As the internet industry matures and new mobile communications come on stream this course aims to equip students with the key skills with which to steer the future of new media. People with such skills are in short supply. This is a broad-based course. It develops both your creative and programming skills as well as addressing important questions such as - Where has the internet come from and where is it going? What makes a design easy to use? How can we exploit the interactivity made possible by this unique medium?
As a Web Design and technologies student at the University of Bradford, you will study how to make interactive and animated web sites, learn how to integrate sound and video into websites and learn how to make online games. You will also learn key programming languages to enable you to create dynamically driven sites. In addition you will study media theory to provide you with a theoretical context in which to place your own practical work. The second and final years involve the production of web-based projects on an individual and group basis, building on work in the first two years. The focus is on real-world briefs and solutions, as near as possible to tasks which might be set by real clients. There are also opportunities to work on projects without a brief - using your skills and creativity to develop state-of-the-art web-based applications.
The Bradford Media School Web design and Technology course is aimed at the web designers, web developers and webmasters of the future, but the skills that you will develop in computing, interface design, information management, design and multimedia production, are appropriate for many careers in the new media and communications industries.
Three-year BSc (Hons)
PLEASE NOTE: Many of our courses are available for part-time study over 4 to 6 years. Flexible part-time study routes are negotiated with students on an individual basis Please contact our Recruitment Manager for information.
GW4F BSc/WDT
*Modules may change at short notice
BSc 260 points [e.g. B,C,C or D,M,M from BTEC National Diploma] including 180 points from two GCE A levels, two 6-unit VCE A levels or one VCE Double Award in relevant subjects.
We have no specific subject requirements at GCE A level, though subjects involving numeracy, art or design may be an advantage. Relevant VCEs are acceptable. AS or A level General Studies points as well as key skills (level 3) may also be included in you points total
We also require English, Mathematics GCSE at least at C grade.
NOTE that we now also accept the 14-19 new Diploma in Creative Media and IT.
In addition, if your first language is not English, a test of written and spoken English normally needs to have been passed at grade 6.0 for IELTS (with no subtest below 5.5) or for TOEFL (87 for the Internet-based test).
University Programme Specification for this course (MS Word .doc)
