Level 2 Certificate in Creative Media Skills

Are you are interested in exploring the potential of a career in creative media production centred on moving image and audio? This one-year course is designed to give you a general overview of the media and the skills needed to succeed in such a fast-paced industry.

This qualification gives you the opportunity to develop your technical creative media skills through a process of self-evaluation, practice and review.  To allow for a rich and immersive learning experience, you will work freely across a range of technical skills areas. These include creative investigation and ideas generation, communication, using creative development processes, developing and applying practical skills, and using productive working skills and practice centred around moving image and audio production.

The Level 2 Certificate is equivalent to 1.5 GCSEs. To support your main study programme, future progression and life skills, you will also resit your GCSEs where you will develop your skills in Maths and English.

You will need at least four D/3 grades or above at GCSE, along with a minimum grade D/3 in either English Language and Maths.

You will study two units around Moving Image, Photography and Sound.

The course has been designed to allow you to work on deepening and refining the skills below over time:

• Investigation
• Communication
• Practical skills development
• Creative approach

This course will be delivered on-site.

Whilst all equipment required for the course is available for loan from the College, you will be required to supply your own stationery and SD card.

There are two assessment units across the specification, which are 100% internally set and assessed.

You will be assessed on coursework made up of practical work, research, essays, discussions and presentations. All evidence produced for assessment is based on practical portfolios of work.

Maths and English will be assessed through a controlled assessment or final exam.

Further Study

This course is an excellent platform for you to start working towards a creative media career.

Provided you can demonstrate aptitude for this exciting subject by passing all the required units at Merit or Distinction level, and you have a grade C/4 in English and Maths, you could progress to a Level 3 course.

Careers

This course can provide fundamental creative skills that are valued in other subject areas such as engineering, business or marketing. It could also support progression to an apprenticeship in creative media or a related sector.

For more information, contact Derby College Group on 0800 0280289 or enquiries@derby-college.ac.uk