BSc (Hons) Web Design | Southampton Solent University

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The aim of this course is to bring together the aesthetics of web design – incorporating graphical and design principles – with the underlying technical knowledge required. This dynamic, creative course is designed to give you the best chance of a great career as a web professional. This dynamic degree is designed to address the rapidly expanding market of web-based systems. Your understanding of the web and its enabling technologies will be valuable to the many businesses involved with interactive multimedia content. This includes streaming audio and video systems, and e-commerce services.

Faculty: Faculty of Technology
Duration: 3 years full-time
Awards: BSc (Hons) Web Design
Start Date: September

Practically based, you'll work from our excellent laboratory facilities on key areas of web design and digital creativity where you'll get to explore your creative design skills. Run by friendly, experienced staff, areas in design and multimedia will be covered, as well as the enabling web technologies. This flexible course offers you a high level of personalisation too. Optional units span areas of curriculum plus and emerging web technologies, to web usability. Your 'learning by doing' helps to maintain our excellent graduate employment rates. The industry is looking for graduates like you, who will be familiar with web application technologies. You'll be well equipped for a career path as an effective web professional.

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities in this field are excellent. Almost all businesses now rely on computer networks and web technologies as an integral part of their work, and promote their services to potential clients. Recent surveys have predicted continued employment growth and rising salaries in the IT industry as a whole. Graduates with skills and aptitude in web design together with in-depth understanding of computer network technologies are most likely to benefit from this trend.

Traditionally network and web experts have been employed in larger organisations, however most small and medium-sized enterprises are now benefiting from the technology, which widens career opportunities even further.

Employers are particularly looking for graduates with the right combination of technical abilities, good communication and business skills. This course has been designed to meet that need.

Admission Requirements & Selection

160 UCAS Tariff points (excluding General Studies and Key Skills) with at least one A Level in a design discipline at Grade D or above, or equivalent.
Applicants may be invited to a portfolio viewing or interview.
Equivalent qualifications may also be considered

Course Content

Year 1

Digital Creativity
Internet Technology
Exploring Design
Content Creation Techniques
Introduction to Databases
Group Project

Year 2

Web Site Design
Developing for the Internet
Interactive Design
Media Formats
Database Application & Development
Project Preparation

Year 3

Web Design for Industry
Animation and 3D Techniques
Project
Plus two additional units chosen from Curriculum Plus, Emerging Web Technologies, Computer Law and Intellectual Property, Human Computer Interaction

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