BSc (Hons) Creative Computing

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Institution code: N39 Course UCAS code: C100 Course length: 3 years

Our BSc (Hons) Creative Computing* has been developed in response to national and international industry need for creative graduates with advanced technical skills.

Build skills in coding and software design that are in high demand in the digital and creative industries as you develop your understanding of creative design principles.

*Subject to validation, course start date September 2022

The creative industries are changing. The lines are blurring between making and creating in the physical and digital worlds. Whilst many creative people know how to use digital platforms that others have designed, relatively few are able to design and make using coding as their medium. Imagine a world where creative practitioners can build the technology they need to use for their creative practice.

On this course you will learn about creativity — What do we mean by this? How can computers support creativity? Can computers be creative? — and the coding necessary to build future applications.

Starting with the computational thinking underpinning the basic structures, your coding skills will develop through creating your own objects. You will gradually add computational creativity, thinking about the physical or natural behaviour of your created objects.

You will also explore data, from the networks sharing this, finding patterns in data, to using data ethically, to exploring why data can exclude rather than explain.

Over the three years, you will apply your coding and creative skills for creative web and app work, thinking about interaction, image and text. You will also be introduced to AI and machine learning, to support project development.

As with all courses at NUA, your learning experience will be hands-on. You will develop projects to industry briefs, gain an understanding of the potential for — and theory of — computer-based technology in a wide range of digital creative and design sectors.

Your tutors will be experienced industry professionals, grounding you in the technical skills you need whilst supporting the development of your creative and design flair. You will have opportunities to work with digital creative businesses in NUA’s network.

You will develop excellent transferrable skills in teamwork, project management, communication and problem-solving through employability and entrepreneurship sessions integrated into your programme.

As a graduate of the course, you will be a technology-led creative professional, with creative and design skills that have been the bedrock of specialist teaching at Norwich University of the Arts since 1845.

Cutting-edge coding skills will create opportunities to unlock a wide range of high quality graduate roles in creative software development, user experience, digital media, immersive technology or design projects linked to AI/machine learning.

About NUA

Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) has established itself in arts, design and media education for over 170 years. But while our history can be traced back to 1845, our outlook is forward-thinking.

From a city centre campus that boasts cutting-edge facilities to an approach to teaching which saw us awarded Gold under the Teaching Excellence Framework and ranked number 1 in the UK for student retention by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020, our reputation for excellence is well-earned.

NUA has thrived as an established University, developing a national reputation as an innovative and creative academic community, with a firm commitment to offering vocational, practice-based courses that afford students space to develop their skills and pursue their passion.

At the heart of it all, our students. Artists, designers, makers. Bringing diverse interests and unique perspectives, they share a desire to be challenged and inspired. To learn from the past and shape the future.

Our mission statement

NUA’s mission is to be the best specialist university for arts, design, architecture and media study in Europe, producing graduates of the highest quality and inspiring students and staff to achieve excellence in the creative and cultural spheres.

History of Norwich University of the Arts

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The University was established as an independent higher education institution under Section 121 of the Education Reform Act 1988 and is a recognised body with taught degree awarding powers. The University is regulated by the Office for Students (OfS). Information about the University’s status can be found on the OfS Register and on the list of recognised bodies published on the UK Government (GOV.UK) website. The OfS regulatory framework will come fully into force from 1 August 2019. From 1 April 2018 until 31 July 2019 the University will be subject to the OfS Transitional Arrangements.