Meet
changing needs
A
raft of new programmes will use cross-disciplinary teaching
to meet the changing needs of students and potential employers.
The
BA in communications and new media will be a specialised
course covering the demands new media make on technology
and communication theory, starting in 2002. Director of
the institute of communications studies Professor Phil
Taylor said: "With over 1,000 new media companies in Leeds,
employing over 12,000 people, there is a large market
for this course." In readiness, a new digital media lab
will be built this summer.
Computing
will work with geography, biochemistry and molecular biology
and mechanical engineering to offer an MSc in informatics
this year. Academic co-ordinator Dr Jason Noble said:
"Companies are often standing with a fire-hose of data
gushing out and don't know how to deal with it." The course
will cover fundamental computing techniques and explore
real-world applications in the partner disciplines.
New
programmes in product design and sports science are also
under development for 2003.
