Foundation Degree Arts - FDA

Level 5

Level 4

Structure

Use a variety of computer-based skills ranging from basic competences such as data analysis to web-based technology and digital multimedia

Demonstrate an understanding of the narrative processes, generic forms and modes of representation at work in media and cultural texts

Demonstrate specific proficiencies in using a range of current and emergent media technologies

Demonstrate an understanding of the economic forces that influence and frame the media, film, cultural and creative industries 

Apply real-world employment disciplines to the production of media content

Apply ethical consideration and judgement to analysis of production, distribution and consumption in communication, media, film and culture

Reflect on how disability, class, ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, sexuality, and other social divisions play key roles in terms of both access to the media and modes of representation in media

Locate, retrieve, evaluate and draw upon the range of data, sources and the conceptual frameworks appropriate to research in the chosen area

Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships of technological and social change

Make critical judgements in the understanding and evaluation of media forms

Produce work that uses the effective manipulation of one or more of sound, images, and the written word, including understanding relevant industry standards and how they are defined and achieved

Apply approrriate production processes and professional practices relevant to media, film, cultural and communicative industries, and ways of conceptualising creativity and authorship

Evaluate the role of public and private regulation of the practices and products of media and film

Demonstrate and understanding of forms of communication, media, film and culture as they have emerged historically and appreciate the processes through which they have come into being, with reference to social, cultural and technological change

Demonstrate an understanding of the roles that media, film and cultural institutions play in society

Demonstrate an understanding of the range of attitudes and values arising from the complexity and diversity of contemporary communications, media, film, culture and society

Work in flexible, creative and independent ways, showing self-discipline awareness of relevant ethical considerations, self-direction and reflexivity

Course Catalogue

Creative Digital Media - 36795 - FDA