University Study-Leeds University Unit 9

Leeds University
Art and design BA
Overview

This unique degree combines theoretical, design and studio art modules to develop your creative potential in an intellectually stimulating environment. You’ll develop practical, creative and critical techniques, as well as producing and analysing sophisticated pieces of art and design. You’ll learn to be both creative and analytical – a very attractive combination to employers – and exhibit your work in every year. Core modules will introduce and challenge key issues in art and design. You could work in media such as drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, digital media, printmaking, video and installation, which will be introduced in studio practice modules and workshops. You’ll be supported by expert tutors, who are all practitioners or theorists with national or international profiles, in a School of Design that spans the arts and sciences. This means we can also offer a wide-ranging choice of modules, allowing you to express your ideas and develop your full potential. The School of Design cuts across the arts and sciences and that makes it a fantastic environment for creativity. You’ll learn in well-lit studios and well-equipped workshops with specialist facilities for painting, printmaking, sculpture and digital media. There are PC and Mac computer suites with up to date software.

Entry Requirements

A-level: ABB including an art or design-related subject and excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking. If you don’t have an art or design-related subject, we may also consider your application based on a high grade at GCSE in Art/Design and a portfolio of recent and relevant work.

Alternative Entry

We’re committed to identifying the best possible applicants, regardless of personal circumstances or background. Access to Leeds is an alternative admissions scheme which accepts applications from individuals who might be from low income households, in the first generation of their immediate family to apply to higher education, or have had their studies disrupted. 

Film, Photography and Media BA
Overview

This unique programme blends film, photography and media to help you develop the practical and theoretical knowledge to succeed in the fast-growing digital media industries. You’ll study a range of production practices such as digital filmmaking, screenwriting and digital photography, and explore the ways in which theory and practice can support each other. At the same time, you’ll examine different approaches to understanding dominant forms of communication throughout history. A wide range of options will also allow you to focus on TV production, film editing or production, scriptwriting, film history and theory, digital imaging, motion graphics, documentary production and mobile media. You’ll gain practical production and post-production skills alongside a broader understanding of the historical, cultural, business and managerial contexts of these key media.

Course Content

Year 1 lays the foundations of the course by helping you to develop your academic and practice-based skills. Core modules will introduce you to screenwriting as well as camera, editing and photographic practices. You’ll then put these into context and build your critical skills with modules on the history and theory of film and communications, and learn more about research in communication and media that can help to inform practice. In the following year you’ll expand and enhance your skills as you work on a short film project and take further core modules in photography and cinema. You’ll also begin to specialise in topics that suit your interests, career plans and abilities, with optional modules that range from motion graphics to PR, issues of genre in cinema and the role of technology in communication and the media. By your final year, you’ll be in a position to work on a major project born out of your own interests. You could work on a script, compile a photography portfolio, make a short film (group based), develop a moving image project or complete a written dissertation on a topic in communication and media. To complete your studies, you’ll choose from optional modules on topics like audience research, mobile media, documentary journalism and international communication – and you could undertake a four-week work placement to gain hands-on industry experience. 

Living expenses and accommodation

We're dedicated to helping you find the accommodation that best suits you and we provide a wide range of support services to help you feel at home from day one. We offer a wide variety of quality accommodation, from modern, purpose-built developments to more traditional residences in a variety of locations from the heart of campus and Leeds city centre, to leafy suburbs and the popular student area of Headingley. You can also choose from catered or self-catered accommodation, an en suite room or a more affordable shared bathroom. 

We offer you: 

• a range of all inclusive rents to suit your budget, there are no hidden extras to pay
• membership to the University's flagship sports centre and swimming pool, The Edge
• 24-hour internet access at no extra cost
• contents insurance for your personal possessions included in your rent
• additional facilities at many sites - common rooms, TVs, pool tables, bars, sport courts and gyms
• a Residence Watch scheme covering University managed accommodation
• University Security on call 24.7
• an efficient, responsive maintenance service
• social and sporting activities organised by students, for students
• advice and support from experienced wardens and resident subwardens
• excellent customer care - we are a founder member of the ANUK National Code of Standards, which is a quality guide for student accommodation and fully approved by the National Union of Students (NUS). 

We guarantee you an offer of accommodation if you are: 

  

• a first year undergraduate (who is not coming to Leeds through Clearing)
• an international undergraduate (you pay fees at the international rate). We guarantee a place in our accommodation until you finish your course
• an undergraduate exchange student
• an international postgraduate student (you pay fees at the international rate) and you are new to Leeds.