-making, fine art and photography within an engaging and vibrant studio setting. The foundation year allows you to develop skills across the range of media and introduces creative best practice in preparation for the first year of the undergraduate course.<br/><br/><br/>- <strong>Study a range of media practices</strong>, including video, photography, sound, animation and digital media.<br/><br/><br/>- <strong>Enjoy the freedom to experiment</strong>: choose to focus on one medium, develop several or integrate across the range to find your creative voice.<br/><br/><br/>- <strong>Develop projects to suit your creative and career ambitions</strong>, open doors to your future career by showcasing your work to the public and developing a portfolio of work and enhance your professional profile further by engaging with our live briefs.<br/><br/><br/>- <strong>Advance your technical skills</strong> using our outstanding equipment and facilities, including a fully equipped cinema, moving image studio with green screen, photographic and sound studios, computer labs, animation rostrums and much more.<br/><br/><br/>- <strong>Learn from award-winning tutors</strong> from industry, arts practice and academic research. Benefit from strong links with the industry such as the BBC, ITV and Royal Television Society along with regional arts and community groups, giving you the opportunity to develop and realise creative collaborations beyond the University.<br/><br/><br/>This course is an integrated part of the BA (Hons) Creative Media degree at the University of Plymouth. Successful completion of your foundation year (Year 0) will not lead to a separate award or qualification in its own right but provides progression onto Year 1 of<br/><br/>BA (Hons) Creative Media<br/><br/>Or one of the following related degree programmes:<br/><br/><br/>• BA (Hons) Illustration<br/><br/><br/><br/>• BA (Hons) Fine Art<br/><br/><br/><br/>• BA (Hons) Photography<br/><br/><br/><br/>• BA (Hons) Digital Media Design<br/><br/><br/><br/>• BSc (Hons) Digital Media Design<br/><br/><br/><br/>• BA (Hons) Game Art and Design.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• BA (Hons) Interior Design<br/><br/><br/><br/>• BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design<br/><br/>