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Web Multimedia
MSc, Postgraduate Certificate (PgC), Postgraduate Diploma (PgD)
Key features
- Deeply rooted focus on industry perspectives
- Develops a strong research perspectives relevant to issues and areas of web multimedia
- An increasing need for graduates with web multimedia design and implementation skills and knowledge
What it's about
The MSc Web Multimedia is one or two year enhanced MSc depending on whether a placement is taken. The course takes graduates from Computing related disciplines who would like to extend their studies into the area of web multimedia into postgraduate studies. In deciding to join this award you will be provided with the opportunity to enhance your knowledge built up from undergraduate study and take this further into new areas such as emerging web media standards and technologies.
What you do
The award covers topics such as: web multimedia, multimedia research, mobile web and multimedia, enterprise database systems, research methods, and the opportunity to select module choices from a list of available options. In the PgC stage you study three cores and an option. For the PgD three web based topics and an option. You may also go on placement after completing the PgC. This period is particularly valuable if you wish to enhance your skills in a working environment. Frequently the work in industry drives the focus the student has in the dissertation. At the end of your award you study for your dissertation based on a web multi media based topic.
Core modules
- CE00542-M Personal Development and Research Methods
- CE01076-M Database Design and Development
- CE00528-M Multimedia Research
- CE00534-M Media Editing and Multimedia Applications
- CE00535-M Mobile Web and Multimedia
- CE00538-M Web Multimedia
CE01066-M Dissertation (60 credits)
Options - note we cannot guarantee that all option modules will run
- CE00537-M Programming for Web Applications
- CE00533-M Advanced Multimedia Systems and Applications
- CE00208-M Computer Graphics
- CE00270-M Methods and Issues of E-Investigation
- CE00204-M Object Oriented Software Systems Engineering
- CE00213-M Mobile Applications and Systems
- CE00214-M Mobile Computer Communications Systems
- CE00754-M Interaction Design
- CE00298-M Advanced Computing Investigation Topics
Award Handbook
Where next
On completion of the award you could find yourself working as a web media creator, web media designer, a database expert, or mobile multimedia developer.
Fact File
| Qualification: | MSc, Postgraduate Certificate (PgC), Postgraduate Diploma (PgD) |
| Faculty/School: | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology |
| Location: | Stafford Campus |
| Course Start: | September January |
| Course Length: | Minimum 12 months full time or 24 with an industrial placement. |
| Attendance: | Full Time |
| Entry Requirements: | Normal requirements are at least a UK second class honours degree or equivalent in a related computing discipline If you do not meet the above but have significant appropriate experience, your application will be considered, provided that you satisfy the University that you are capable of responding to the challenge of postgraduate work. If your first language is not English, you will need to demonstrate that you are fluent enough to cope with the course. A minimum score of IELTS 6 or TOEFL 550 (213 computer-based) is normally required. |
| Application: | You can get guidance on the application process. |
| Fees and Bursaries: | Please see fees and funding |
Contact
For more information about Web Multimedia please contact:
The Recruitment CentreFaculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology
Staffordshire University
Beaconside
Stafford
Staffordshire
ST18 0AD
t: +44 (0)1782 294400
e: enquiries@staffs.ac.uk
