BA(Hons) Adventure Media
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Location Ambleside, Carlisle - Brampton Road, Penrith - Newton Rigg
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Duration 3 year/s
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Mode of study Full-time
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Start date September 2012, 2013
March 2012: Our news release explains the phased move of this course from Newton Rigg to Ambleside. This contains information for prospective applicants and current students.
Why study with us?
Adventures can be life changing. Technological advancements in equipment and software mean that now, more than ever we are able to capture the individuals experience from a diversity of views. Have you dreamt of being the camera man working alongside the team to capture the groundbreaking moments? This course has been developed and designed to provide a high quality learning experience for those students who aspire to work within the outdoor industry and utilise adventurous based media as a platform for their work.
Outdoor Education has evolved to become a very integrated and dynamic industry not only in the UK but also globally. The Outdoor and Adventure Activities sectors have grown in status and popularity over the past few years and it is widely recognised that this will continue. Such growth has seen a strong demand for individuals with knowledge and expertise in a wide number of areas. These areas include an ability to work effectively with groups in dynamic and often adventurous environments; the capacity to design and plan safe educational activities and to support and facilitate personal development through connections with the outdoors.
Today’s outdoor industry requires individuals who can provide a high degree of competent leadership and capture the elements of adventures as they unfold. This is a dedicated programme that integrates adventure activities and the visual image.
Where will this course take place?
If you enrol with us in September 2012, you will have the opportunity to spend time at both our Penrith and Ambleside campuses. Each campus offers individual and distinctive advantages, providing easy access to the English Lake District with its unique geography. These exceptional locations in effect become your classroom.
From September 2014, all Adventure Media students will be based in Ambleside.
What can this course lead to?
Graduates are pursuing careers in outdoor instruction, educational development and youth work, in media production for independent enterprises and as freelancers for media outlets. The course also equips you for any field of endeavour where tested leadership skills, sound logistical planning and creative thought are essential ingredients. Our students have gone on to secure careers in HM Forces, the emergency services and teaching.
Course Summary
This is an exciting degree combining adventure activity management and media skills. In year one you will undertake aspects of practical outdoor activity instruction and develop a foundation understanding of outdoor learning and theory, as well as studying photography, video and web design, all applied to adventurous activities. These themes are developed in the second and third years with modules in expedition management, adventure filming, practical outdoor leadership and outdoor activity management.
As well as using our campuses in
Ambleside and
Penrith, students also work with and share
BA (Hons) Film and Television facilities at
Brampton Road, Carlisle.
Due to our excellent reputation, we receive a high standard of applicants for this course. Consequently, all applicants should expect to be interviewed by one of our tutors as part of the admissions process.
Assessment is through a range of techniques—strong emphasis is put on investigative work. The nature of the subject means that presentations, practical assessments and portfolios are all used as well as traditional reports and essay work. Assessment may also be based on group as well as individual work.
Modules
The outdoor education courses are all delivered through a range of formal lectures, seminars, workshops and discussion groups. Practical work, on the campus and throughout the local area, will naturally play an important role in your learning. You are expected to carry out independent study throughout the course.
Year 1 Compulsory Modules
Professional Development
Outdoor Adventure Skills
Introduction to Outdoor Learning
Creative Computer Applications
Wildlife and Adventure Media I
Year 2 Core Modules
Research Skills
Skill Acquisition
Student Initiated Expedition
Wildlife and Adventure Media II
Optional Modules
Creative Computer Applications (Professional)
Adventure Travel Writing
Aesthetics and Reflection
Social Issues in the Outdoors
The Evolution of Physical Landscape
Year 3 Core Modules
Expedition Film Management
Media Production Project (Double)
Optional Modules
Dissertation (Double)
Travel Writing
Participant Coaching
Contemporary Culture in the Outdoors
Sustainability
Student Work
“Being a student with the outdoor division has really opened my eyes to learning. It has challenged my understanding of working with adventure, and guided me towards my own ambitions and aspirations. The tutors clearly know what they are doing and are genuinely interested in what you have done too.”
Resources and facilities
Students will also be equipped with technical outdoor skills and provided with opportunities to develop these skills in climbing, canoeing, kayaking, mountaineering, mountain biking and caving using the Lake District, Snowdonia, Scotland, the Yorkshire Dales and the Pennines as a backdrop to this training. Field trips may also be offered into Europe (i.e paddling in the Alps, ice climbing in Norway) and beyond (i.e climbing in America). Ample opportunities are built into the program through the expedition modules and opportunities for work experience for students to expand this range of skills in different and challenging environments.
Students are also provided technical skills input in media development and production. Focusing on the use of both specialist equipment utilising knowledge and experience in our media labs.