Creative Arts - Digital Media and Web Design Adelaide University

Overview

Throughout the Creative Arts - Digital Media and Web Design course from Adelaide University you’ll explore user experience design principles and examine a variety of digital media to understand how and why audiences engage with digital platforms. You’ll learn to manage projects, design interfaces, websites and new interactive experiences, and build your own professional portfolio. You’ll also consider ethical concepts and how online platforms affect social, cultural and political systems.

Connect with leading creative organisations throughout your degree and gain hands-on experience through internships and industry projects. Collaborate with students across other creative disciplines to solve real-world problems for an industry client.

Combine your major in Digital Media and Web Design with a second, complementary major to enhance your career options.

Gain professional, transferable skills through core creative arts courses, equipping you to work across a range of roles within the creative industries.

Through the Digital Media and Web Design major, you’ll explore design principles and learn how to apply them across digital platforms. You’ll gain practical skills in content management systems, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, digital asset editing and more, to create visually appealing and functioning websites.  

As well as building your technical skills, you’ll explore big-picture concepts like audience behaviour, cultural trends in social media, the influence of digital media on society and culture, and possible futures of online platforms. 

Career opportunities:

With a Bachelor of Creative Arts majoring in Digital Media and Web Design, a range of creative paths are available. You could be designing engaging websites for innovative brands, crafting visually captivating online experiences that draw users in. Or you might get a role as a digital content producer, creating engaging graphics and multimedia that make users want to click to see more. If web development is your passion, perhaps you could join a tech firm or start-up, building sleek, functional sites that drive business success. 

From web design studios to marketing agencies, this degree prepares you for work environments where creativity meets technology. 

You might consider careers as a: 

• Digital marketing specialist 
• Web designer 
• UI/UX designer 
• Agile project manager and scrum master 
• Digital content producer 
• Social media manager 
• Digital project manager 
• Front-end developer 
• SEO specialist 
• Videographer.