Interactive Digital Media MA / MSc
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This course creates designers with the potential to innovate and influence interaction design practice .
Futures You will be in a position to take responsible roles such as production supervisor , technical director , lead or assistant programmer , user-experience designer , producer or freelance consultant .
The Course Interactive Digital Media is of particular relevance to you as a practitioner or designer if you want to develop your practice in interaction design , installation , projection mapping , digital games and user-centred product design . You will be encouraged to work with technology experimentally , creatively and collaboratively , and to apply emerging and existing technology in new and novel ways . You will also have hands-on experience creating for Android , iPad , iPhone , PlayStation 3 , Xbox , and websites .
The course will provide skills in the relevant multimedia software , 3D graphics software , game engines and modelling packages such as Unity , UdK , 3D Studio Max or Maya . You will understand code , create electronic and physical interfaces and the course encourages the use of low level C # and C ++, JavaScript , HTML or Python .
Unit 1 : Technology Issues In the Technology Issues unit you will have the opportunity to prototype ideas and engage with industry standard processes , techniques and technology relevant to interactive digital media .
Unit 2 : Research Process The Research Process unit will enable you to deepen your conceptual thinking and technical application through the development of your individual practice .
Unit 3 : Business and Innovation The business context of new technologies has transformed the relationships between traditional film , video and digital formats .
Unit 4 : Concept and Prototyping The Concept and Prototyping unit will develop your main concepts with reference to theoretical and business contexts .
Unit 5 : Major Project The Major Project unit represents the culmination of a student ’ s investigation and the final stage of the research strategy . This is a substantial piece of self-managed work that is underpinned by advanced practicebased methodologies and processes .
Duration 1 year full time / 2 years part time
Entry requirements see page 160 How to apply see page 162
Term starts September 2017