Partner Details
Coleg Cambria
Awards
Target Award
Award Description:Foundation Degree Arts - FDA
Alternative Exit
Programme Offerings
Full-Time
F2F-CCB-SEP
Educational Aims of the Course
To develop students' critical and creative response to the media. To enable students to develop an awareness of a broad spectrum of the media industry including its products, budget, legal and ethical issues and of the production skills and values that underpin its productions. To facilitate students' acquisition of the specialist skills, knowledge and understanding necessary for a range of technical, creative, organisational and professional roles associated with the media industry. To develop transferable skills, including effective oral and written communication, research and evaluative techniques, and the ability to work effectively within groups. To support students' learning through diverse teaching and assessment practices underpinned by staff development and research towards employability. To encourage students to engage with the development of employability skills by completing a self-awareness statement.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate a developing awareness of current trends in media, and capacity to engage in textual, industrial and professional issues in critical terms;
2.
Display a clear grasp of professional standards and values associated with media production;
3.
Demonstrate an increasing competency in areas of production development, technique, scheduling, time management and administration;
4.
Demonstrate high level skills in creating and developing projects, working both individually and as part of a team;
5.
Learn how to be more independent and reflective in his/her learning and how to take more responsibility for his/her study choices;
6.
Demonstrate high-level transferable skills in written and oral communication, problem solving, teamwork, leadership, and research and information technology;
7.
Demonstrate an understanding of the role of technology in terms of media production, content manipulation, distribution, access and use.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Knowledge and understanding is acquired through lectures, seminars, tutorials, screenings, group work, practical workshops, independent study and work-based learning, VLE delivery and support. In addition knowledge and understanding is also affected by tutor-led workshops and demonstrations. Coursework includes: essays of various lengths; individual and group presentations; individual and group critical self-evaluation dossiers; research exercises; reports; individual work-based learning and independent study reports; dissertations. Group and individual productions of media artefacts. Knowledge and understanding is assessed by coursework, individual and group productions of media artefacts. Intellectual skills are promoted through lectures and applied by students in seminars, group work, tutorials, independent study and the production of assessments. Some or all of these skills may also be developed through reflection on work-based learning and production of media artefacts. Intellectual skills are assessed through the range of assessment used on the Creative Media programme. The forms of assessment are structured over the two years of the programme to allow students to develop the ability to think independently, to formulate and research their own topics, to plan and generate their own ideas and to build on their knowledge and interests. Professional practical skills are acquired through lectures, seminars, tutorials, group work, the production of assessments and particularly through independent study practice. Hands on use of media production tools and software and work based learning are particularly significant in advancing these skills. All students are introduced to practical equipment through workshops and demonstrations. Knowledge and understanding is also enhanced by workshops by visiting practitioners to familiarise students with current industrial practice and contexts. Professional practical skills are assessed by coursework at all levels, that includes the production of reports, presentations (both individually and in groups),production projects, production research files and critical evaluation documents, research exercises and evidence of learning in the workplace such as reflective dossiers. Transferable skills are developed through taught sessions, group work, practical workshops, independent study and work-based learning. Assessment of transferable skills is through coursework at all levels. The forms of assessment are structured over the two years of the programme to allow students to develop certain transferable skills, such as those of presentation (oral and written) and communication, collaboration, self-reflection and the skills involved in learning independently.
Programme Structure
Structure
Level 4 Core
Level 5 Core
Approved variance from Academic Framework Regulations
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Entry Requirements
A levels
Access awards
Alternative qualifications considered
Alternative qualifications considered
Alternative qualifications considered
BTECs
International Baccalaureate
Irish awards
Other international requirements
HECoS Code(s)
(CAH25-01) creative arts and design