University of Portsmouth

Program Information

Degree Offered

MA Design for Digital Media

Format: Campus

Program Description:

Design for digital media means designing interactive, multisensory, aesthetic experiences. Digital content comes in many forms, delivered via various platforms and through a multitude of interfaces how the human user can access this cognitively and perceptually is of concern to digital media designers.

The course aims to provide you with a broad understanding of the theoretical and cultural frameworks in which design and technology development happens. It will also enable you to enhance your skill set in terms of technical development or visual experimentation, where appropriate. Importantly, it will encourage you to be a cultural producer with a critical view to media usage and future interface development. The ability to question and adapt applications, as well as develop innovative solutions is more important here than technological finesse.

Within the MA Design for Digital Media, a holistic consideration of the user as a human being within a cultural and social context is promoted. As the discipline moves from a purely task-orientated approach, the course will prepare you to encounter the user in an experience-orientated approach, where a range of components, including affective and ludic, can play a part.

Students coming on this course should be interested in the visual and interactive design of digital media i.e. aesthetic, perceptual, cognitive, affective, psychological, social and cultural concerns. They should be prepared to critically engage with solutions offered, by themselves and others, and strive to innovate.

Accreditation:

1 Year (Full Time); 2 Years (Part-Time)

Eligibility Requirements:

A good bachelors degree in a related subject including design, media, communications, illustration, information technology and cultural and theoretical studies, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications. A portfolio of art and design is required. Additional evidence of in-depth engagement in the subject and/or relevant work experience is ideal.

IELTS score: English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 or equivalent.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: Yes