GO UNIVERSITY  Ghana/Global 2016/17/18/19

BSc (hons) DIGITAL MEDIA Degree Course - 3 Years

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Overview

This course offers a unique blend of theory and practice, teaching you all you need for a future in digital and interactive media.

You’ll build a portfolio of practical projects and learn to analyse the impact of digital media products on society. You’ll have the opportunity to gain a wide range of technical skills from graphic design and animation to dynamic web programming and mobile app development, and to combine these with vital critical thinking, research and analytical skills.

You can shape your degree to suit your interests and career plans through your choice of optional modules, whether they relate to creative or technical practice or theoretical analysis of the digital media industries. You could even undertake a four-week work placement to gain experience of these fast-changing industries.

Our excellent links with the digital media industries ensure great opportunities for students looking to design, build or manage the interactive products and services of the future.

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Course Content

You’ll develop key skills in digital media design and production from Year 1, as well as an understanding of different theories and approaches in communication and media. At the same time, you’ll examine the cultural, technological, political and economic contexts that have shaped the development of digital media and the research that will shape its future.

Year 2 will allow you to build on this foundation, as you develop advanced skills in web programming, study visual communication and work on real industry briefs. You’ll also develop your research skills and choose from a range of optional modules to tailor your studies according to your own interests and career plans. You could study media policy, PR, motion graphics, digital storytelling and colour science among many other topics.

By your final year you’ll have the skills and knowledge to produce a substantial piece of independent project work, either applying your research skills to complete a dissertation on a media-related topic of your choice, or developing your own digital media product, service or campaign, from initial pitch through to finished product.

At the same time you’ll gain a good grounding in legislation, policy and regulation surrounding digital media, and select more optional modules in areas ranging from documentary journalism to information design. You could also choose to complete a four-week work placement to gain practical experience in a related industry.

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Course Structure

 

Year 1

Compulsory modules

• Introduction to Media and Communication Research 20 credits

• Understanding Digital Media 20 credits

• Interface Design 20 credits

• Design for Digital Media 20 credits

• Introduction to Media and Communication Theory 20 credits

• Optional modules

• The History of Communication 20 credits

• Camera and Editing 20 credits

• Animation and Interactivity 20 credits

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• Year 2

Compulsory modules

• Visual Communication 20 credits

• Working in Digital Media 20 credits

• Dynamic Web Programming 20 credits

• Communication Research Methods 20 credits

• Optional modules

• Technology in Communication and Media 20 credits

• Music as Communication 20 credits

• Communication Skills 20 credits

• Digital Storytelling 20 credits

• Digital Cultures 20 credits

• Media Policy 20 credits

• Motion Graphics 20 credits

• Introduction to Public Relations 20 credits

• Eco-Design: Understanding Design's Role in Global Ecology 10 credits

• Colour: Art and Science 10 credits

• Principles of Typography 10 credits

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Year 3

Compulsory modules

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• Internet Policy 20 credits

• Communication Dissertation OR New Media Final Project 40 credits

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• Optional modules

• The Documentary and Reality 20 credits

• Politics, Performance and Rhetoric 20 credits

• International Communication 20 credits

• Placement 20 credits

• Feminism, Identity and Media 20 credits

• New Media Final Project 40 credits

• Mobile Media 20 credits

• Citizen Media 20 credits

• War and Media 20 credits

• Media Philosophy: Technological Dasein 20 credits

• Promotional Culture 20 credits

• Creative Work in the Cultural Industries 20 credits

• Environmental Communication 20 credits

• Radio Technologies, Industries and Cultures 20 credits

• Information Design 20 credits

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• More information on modules at courses catalogue after your enrollment.

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• Learning and teaching

• You’ll be taught through lectures, tutorials, workshops and practical classes. You’ll enjoy extensive tutorial support and have freedom in your workload and options.

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• Assessment

• You’re assessed by a range of methods, including formal exams and in-course assessment.

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