Digital Media (MA)

Overview

Over the past few years, career opportunities in the digital media sector have increased dramatically. The interactive media industry is reaching maturity and needs qualified professionals able to offer a diverse range of expertise. This course addresses those needs and is designed to provide you with skills in multimedia content creation, interactive design, digital media project and account management.

This course will appeal to graduates with an interest in digital media, experienced professionals from the media, public relations and marketing sector wishing to retrain for a career change or promotion, and those wishing to progress towards research and PhD studies. The Masters in Digital Media addresses issues in interactive design, interactive media, the internet and its applications, digital solutions for the industry and the public sector, usability design, effective new media project management, digital audiences and audience research, digital interactive television, mobile communications, and new media ownership. The course will provide skills in the relevant multimedia software.

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/fass/

You will learn how to:

• assess and select the appropriate tools to produce a multimedia project
• produce multimedia projects using the appropriate software applications
• research and analyse the current issues and future developments in multimedia and electronic publishing
• manage digital media projects and production teams
• appreciate the complexity of the international media and creative industries and communicate effectively in a media professional environment
• apply research, design and management skills to the production of new media projects

Applying and entry

PLEASE NOTE There is no official closing date for this course, but you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only consider your application if there are places available on the course.

Tel: 020 7133 4202
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk

A good honours degree or equivalent. Students with lower qualifications but substantial relevant experience in a related area of employment, such as the media and communications industry, are also encouraged to apply. These applicants will be asked to provide a written summary of their work history demonstrating its relationship to the aims of the course.

Course contents

Course structure

The course consists of two core modules, four optional modules, and a compulsory triple-module project or dissertation. One of the optional modules can be a "free" module taken from another Masters degree in the University.

Core modules:

• Principles of Digital Media
• New Media Management
• Digital Project/Dissertation

Optional modules currently offered:

• Knowledge Management Principles and Practice
• Digital Media Work Placement
• Design for the Internet
• Information Society
• Fundamentals of Screenwriting
• Multimedia Journalism
• Globalisation
• Digital Video Production
• Principles of Game Design
• Responsive Environments
• 3D Animation for Multimedia
• E-Solutions and Digital Media Applications

The Project/Dissertation is equivalent to three modules and is submitted at the end of the course. Research sessions and Project/Dissertation workshops are provided.

Read more details about the modules

Assessment

Assessment methods include interactive projects, design portfolios, presentations, essays, examinations and reports.

Careers

Career opportunities

Equips you for a wide and expanding range of careers involving design, production and project management skills in digital media and communication.

Student profiles

What the students say

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