Interactive Media and Web Technologies BSc (Hons)

at Coventry University

Why you should study this course

This course is informed by theory and practice in visual information design in many forms, including, but not limited to:

• user experience design
• web development
• digital media and photography
• video
• 2D and 3D graphics
• animation and the transmission of that content through Information and Communications Technology (including, but not limited to, streaming media, ‘smart’ television, web data services, smart devices, information displays, museum displays, AR and VR interfaces)

In January 2021, Coventry University participated in Global Game Jam, an online competition where more than 28,000 game creators in 104 countries at 585 virtual sites around the world created over 6,000 games. Students had just 48 hours to create a game, and here are the games they made.

What you'll study

Year one
The first year is focused on equipping you with the necessary knowledge to be able to specialise in subsequent years. It is primarily a practically-oriented and production-focused year where the goal is for you to achieve learning through doing.

Modules

• Programming for Games Development - 20 credits

• Software Design - 20 credits

• Digital Content Creation - 20 credits

• Interactive Media Project 1

• Object Oriented Programming - 20 credits

• User Interfaces and Web Design - 20 credits

• Database Systems - 10 credits

• Interactive Media Project 2

• Add+vantage - 10 credits

Year two
The second year contains core modules in user experience design, content creation and web development. These modules will also be integrated with a live project, where you will take a design idea from brief through to release.

Modules

• Web Development - 20 credits

• Digital Media Production - 20 credits

• 3D Modelling - 20 credits

• People and Computing - 10 credits

• Live Project - 20 credits

• Real Time Interactive Media - 20 credits

• Add+vantage - 10 credits

Final year
The final year extends themes from the second year into cutting edge areas of interactive media, and to focus them into a significant final project.

Modules

• Web API Development - 20 credits

• User Experience Design - 20 credits

• Individual Project Preparation - 10 credits

• 3D Rendering and Animation - 20 credits

• Motion Graphics, Visual Effects and Compositing - 20 credits

• Individual Project - 20 credits

• Add+vantage - 10 credits

English language requirements

• IELTS: 6.0 overall

International Fees
£18,050 per year

International Pathways 2022 Scholarship
You could enjoy a £3,000 reduction in tuition fees.
Our high-quality foundation, international year one and pre-masters courses are for international students who do not meet the requirements for direct entry to their preferred Coventry University undergraduate or postgraduate course. We can support you to achieve the academic and/or English grades you need and help you gain the personal and professional skills required to study at university.

We want to encourage ambitious international students like you to study at Coventry University, so we’ve secured extra financial support for you worth £3,000, to help with the cost of tuition fees, living expenses and accommodation.

The scholarship application deadline is:
September 2022 intake: 31 July 2022

The course should enable students, upon successful completion, to pursue careers such as: web developer, user experience designer, mobile app developer, digital media producer, content/asset creator for video games, 3D animator and motion graphics designer.