Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Creative Media Bath Spa University - Locksbrook Campus, UK

Creative Media at Bath Spa University is more than a typical media studies degree. Yes, you'll learn digital techniques, media knowledge and how to excel in the industry. It's also a practical, personalised experience, where much of what you work on is led by you.

Focus on what the industry wants and on your passions. Each of our modules emphasises creating practical projects using the mediums that interest you, and that express your views of the world around you.

Whether you want to be an exhibiting video artist, a marketing and social media guru, a freelancer with your own business or are simply passionate about independent and proactive media-making, our experienced staff can guide you on the path to success.

We offer state-of-the-art equipment and will push you to engage with the most cutting-edge media practices. You'll gain experience in:

• digital and social media
• moving image content production
• post-production
• experimental media-making
• sound design
• podcasting
• animation
• graphic design
• project management
• pitching
• user experience (UX) design
• audience research
• digital marketing.

On successful completion of the course, you'll be able to specialise in any of these areas.

Throughout the course, you’ll work with a range of digital and interactive media tools and platforms in our purpose-built production facilities at our Newton Park campus in Bath and at our Artswork Media site in Bristol’s creative enterprise area, Paintworks.

You’ll nurture and extend your creative thinking and digital making skills, to learn techniques such as image manipulation, sound and video production, non-linear audiovisual editing, digital storytelling, graphic design, social media content production and interaction design.

You’ll bring together your skills through a variety of projects, which include producing: 

• documentary and fiction-based video and sound
• experimental and socially-engaged media
• social media content
• site-specific media.

By the final year, you’ll be leaving with technical prowess, a wider understanding of why we make media, industry experience, and a bold, expressive portfolio to help you launch your career in media.