Creative Digital Media Production BTEC Level 2

Qualification

BTEC Level 2

Awarding Body

BTEC Pearson

Learners will develop the fundamental research skills which underlie all creative digital media production, to gain a basic understanding of employment opportunities, job requirements, and working practices in the media sector, and to develop an understanding of how media products are constructed for specific audiences or markets. The optional units enable learners to build the technical skills and knowledge relevant to the media sector.

Students from Catholic High Schools have priority places on Level 2 courses. 

The course comprises mandatory and optional units. The optional units are to be confirmed.

All units provide learners with the opportunity to:

  • develop the fundamental research skills which underlie all media production;
  • gain a basic understanding of employment opportunities, job requirements, and working practices in the media sector;
  • develop an understanding of how media products are constructed for specific audiences or markets;
  • the optional technical and production units enable learners to start building the technical skills and knowledge relevant to an industry (or industries) in the media sector.

Work is assessed by coursework only.

Our Level 2 BTEC and GSCE package provides an excellent stepping stone to our Level 3 courses.

The BTEC Level 2 Media course also provides the starting point of a route into employment in many of the diverse areas of the media industry.

4 grade ‘D’s at GCSE (or equivalent vocational courses), including Maths and English.