BA (Hons) Design with Creative Computing

The UAL Diploma in Creative Computing will give you a material understanding of the computational technologies that underpin much innovation in both the creative industries and arts and design practice. The Diploma also gives you the opportunity to study with other undergraduates from across the university in a specialist UAL Institute environment and augment your creative practice giving you new opportunities as a creative practitioner. On successful completion of the diploma and the final year of your undergraduate degree you will graduate with an enhanced degree title e.g. BA Hons, Design (with Creative Computing).Creative graduates with advanced computing skills are in high demand and you will lean to code using industry standard languages and frameworks, how to develop apps and be introduced to emerging areas such as machine learning. You will also develop creative projects informed by these tools and techniques and gain an inside look at London’s digital creative economy, exploring both its working practices and the emerging opportunities for technology engaged creative graduates.1 year

Your performance on the first year and second of study on your current BA course will be taken into consideration with reference to your Course Leader This will include consideration of your past studentship attendance commitment and performance The overriding concern will be to ensure that you will have the skills motivation and commitment to undertake computational practice and to develop selfinitiated projectsIt is vital that you demonstrate that you are an independent learner able to manage your academic studies learning experience and deadlines initiate projects and steer the quality of your experience It is also vital you demonstrate that you will be able to thrive in a computationally oriented environment which requires full attendance across a coding intensive curriculumYour application will be reviewed in the light of below listed criteriaA good level of general creative abilityA sufficient level of technical and craft skill in your disciplinary area and evidence of creative computing practiceAn ability to articulate and express your creative ideasA clear and feasible proposal of intent and ambitionAn ability to work as part of a collaborative team