Course summary

Explore your creativity and expand your professional skills by entering the creative industries on an Integrated Foundation Year degree. Taught over four years, these courses include an introductory year to build a solid foundation before you go on to specialise in your chosen subject at degree level. If you're interested in taking on a new subject, or have been out of education for a while, then our Integrated Foundation Year courses might just be for you. These four-year courses include an introductory year to help you build the core skills needed for degree-level study. This is a chance for you to let your imagination run wild and explore your creativity, expand your professional skills and develop enhanced subject knowledge. We'll help you nurture your expertise in problem solving, risk-taking, designing and making as you develop your abilities. Pitching, hustling, scribbling, sea swimming, protesting, researching, dog-walking, writing, experimenting, crafting and – most of all – having a blast. That’s why the students in our ad school win award after award. Our course has an uncompromising emphasis on learning by doing. And it works. Our alumni network is helping to shape the creative landscape worldwide. You’ll find Falmouth graduates working in renowned ad agencies including DDB, Havas, Iris Worldwide, McCann Central, Ogilvy, Wieden+Kennedy and many more. You will: Put together a portfolio of work that will help you stand out and showcase your ideas and strategic thinking Have the chance to interact directly with advertising agencies, learn how they operate and network with professionals Work with different creative partners and hone your own collaborative and teamworking skills Gain practical knowledge of how to establish a real business through a 12-week Dragons’ Den-style module, developed in collaboration with industry practitioners Work on real agency and client briefs including the opportunity to pitch ideas to creative directors at agencies such as Ogilvy UK, with the chance to win paid internships Creative Advertising BA(Hons) is accredited by the leading professional marketing body, The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). This means students who successfully complete the full undergraduate degree are part-accredited for qualifications CIM offers professional marketing practitioners.