Re: FN-FORUM uni course

date posted 11th July 2001 22:37

Pah, web design degrees - in my day we did politics and economics as a
course to avoid having to 'work' (class of '84 for the youngsters out
there!!) - but UNN has rated best new Uni for 3 years running and previous
to that was the first Poly to be allowed to award its own degrees, which
must count for something. Plus Newcastle has been voted 8th best party city
in the world (respect to Swansea for all its merits) and is no where near as
cold and distant as some folk think....
Various courses and degrees are
available but if you're not artistically minded, none of them will make a
designer out of you - then again, databases do my head in, and there's
probably more well paid jobs.... but freelancing is another matter. Good
luck to all!!

Paul

P J White
www.BW3.co.uk
Digital Media Stuff


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray McGinty" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM uni course


> >Looking for Web Design-related degree courses at the moment, for
univeristy.
> >
> >So far ive found a couple, one at Manchester Met - Bsc Internet
Computing,
> >and another with the same name at Swansea Uni.
> >
> >Just wondering if anyone else knows of a course that might be relevent,
> >either a degree or just a normal course
>
> Chris,
>
> University of Northumbria at Newcastle (UNN) run a three year BA(Hons)
> Multimedia Design degree course which contains quite a substantial web
> design element. (I was their External Moderator for four years). Have a
> look at www.unn.ac.uk.
>
> Newcastle College are starting a 2 year Foundation Degree in Multimedia
> Design in September (this has an option to convert to an Honours Degree
> by going on to Level Three at UNN) Try www.ncl-coll.ac.uk, it might not
> be listed on the website yet because they have only just been granted
> formal approval to run the course this week.
>
> Be careful about BSc Computing courses because they will almost certainly
> be predominantly technology and programming led, with perhaps a small
> amount of design "tacked on". Fine if that's what you want, but if you're
> more interested in the DESIGN part of web design these tend to be run by
> the Schools of Design in Higher Education establishments.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Ray McGinty