• Develop your Character Creation and Technical Effects skills and knowledge to a more advanced level
• Develop a personal portfolio in approach, style and vision that looks to the forefront of current practices
  
• Theory and context understanding of character creation and technical effects, its audiences and media culture
  
• Enquiry, research, creative invention, project planning and management practices
  
• A multi-disciplinary environment of discussion and ideas exploration

Entry requirements

An honours degree (2:2 or above) in a field relevant to the award you want to study. If you do not have a degree, you will need to show you have appropriate professional experience and skills to benefit from the course. We may also be able to take into account accredited prior learning (APL) or accredited prior experiential learning (APEL). If your degree is in a different field, you will need appropriate knowledge, skills or experience in the field you wish to study, or be able to show that you are prepared for intensive new learning. In all cases you will need to demonstrate through a portfolio or interview your preparedness for study at postgraduate level.

If English is not your first language, you will need a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent. .

English language requirements

All students from non-majority English speaking countries require proof of English language proficiency. The following qualifications and grades will be considered

- GCSE English language grade A-C
- IELTS 6.5 (with no less than 5.5 in any band)

Other English language tests are accepted. Please contact the International Office for details.

Study routes

• Part-time 2 Years (90 taught weeks over two semesters from September to September)
• Full-time 1 Year (45 taught weeks over three semesters from September to September)

Location(s)

• College Lane Campus

Professional accreditation

Skillset Media Academy