Undergraduate
study in Creative Computing: Diploma and BSc with Work Experience
Entry Route
Message
from the Course Director.
NEW for 2007 from
Goldsmiths College - Britain's leading creative university
The academic direction
of this diploma and degree is undertaken by Goldsmiths
College (Lead College).
Is this programme for me?
This new distance
learning programme is unique as it gives undergraduate students
skills in designing computer applications as well as using them.
It will enable you to express your own creativity and give you
the knowledge, confidence and ability to act as creative professionals
in the computing, media and arts industries.
Programme aims
The range of skills
you will develop include:
-
visual and
audio design by programming
-
storyboarding,
from ideas to implementation
-
creative processing
for digital media: generating films, music, animations and
games
-
Java and C++
programming.
Programme summaries
BSc:
The degree in which 12 units are taken in three stages. You have
between 3-8 years to complete the BSc. You may be eligible for
exemptions if you have previously studied suitable material. If
you complete in the minimum study period you will pay less than
£3,500 in university fees. If you are successfully studying the
BSc you may apply to transfer to Goldsmiths College to complete
your degree, entering at Level 2 or Level 3.
Diploma:
Consists of 5 units and is an award in its own right. Upon successful
completion you may transfer directly to Level 2 of the BSc. The
Diploma must be studied at an institution that has been given
'Permission to teach' by the University.
You have between
2-5
years to complete the Diploma.
Work
Experience Entry Route: If you
do not have traditional A levels or their equivalent, you can
apply to join the BSc through the Work Experience Entry Route
which requires the successful completion of 2 specified units.
You have between 1-3 years to complete the Work Experience Entry
Route units.
Prestige and
career progression
Goldsmiths is
the UK's leading creative university. No fewer than 5 of its graduates
have gone on to win the prestigious Turner prize. This creative
programme has been developed by academics within the Department
of Computing at Goldsmiths College. The Department is a leading
centre in the UK for the study of Arts and Music Computing, Cognitive
Computing and Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Science. Academic
staff are leaders and partners on a variety of research projects,
including working with the BBC, Yahoo, MIT, Cambridge University
and Brown University.
This degree will
equip you with the knowledge, confidence and skills needed to
act as a creative autonomous professional in the computing and
cultural industries. It prepares you for a variety of careers,
including: design (particularly games design), computing in the
film, music or tv industry, web development, animation, IT consultancy
or systems management or analysis.
Time commitment
and cost
Independent study
demands that you are motivated, well-organised and focused. We
advise that to complete in the minimum study period you will need
devote at least 250 hours of study to each full course unit.
For the BSc, the
total fee is just over £3,700 if you complete in the minimum study
period.
The study materials
that we send you are research-led, they include:
· Studying for a Degree in the Humanities and
Social Sciences
· Student handbook
· Subject guides (offering advice on how to use
textbooks)
· CD-ROMs
· Past exam papers and Examiners' reports
· Regulations
You need to provide
your own textbooks - they provide the main focus of your studies
- so before you register for the programme we do advise you to
consider the facilities available to you locally, and how accessible
books are likely to be.
Study
support and online resources
You can either
study independently at a pace that suits you, or enrol for additional
classes at a local institution (either full time or part time)
and benefit from the more formalized support this provides. Teaching
is offered worldwide including at SIM in Singapore, SPACE in Hong
Kong and St Martin's in Malta.
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Online
Library provides links to websites, ejournals, information
security and information systems resources, and databases
including: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier
and Science Direct
| Summary
of key dates |
|
Application deadline |
17 September (non-EU)
17 October (EU)
in the year before you
intend to sit your first examinations |
|
Registration deadline |
30
November |
Despatch of study materials |
Shortly
after your registration form is received |
| Start
studying |
As
soon as you receive your study materials |
|
Examinations take place |
May/June |
