Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year full-time
2 years part-time
Learn to design, build and promote websites using best-practice techniques in this wide-ranging Master’s in Web Design and Content Planning.
Whether you already manage websites or you wish to start your own web business, this course offers the skills for careers in web design and digital content. You'll mix intellectual challenges with practical and technical skills as you learn to build websites in a professional, contemporary way. As part of the course, you'll create a live website and measure its success.
This MA Web Design and Content Planning focuses on the technical, functional and aesthetic approaches to website design. You'll learn about industry best practice for mark-up, compliance, user experience, information architecture, content strategy, accessibility, and search engine optimisation (SEO). This allows you to create and manage websites that provide a good user experience. The skills from this course are ideal for a growing field with fantastic opportunities.
An undergraduate (honours) degree at 2:2, or above.
Applicants without a degree that have professional qualifications may be considered.
A working knowledge of computer operating systems (Windows or Mac OS), good understanding of file management and competence in the use of standard office software. The course doesn't assume any prior knowledge of web design, but you will benefit from some self-study before the course begins.
This course offers enhanced skills for use within the applicant's current career or a new career in web design.
Graduates from this course are now working as Front-End Developers/Designers, User Experience Designers/Researchers, Back-End Developers, Digital Marketing Executives, SEO Consultants and Digital Project Managers.
Core Modules:
Design for Web Content (30 credits)
Content Management (30 credits)
Applied Art for the Web (30 credits)
User Experience Design (15 credits)
Inclusive and Sustainable Web Design (15 credits)
Major Project (60 credits)
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