Creative Computing with Integrated Foundation Year - BA (Hons)

Where wires cross, ideas spark. Creative Computing is for curious minds who view technology as a limitless canvas. At Falmouth University, you’ll experiment with technology to build digital experiences that excite audiences in new ways. Discover how computation can reimagine art, design and storytelling, whilst asking the big questions about how technology is shaping our culture and society. Collaboration is at the heart of the course. You will work across creative disciplines to explore creative coding, interactive systems, digital storytelling and immersive media, gaining hands-on experience with web technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality and augmented reality environments alongside physical computing. Creative Computing graduates step into the world as innovators: experimental, ethically aware, and confident at crossing disciplinary boundaries. As a creative technologist, you'll be able to pursue digital storytelling, virtual production, immersive experiences, or interactive art. You’ll also be able to explore opportunities in games, apps, shows, media, festivals, exhibitions, visual effects and the wider creative technology sector. Why study this course at Falmouth Creative: Turn ideas into real, interactive experiences that connect with audiences Future-facing: Learn to think critically and work creatively with emerging technologies such as AI and XR Flexible: Choose between a technically-focused BSc or an artistically-led BA, specialising through pathways in theatre, screen, or heritage to apply your skills to live performance, film and television, or cultural experiences Ethically-aware: Explore how technology shapes culture, identity and the environment to design, make and critique digital work to be imaginative, inclusive and sustainable Disruptive: Explore, experiment, prototype and play in a thriving creative environment where code, design and imagination collide to create the unexpected Beginner-friendly: Gain confidence with coding, experiment with new ideas and grow your creative voice along the way Connected: Collaborate with students from courses such as games, theatre, film, music, and performance to discover how creative ideas grow stronger through shared perspectives Pioneering: Graduate as a confident maker, designer, and thinker, ready to shape creative projects in digital storytelling, virtual production, immersive experiences and beyond At Falmouth, Creative Computing is about curiosity, craft and care. It’s the art of experimentation: shaping technology with imagination and social responsibility. You’ll explore how digital systems, materials and the physical world can interact in ways that are expressive, thoughtful and sustainable. Through prototyping, questioning and refinement, you’ll approach digital making as a craft that balances creativity with care for people and the planet.