Teaching and assessment
You’ll study and learn with academics who are active researchers, experts in their field and have a passion for their subjects. Our approach to teaching will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.
Teaching format
York's BSc in Interactive Media is taught by academics at the forefront of research that also have hands-on industry experience. You'll learn through a mixture of lectures, small-group seminars, practicals, one-to-one tutorials and masterclasses with visiting industry leaders.
- Our £35m arts and media complex houses exceptional facilities and equipment to support professional production and is central to our teaching.
- You'll learn in bespoke computer labs, with access to a wide range of interactive media, a dedicated studio for immersive technologies and VR productions, TV and theatre equipment for specialist projects.
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Timetabled activities
In your first year, you can expect:
| Lectures |
4-5 hours per week |
| Seminars |
1 hour per week |
| Practicals |
6-8 hours per week |
| Play sessions |
0-4 hours per week |
These figures are representative of a typical week. Your contact hours will vary throughout the year due to your module choices, non-compulsory classes, exam periods and changes to scheduled activities.
Outside your timetabled hours, you'll study independently. This may include preparation for classes, follow-up work, wider reading, practice completion of assessment tasks, or revision.
In the UK, full-time students are expected to spend 1,200 hours a year learning. That's about 40 hours of classes and independent study each week during semesters. Everyone learns at a different rate, so the number of hours you spend on independent study will be different to other students on your course.
Teaching location
You will be based in the School of Arts & Creative Technologies on Campus East.
Most of your contact hours will be in the School with some additional teaching on Campus East.
About our campus
Our beautiful green campus offers a student-friendly setting in which to live and study, within easy reach of the action in the city centre. It's easy to get around - everything is within walking or pedalling distance, or you can use the fast and frequent bus service. Take a campus tour.
Assessment and feedback
You'll complete a variety of written and practical assignments, including: interactive prototypes, computer programs, group project, written essays, technical reports and exams.
- For project work, you can choose themes that suit your interests, with the opportunity to develop a theme throughout the three years, moving from prototypes to research and development of a fully functioning system.
- You'll receive feedback on all summative and formative assignments, mostly in the form of written comments.
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