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BA (Hons) Creative Direction at Arts University Bournemouth

Arts University Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Programme overview

BA (Hons) Creative Direction spans the creative economy. You'll learn how to engage and develop ideas into full-scale projects that apply themselves to the entire industry – your role as the director oversees them. You'll work with a team of designers and content creators of illustration, photography, video and many other mediums and environments to deliver creative solutions to defined problems.

Faculty: Fashion and Creative Industries Management  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years full-time with placement year; 4 years full-time with integrated foundation year; 5 years full-time with integrated foundation year and placement year  |  Study mode: full-time (optional placement year)  |  Location: Poole, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Level 4: Forming small production teams with support from course tutors and the technical team, you'll learn to design and deliver creative projects; delivering your first project during the first term of the first year of the course. Level 5: In the second year of the course, you'll progress to more specialist study, building on experience gained during the first year. Level 6: In the third year, the focus is on independent learning, preparing you to transition into the world of work.

Career pathways

Graduate destinations include: Head of Operations at Designwerk; Global People and Development Manager at Moving Brands; Marketing Manager at Spotify; Owner, Founder, Director, Jimmy’s Iced Coffee/Entrepreneur.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants should have Level 3 qualifications, which should normally include at least one creative subject. We're looking for between 104 and 120 UCAS Tariff points. Standard offers include: A Levels with a result of BBB (or equivalent results achieving 120 UCAS Tariff points); Recognised Foundation Diploma with a Pass; BTEC/OCR Extended Diploma at Distinction, Merit, Merit; T Level with a minimum grade of Merit; Scottish Highers – five passes at Grade C or above. This course doesn't require a portfolio as part of the application process.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Home undergraduate tuition fee per year; optional placement year fee is £2,010. Source

International applicants: GBP 19,950 a year (2027/28). International/EU tuition fee per year, fixed for all years; optional placement year fee is £2,010. Source

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years full-time with placement year; 4 years full-time with integrated foundati

Apply through the official page: https://aub.ac.uk/apply/undergraduate

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