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Digital Media (Multimedia) Design (B8DM3Q)
As digital becomes more and more central to the way we live our lives, the importance of
shaping digital technologies to enhance the human experience has become more evident.
Whether it be through exploring new modes of storytelling or ways to engage with the world,
Digital Media Design in concerned with how designers can take advantage of emerging
technologies to imagine future possibilities. If you are interested in the world of people,
technology, and the imagination, a degree in Digital Media Design in the Department of
Multimedia is for you. In this programme, you can apply your creative powers to entertain,
inform and support people's future experiences of their worlds.
A range of technologies and products that students engage with include websites, mobile applications, smart
technologies, motion picture and video content, motion graphics, short format animation, information graphics, way
finding systems and digital photography. The facilities in the department includes four computer laboratories with the
latest high-end graphics computers, an audio recording suite, an animation studio and a green screen studio.
Programmes
: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts Honours, Master of Arts in Digital Media Design and PhD (Art & Design).
Career Opportunities
This degree prepares students for careers in the design, film, broadcast and advertising industries as; interaction
designers, user experience designers, user interface designers, service designers, music video designers, multimedia
animators, motion graphics designers, information designers, video editors, video compositors, digital photographers,
digital media consultants and or creative directors.
Admission Requirements
—
BA (Digital Media Design) (B8DM3Q)
— Senior certificate or equivalent qualification with a minimum APS or M-score.
— Submission of a prescribed portfolio once the application form has been processed.
Average Point Score (APS)
A minimum APS of
23 with Mathematics
or
24 with Mathematical Literacy
is required to apply for the programme.
Portfolio Submission
Applicants must submit a
prescribed portfolio
.
Submission of a portfolio
must only take place once
you have officially applied
to the university and
have been invited by the
faculty to participate in
the selection process. You
will be informed by means
of a selection letter from
the faculty regarding
submission dates and
portfolio requirements.
Portfolios need to be
uploaded to a Google
Form, the link of which
will be shared in the
invitation letter.
Applicants will be
informed of the outcome
of the entrance selection
process in an official letter
which will be emailed.
The email account used,
will be the one that was
furnished on the on-line
application portal.
Min APS
Languages
Mathematics OR
Maths Literacy
Other
Requirements
Language of
teaching and
learning *
Other recognised
language **
23
with Mathematics
24
with Maths Literacy
5
(60 – 69%)
4
(50 – 59%)
Maths: 3
(40 – 49%)
Maths Lit: 4
(50 – 59%)
Submission of
a specified
portfolio
* English, Home Language or English First Additional Language / ** Home Language or English First Additional Language
For detailed information, refer to page 4 of this brochure.
Portfolio Deadline
A digital portfolio can be prepared as a PDF document and if no bigger than 5Mb can be emailed to
eldam@uj.ac.za.
BA Degree