Degree Pathway for Media and Creative Arts

Pathway to Media and Creative Arts

Our Degree Pathway Programme for Media and Creative Arts is designed for international students who want a specialised pathway to university in the UK.

It leads directly to leading UK universities with very strong reputations for degrees such as Communication and Media Studies, Fashion Marketing and Branding, Marketing and Media and Film Studies.

Is this Degree Pathway Programme for me?

If you answer yes to one or more of the statements below, this is the perfect programme for you:

1. You are an international student looking for a fast, direct preparation programme for university entry.
2. The education system in your home country is shorter than in the UK, so you need an additional year of study before you can study at a UK university.
3. You need additional English language development before you reach the required level for undergraduate study in the UK.
4. You may not have the grades you need for direct entry to a UK university.
5. You are looking for the support of a “bridge” programme between finishing you high school at home and joining a UK university.

The programme

The Degree Pathway Programme comprises four components:

A. English language development (including specialist IELTS preparation)

B. Core skills modules

C. Subject-focused modules

D. Academic enhancement activities

Together, they provide a complete learning experience that expertly prepares international students for the rigours of university study in the UK.

A. English language development

UK universities will usually require an English language level of minimum IELTS 6.5.

The fully integrated tuition system develops your learning and study skills as well as language skills. You will:

• become familiar with the conventions and expectations of the UK education system
• become familiar with the style of language used in academic texts
• increase your speed in reading and writing
• enlarge your vocabulary, especially in relation to academic subjects
• learn to identify key facts and information from a wide range of texts
• learn to organise and set out factual information clearly and coherently, orally and in writing
• learn to identify and analyse the main argument in a text or presentation
• learn to express ideas and opinions logically and confidently using appropriate language
• learn to challenge the ideas of others and present contrasting views

B. Core study skills

These form the basis of all one-year university Degree Pathway Programmes at Kings.

They give you the vital platform you need to acquire subject specific knowledge.

• Communications and Study Skills
• Data Handling and Information Technology (slightly different for Humanities modules and for Maths and Science modules)

C. Subject-focused modules

1. Business Studies

At the end of this module students will:

• have factual knowledge and understanding of the principles of planning a business and raising finance
• be able to apply knowledge and understanding to problems and issues arising from familiar and non-familiar business situations
• understand the methods of business analysis to investigate business problems, issues and how to implement strategies for success within business environment
• evaluate, distinguish between and assess appropriateness of fact and opinion, and judge information from a variety of business sources.

2. Art and Design

At the end of this module students will:

• be able to communicate ideas visually
• be able to paint and draw in various media ƒƒ
• recognise and be able to use the expressive potential in different materials and processes
• be able to make connections between their own work and that of other artists and designers, past and present
• be able to use effectively the resources of museums and galleries
• be able to articulate a personal view of a subject or theory.

3. Third elective module

Students choose this based on the degree and university they want to progress to. The choice will be between History, Politics, Geography and Economics.

D. Academic enhancement

A fundamental part of the programme, enhancement takes students outside of the classroom and makes them live the subject as well as providing them with useful life skills.

Students on our Architecture Foundation may go to:

• Tate Modern and Tate Britain
• London Design Museum
• Science Museum
• Ashmolean Museum in Oxford
• Serpentine Gallery
• Pop Brixton

They might be encourages to take a ceramics workshop, challenge themselves to do the Duke of Edinburgh's Award or the Trinity Arts Award.

In each of our four locations we run clubs and societies like the Maths Club, the Photography Society, the Paper Craft club. More detail about the specific clubs offered can be found on our location pages.