Creative Arts & Media Courses

Learn essential skills and useful tools to help you become a reporter in a social media and digital era.

Improve your teaching strategies and skills as a music teacher or vocal coach with this ABRSM online course.

Learn the essential knowledge, skills, tactics, and strategies for effective free and paid Facebook marketing.

Explore the role of a feature writer and the key ingredients to use in your own writing to create a stand-out feature article.

Explore what makes good journalism as you learn about its origins and where news reporting stands today.

Discover climate’s impact on urban planning, and how to analyse it when creating residential and tourist spaces.

Discover how your favourite films make it to your local cinema or television screen, through the film distribution process.

Learn how Instagram works and how to create great content that the algorithm rewards.

Learn how LinkedIn works and how to create effective and engaging content.

Learn how to build a comprehensive social media marketing strategy, conduct an audit and set objectives.

Learn how fashion designers and businesses can make more compassionate choices to build fur-free, sustainable fashion brands.

Discover embedded system design and work your way through the product design lifecycle. Supported by Google.

Learn design principles that help innovate through moral and responsible solutions.

Engage and empower your students when teaching sustainability, using film analysis and basic filmmaking principles.

Dive into the world of gaming and discover how to use it to boost your marketing and creative prospects.

Develop your worldbuilding skills and bring your brand to life through immersive storytelling and transmedia experiences.

Learn techniques to understand your audience and use gamification to improve your creative communications.

Discover the business of fashion and understand the cultural impact of the fashion industry with Institut Français de la Mode.

Gain important insights into music therapy and those who pioneered it as you discover the vital skills of a music therapist.

Learn about the impact of technology on society. Explore the philosophy of technology and mediation theory, focused on design.

What makes a top tourist destination? Discover what gives a destination ‘place potential’ and build skills for working in tourism.

Get started with your own fiction writing, focusing on the central skill of creating characters, with this hands-on course.

Explore how to design and create audio descriptions and audio introductions that fully represent a film, play, or TV programme.

Improve your chances of raising funds for arts and culture by developing your leadership and entrepreneurial skills.

Learn how to care for house plants, with home gardening tips from BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine.

Understand how big fashion retailers innovate and discover the story behind a favourite piece of your clothing.

Explore the product design process of MedTech devices and examine future trends in healthcare technology and the MedTech industry.

Learn about Meyerhold’s form of physical theatre, biomechanics, and understand and perform ‘The Slap’.

Gain insights into political speeches, beautiful poetry, and everything in between as you take a deep dive into stylistics.

Explore the fashion industry’s global ecosystems and how your interactions can help promote sustainable growth.

Discover just some of the ways that heroism and the First World War is portrayed through art and film.

Explore the history of punk and the role played by youth subcultures in contemporary history, while making your own punk fanzine.

Explore the 16th century life of Mary Queen of Scots, and her place in cultural history in the centuries that followed.

Explore, challenge and shape your perceptions of dementia through science and the creative arts

Learn about why user experience (UX) is important, the research and design basics, and the tools and testing techniques used in UX

Explore how British royalty have influenced fashion over the last 500 years, from the Tudors to the Windsors.

Explore the field of medical humanities - the intersection of the arts, humanities and healthcare - with this free online course.

Explore the craft of Production Design with award-winning filmmakers and learn how it adds meaning and depth to screen stories.

Discover how managing finances dictates your creative business world. Learn key tools needed for successfully financed projects.

Learn the fundamental UX skills, principles and other essentials required to kickstart your career as a digital UX designer.

Uncover the role of business strategy and adopt a customer-centric mindset to become a successful user experience designer.

Learn the role of design thinking in UX – from the five stages of design thinking to defining and creating an ideation plan.

How has the cultural sector been affected by technology? Has tech created new opportunities? Get answers with this course.

Discover the basics of 3D modelling and bring your imagination to life by animating your creations with Blender.

Discover the power of digital media and how social media, content creation, and influencers are shaping the fashion industry.

Get under the bonnet of social media and explore digital storytelling with Dines, founder and creative director of Studio Blup.

Explore the increasing demand for ethical fashion and discover how brands are responding to these evolving consumer desires.

Get an introduction to issues, agendas and contexts relating to fashion and sustainability in a changing world.

Learn the importance of gut health and how to use more gut-friendly ingredients in your diet with tasty and nutritious recipes.

Ready to cook yourself healthy? Learn how to prepare nourishing and delicious meals with BBC Good Food’s brand-new course

Learn more about vegan diets as you discover how to cook and eat in a nutritionally balanced way while maintaining one.

Learn how to identify your brand’s authentic purpose and build a socially-driven and ethical business from the inside, out.

Approach dietary requirements with confidence as you learn to identify allergens and intolerances to create safe, delicious meals.

Can luxury fashion brands be sustainable? Find out how the rising demand for sustainability is causing big changes in fashion.

Learn the difference between good and bad sugars, how to manage cravings, as well as tasty sugar-free and low-sugar recipes.

Want to go behind the scenes of the beauty industry? Discover how marketing strategies and global trends influence beauty brands.

Discover the trends that are shaping the future of fashion and the skills and people brands need to effectively respond to change.

Chart the evolution of the classic 8-bit sound and discover the role of musicians in game design and development.

Explore the use of art media for social justice, and investigate how public art can be used to redress historic gender bias.

This online course explores the key concepts and fundamental principles involved in the process of screenwriting.

Build your gardening skills and knowledge and learn the best environments and techniques to nurture your plants.

Level up your gardening skills to master the basic methods for growing new plants and protect them from disease and pests.

Discover CX design methods and explore the importance of CX in business success.

Learn how to evaluate your designs by using effective UX testing methods and building robust UX research processes.

Build your design skills and learn how to use Rhino software to create and edit amazing 3D models

Certify your chef knife skills and learn how to prepare food safely and quickly using professional knife training techniques.

Better understand the UX design process and learn how to build a user-centred product from concept to prototype.

Discover the essentials of video game programming and learn how you can start your own programming career.

Understand artistic protest from the African Diaspora, and how Black performance impacts social justice movements today.

Develop processes to maintain the required standards of food safety and personal and workplace hygiene in a professional kitchen.

Create a more sustainable food service business and make a difference to your bottom line, your stakeholders, and the environment.

Find out all about film education with this course from BFI, and its partners DFI, Cinémathèque Française and Vision Kino.

From madeleines to macarons, get the tips and techniques you need to bake the perfect afternoon tea and improve your cooking.

Bake top tasting tarts and pies you're proud of with this pastry-making masterclass from the baking experts at BBC Good Food.

Discover new recipes for celebration cakes, learn tips for making and decorating showstopper cakes you’re proud of.

Discover how to bake the perfect loaf of sourdough bread – from autolysis to scoring – alongside baking experts at BBC Good Food.

Find out how teaching with short film can bring alive the learning of languages and introduce rich cultural content to lessons.

Film takes a starring role in this course exploring the emergence of a new medium that was set to capture the world's imagination

How and why do video gamers identify with the characters they control? Find out with this introduction to character design.

Explore the ways AI is changing the creative industries, and how you can develop your own career in creative AI.

Explore the thriving independent video games industry, and develop the skills to kickstart your career in the sector.

Explore the world of user interfaces and accessible design, and discover how you can start a career as a UX designer.

Learn how to preserve, restore and utilize cultural properties in universities—a case study from Keio University, Tokyo.

Learn how climate change, technology and regulation are changing modern building design and professional practice in construction.

Get an introduction to agile product development and design thinking so you can build better digital products.

Discover how to improve your creative process and build your resilience within the creative industry.

Better understand different types of audience and build empathy with your customers through your creative work.

Analyse your creative team dynamics and develop effective collaboration skills for better team work.

Identify how one of the world’s trendiest sparkling wines is produced and the future challenges that face Prosecco production.

Explore how to make and market an immersive experience that makes full use of immersive technology and extended reality (XR).

Boost your marketing skills as you explore the rise of the digital landscape and what makes an effective marketing strategy.

Learn how to optimise your customer’s journey as they move through the sales funnel with these effective marketing tactics.

Develop a marketing mix strategy that aligns with your business objectives, positioning, and target audience.

Get your brand or product seen as you learn how to include a pricing strategy, promotional mix, and more in your marketing.

Keen to take your baking skills up a notch? Become a better baker with BBC Good Food’s brand-new course on baking for beginners.

Discover the essentials of UX and bring products to life by designing your own mobile app with the University of Leeds.

Understand biodiversity in the context of fashion and create a plan for fashion that protects Earth’s ecosystems.

Increase your problem-solving skills and develop your design thinking mindset using the principles of human-centred design.

Learn how to design MMIs and ensure their effectiveness in selecting healthcare professionals and students.

Explore visual culture for children and young people including, picturebooks, comics, film, television and drama

Learn effective branding strategies from the world's most creative marketer – ex-Burger King CMO Fernando Machado.

Analyse successful audio marketing strategies and learn how to create memorable podcast and radio ads that hit marketing goals.

Learn about the history, production and design of papers used inside Japanese Rare Books.

Exercise creative brand development skills and learn how to build a brand with an authentic identity and style.

Discover how to build a brand identity, how to translate it into the consumer experience, and how to successfully communicate it.

Explore fashion from a historical and sociological perspective and understand evolving fashion business models.

Take a look at the future of fashion, focusing on sustainability and entrepreneurship.

Learn all about the fashion product, including how to define different fashion product categories, and how to build a collection.

Explore safety, compliance, and aviation requirements for piloting and working with drones in Australia.

Gain the skills needed to manage the legal and safety requirements for using drone technology in an Indian context

Develop the skills to oversee the legal and safety requirements for using drone technology in the Latin American context

Learn content marketing strategy from the best in the business, with insights from Nike, Goop, Glossier, Burger King and more.

Chief marketing officer Raja Rajamannar on his personal view on what marketers need to know to be successful tomorrow.

Explore customer journey mapping and its role in ensuring quality user experience.

Learn about the role of customer profiling and design sprints in creating positive user experiences.

Discover the role of creativity, innovation and strategy in UX design and consider the benefits and challenges of remote working.

Prepare to become an experienced solo jazz piano player and go deeper into advanced jazz techniques and theories.

Discover jazz improvisation on the piano, and learn to play and improvise on the blues and a jazz standard.

Explore advanced blues sequences, ballads, special devices and composing to incorporate Latin and funk into your jazz piano style.

Improve your jazz improvisation with this course on jazz piano, where you’ll learn to play along to bass and drum soundtracks.

Why should a designer learn to code? Find out with the University of Michigan and build your skills in design computing.