Central Manchester College

RECORD: E 5
INSTITUTE: Central Manchester College

ADDRESS:
Taylor Street, Gorton
Manchester
M18 8DF

TELEPHONE: 061 223 8282
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DEPARTMENT NAME: Audio Visual Design
CONTACT: Steve Marland
POST HELD: Course Leader

STAFF IN THE INSTITUTE: 400
NUMBER OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS: 7000

NUMBER OF COURSES 1
Audio Visual Design
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Final qualification:BTEC National Diploma [BTEC ND]

Course level is Lower than a University degree in UK England

The course is validated by a Government/National department or examining board

Course length is 72 week(s) or 2 year(s).

The approximate number of students joining the course each year is 25

The course is designed for full-time students

Minimum age of students at entry is 16

THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ARE:
Four GCSEs or equivalent or a folio of work. Special consideration given to mature students.

REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ENTRY ONTO THE COURSE ARE:

• Evidence of creative or artistic ability by presentation of a folio or test.

REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE DESIRABLE FOR ENTRY ONTO THE COURSE ARE:

• Some professional experience in a job of which photography was a part.
• A lower level of course of which general art or graphics was a part.
• A lower level course in photography or a course of which photography was part.

COURSE PROFILE: Areas Available For Study

Advertising and illustrative photography
Multi-image production (tape/slide)
Documentary photography
Industrial & commercial photography
Landscape photography
Photography as fine art
Photojournalism/ News/ Reportage
Documentry film & video production
Industrial & training film & video production
Theatrical film & video production
Animation
Computer studies for generating images
History-of-Art
History-of-film
Media studies (psychology & sociology of images)
Management of photographic business
Social & cultural studies
Photographic theory, optics & chemistry
Computer Graphics                         
                                          
                                          

The percentage of work placement is 5 %

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