Creative Arts & Media Courses

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

From its impact on culture and society to consumer behaviour, discover the business of fashion with Institut Francais de la Mode.

Explore how British kings and queens have influenced fashion over 500 years. In partnership with Historic Royal Palaces.

Delve into the seedy underbelly of the art world, looking at smuggling, theft, fakes, and fraud, with this free online course.

What science discoveries will you choose to write about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

See how Japanese art absorbed, refigured and influenced Western art in the 20th century through Hijikata Tatsumi's butoh dance.

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

Discover effective techniques to analyse unseen poetry and learn about the creative writing process.

Get an introduction to group music-making and the social contexts in which musicians participate.

Discover all things podcasting: learn how to plan, write and publish your own podcast.

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

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

The course provides an introduction to the major concepts that underlie the programming of video games.

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

Find out how musicians turn the notation of a musical score into a memorable performance. Change how you listen to music.

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

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

Learn how to use simple filmmaking and animation to bring learning to life, and aid cross-curricular attainment and assessment.

Learn about the psychology of music and movement, and how researchers study music-related movements, with this free online course.

Explore the role of copyright in the creative and cultural industries.

Understand the importance of copyright and learn its history, from the Renaissance to the Internet, with this free online course.

Learn how to start a career in games development by hearing from leading games producers, recruiters and new developers.

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

Explore how women are represented in the media and reflect on what it means for contemporary society and culture.

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

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

Get a practical introduction to the mechanics of songwriting and meet established songwriters with this free online course