BSc (Hons) Creative Technologies

Duration

3 years / 4 years with placement year

Institution code

L28

UCAS Code

3 years I100 / 4 years I101

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A photograph of a wall display of six digital screens featuring tennis-themed images, like rackets and balls, interconnected with visible cables and adapters below.

Will Broadbent

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A student drawing digitally on a tablet with a stylus, next to a computer monitor displaying a design interface.
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A photograph of three people in a music studio focusing on a computer screen. A person in a blue hoodie operates the computer, surrounded by audio equipment.
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A digital layout featuring three smartphone screens displaying the Bounce App interface, featuring skincare routine, product recommendations, and a dashboard with a child's photo.

Mia Riley

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A photograph of a laptop screen displaying video editing software with multiple editing panels and controls.

Nia Southworth

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A photograph of a gallery setup featuring a TV screen with text and artistic projections on a wall displaying colourful nature scenes on various surfaces.

Nia Southworth

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A photograph of two people in a studio having a conversation in front of computer monitors displaying  colourful designs.
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A photograph of two people sat on the floor, examining a camera on a tripod. Others are in the background against a green screen.
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A photograph of an art installation featuring abstract projections on three draped objects and a screen creating a dynamic light and shadow effects.

Nia Southworth

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Person holding a professional camera in a green screen studio with lighting and equipment in the background.

The Course

This interdisciplinary course brings together creative practice, emerging technologies, and digital production.

You will explore how immersive media, interactive systems, moving image and sound can be shaped creatively, helping you turn ideas into experiences that people can see, hear, explore, and respond to.

The course is designed for students who want to work across disciplines rather than within a single specialism. You will develop through projects that reflect real-world creative processes, from early ideas and prototyping, through to production and presentation. Collaboration, experimentation, problem-solving, and the application of AI tools are central to how you learn.

We provide access to professional-standard facilities, including computer labs, specialist software, film and sound production spaces, and equipment for interactive and immersive media. Teaching is practice-led, encouraging you to explore ideas through making, testing, and refining your work.

Opportunities for live briefs, public-facing projects, installations, and industry engagement help you to build confidence, creative ambition, and a strong portfolio.

We support you in developing professional skills including working collaboratively, communicating ideas clearly, documenting, and understanding the cultural, ethical, and professional contexts in which creative technologies operate. Guest speakers and visiting practitioners share insight into current practice and emerging career pathways.

This course is subject to approval

What You'll Study

You will be introduced to the foundations of creative technologies through practical workshops and guided projects. You will explore digital storytelling, interactive thinking, moving image, sound, and animation, learning how creative ideas develop through tools, systems, and audience experience. You will be introduced to logic and interaction in an accessible way, focusing on curiosity and experimentation. Projects are designed to build confidence, encouraging you to test ideas, reflect on outcomes, and work creatively with others.

Course Facilities

BSc (Hons) Creative Technologies students have access to specialist studios and facilities for sound design, digital photography and digital video production, including audio recording studios, lighting studios, sound and video editing suites, Foley rooms and spatial audio playback systems such as Dolby 5.1.

Students work with industry-standard digital audio workstations including Ableton Live, Logic Pro and Reaper, alongside audio middleware such as Wwise and FMOD, and creative coding platforms including Max/MSP, Unity and TouchDesigner. High-specification PCs and Apple Mac computers with advanced GPU capacity support real-time media production, while VR and AR headsets, projection mapping tools, motion sensors and microcontrollers extend opportunities for experimentation in interactive and immersive technologies.

All students benefit from the University’s purpose-built specialist library, which houses Digital Collections and special collections of artists’ books, photobooks and illustrated books, as well as the University archive. Self-service facilities are available throughout, supported by a dedicated and experienced team of library staff.

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BSc (Hons) Creative Technologies

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Your Future

Graduates work across a wide range of creative and digital roles, including immersive and interactive media, sound and audio-visual production, experience and interaction design, creative technology, games-related practice, digital content creation, and installation-based work. The course also supports broader pathways such as creative entrepreneurship, cultural and events production, digital communications, or postgraduate study.

Creative thinking is at the core of all our courses and the ability to develop creative solutions in a variety of professional contexts is in demand across a range of careers. Our courses embed research, communication, writing and presentation skills. Along with an ability to collaborate with others and a high level of cultural awareness, our graduates are also able to create possibilities for career progression in the wider creative economy as part of other industries.

Academic Staff

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Dr James Bagshaw

BSc (Hons) Creative Technologies - Course Leader | BA (Hons) Music Production - Senior Lecturer

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