Undergraduate study in Creative Computing: Diploma and BSc with Work Experience Entry Route
Academic
direction: Goldsmiths, University of London
Goldsmiths
College, the UK's leading creative university, was founded in
1891. Goldsmiths is all about the freedom to experiment, to
think differently, to be an individual. The College brings
creative and unconventional approaches to all of its subjects,
always based on the highest academic standards of teaching and
research. From undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to
part-time and professional courses, Goldsmiths has an excellent
range of innovative study opportunities, with the visual and
performing arts departments being especially renowned. No fewer
than five of its graduates, including Damien Hirst, have gone on
to win the prestigious Turner Prize.
The Department
of Computing at Goldsmiths College is a leading centre in the UK
for the study of Arts and Music Computing, Cognitive Computing
and Artifical Intelligence, and Computer Science. Academic staff
are leaders and partners on a variety of research projects and
have key alliances with other universities (including Cambridge
University, MIT, Brown University, Leeds University, and King’s
College London), cultural institutions (the Department works
with several museums including Tate Modern), creative and
telecommunications industries.
Current
research within the Department includes Ontology of Digital
Culture (developing an application for searching audio and video
content online), Intelligent Sound and Music Systems
(understanding how human music cognition functions), Adaptive
Technologies (enhancing the functionality of hypermedia
systems), and Algorithms and Computer Networks (encompassing
algorithm design and analysis, wireless networks, data
compression, and combinatorics).
Goldsmiths'
responsibilities include: writing the study material, giving
advice to students and teaching institutions, and ensuring that
students are examined to the same standard as at Goldsmiths and
the University of London as a whole. Goldsmiths also considers
applications from institutions for 'Permission to teach',
'Specified' and 'Advanced' status.
