Faculty of Creative Industries

Anchored by the BSBI core values – Enterprise, Leadership and Success – the Faculty of Creative Industries brings an impactful set of creative arts programmes that are not only significant to our current economy but also a promising and commercially relevant career pathway for the future.

Anticipating the demands of a digital and knowledge-based economy, the creative arts industry is in a transformative age and is becoming more valuable than ever. Modern-day artistry encompasses the ability to translate ideas to a meaningful output from visual interpretation to storytelling that automation cannot fully dictate, inspire and accomplish.

Creative innovations happen in a setting where it is encouraged and at the same time, challenged. This type of environment is provided at BSBI, encouraging our students to nurture and improve their skill set to enable them to build a thriving career in the creative economy when they graduate.

To instil a strong and all-inclusive foundation in the creative arts with focusing on relevant cultural, contemporary, historical, theoretical, and professional contexts.

To develop the acumen to handle creative projects, resources, formal and informal organisational structures, in line with practical application to meet the requirements of modern industries.

To nurture a holistic skill set that can produce and execute compelling concepts that can contribute to solving complex problems.

BA (Hons) Graphic Design (UCA)

The course enables you to develop your design potential whilst guided by industry experts combining your work within an extensive portfolio of powerful software skills and effective creative thinking methods in highly complex design situations enhanced by a practical, vocational approach.
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BA (Hons) Animation

This programme combines theory with practice and you to develop a series of short films through being taught via a blended learning approach. The curriculum incorporates latest industry technology and meets contemporary digital standards too, ensuring you are equipped with relevant software for the field.
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MA Visual Communication (UCA)

An interdisciplinary 18-month course of advanced study for furthering your research skills, fostering a strong visual communication language and specialising within your discipline.
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