This couse offers you the chance to top-up a Foundation Degree to a full BA Honours in Media Practice.

FdA graduates must be experienced in time-based media and demonstrate competence to an appropriate level to enter the Honours-level year. An applicant's suitability will be explored at interview and through the submission of a showreel or other vehicle.

Theoretical aspects will be explored through a dissertation or equivalent. Successful applicants will need to demonstrate their willingness and readiness to undertake extended academic writing. This work is supported by a bridging unit in the summer prior to enrolment and by the LCC Study Support department.

Students can expect to develop their practice work within an understanding of its theoretical and industrial context.

This course is taught within the School of Media.

Assessment

Coursework, essays, practical workshops, a major practical project and a dissertation.

Learning and teaching

Courses in UAL span a broad range of art, design, communication, business, media, science and communication subjects. So the ways in which you learn and how your time is used will vary according to the specific course you are studying; this may be in studios, labs, classes, involve working alone, learning from peers in pairs or groups, or with external partners. Most importantly, no matter which course you enrol on, you will learn not only about your subject but also about how you learn and how to increase your knowledge base.

Our courses will guide you to take increasing responsibility and ownership of your work and your learning. We do this so that you will be ready and able to take full advantage of the full range of opportunities offered by the creative industries in the global economy. 

Assessment

Assessment always sounds austere and foreboding, but it is not. We see assessment as a very real part of learning, rather than just a means of looking back at past work and measuring achievement; we believe that assessment helps you plan future work and develop new ideas.

Your work will be assessed through projects or portfolios, with written papers or research journals, and, on some courses, examinations. You will be graded according to a set of marking criteria that relate to such things as research, subject knowledge, methodology, and your capacity to analyse and reflect on your achievements. So don’t be afraid of assessment - it is the way to progress.

Units

• Production Skills 3
• Major Project
• Contextual Studies Dissertation
• Contextual Studies Futures
• Personal and Professional Development 3

Units are designed to extend the pathways available to students who show real potential for further academic and professional development. The year is for mature learners who can demonstrate creativity, intellectual enthusiasm and industry aptitude within the unique experience offered by the FdA Media Practice and its associated BA Top-Up.

Enterprise and employability at UAL

We know what it takes to be successful in your chosen field. Your tutors are professionals in their own right and understand what you need to help you establish your career. Staff in our Centre for Student Enterprise and Employability (SEE) are dedicated to helping you build up work-relevant skills, knowledge, experience and networks throughout your time here. You will also benefit from our many relationships with industry, which give our students exclusive opportunities and access to networks and funding.

Artists and designers tell us they value UAL's informed engagement with their career and professional practice development and our ability to offer them practical advice, guidance and opportunities across the wide spectrum of possible professional pathways - as entrepreneurs and employees. Staff value the resources and skills UAL makes available to help them deliver effective professional and career development through the curriculum.

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Get more information and advice on employment and creative careers for all UAL students and graduates.

Recruitment and admissions

Selection criteria

The aim of the admissions policy is to ensure that all applicants who can display the necessary creative and intellectual abilities and motivation to benefit from studying are given equal opportunity to achieve a place on the course.

The course team, in line with the University’s mission, and will seek to broaden participation amongst all groupings in society.

Selection will be based on the following criteria:

• Completion of FdA in appropriate subject with merit profile.
• The potential to develop their practical and creative ability through academic study;
• An aptitude for their chosen specialism and for working in the media;
• Enthusiasm for the academic study of media practice and for intellectual inquiry;
• A willingness to participate actively in their own intellectual development.

These criteria will be demonstrated by a solid body of work on a related FdA or course of equivalent level and in interview.

Typically applicants will apply from related FdA or courses of equivalent level in practice-based media courses.

Minimum UAL entry requirements

Find out more about the University's Regulations on Admissions.

Admission procedures

Applications will normally be made through College for internal candidates bridging from FdA Media Practice. External candidates may apply through UCAS. 

Normally, applicants meeting the entry criteria above will be invited to interview, during which they will present evidence that they have the necessary motivation, background, capacity to contribute and the potential to benefit from the course. Applicants will receive additional information about the course at interview and be informed of the AP(E)L procedures, with the intention of giving them the maximum opportunity to decide on the appropriateness of their chosen course.

Students should have completed the LCC bridging course which prepares applicants for entry to this BA 'top up' year.

Applications from current UK/EU University of the Arts London students should be made using the College UK / EU application form (PDF - 4MB).

Any UK/EU student applying from outside the University needs to apply through UCAS. If you are a UK or EU student please call +44 (0)20 7514 6599 or email info@lcc.arts.ac.uk for any admissions enquiries.

If you are a non-EU international student and you are unsure about how to apply, admission enquiries should be made through the International Office (call +44 (0)20 7514 8138).