Pathway Information
The Creative Digital Media suite of qualifications focuses on the recognition of achievement through practical creative digital media skills, business and marketing skills and creative design skills, as well as offering flexibility of unit combination.
Creative Digital Media is split into three pathways: Interactive Digital Media, Game Design and Social Media (Levels 2 and 3 only). Each pathway embodies a specific profile of study and this informs the core unit choices, which you are guided to make. Learners will be led by centres when choosing the pathway options available to them, and the units within their chosen pathway.
Core Units
Click through the pathway titles to see the Core Units at each level associated with that pathway…
Level 1
Interactive Digital Media
Level 2
Interactive Digital Media Production Technique
Level 3
Producing a Digital Media Product or Service
Level 1
Games Production Techniques
Level 2
Digital Games Production
Level 3
Creating Digital Games
Level 2
Creating and Publishing Digital Content
Level 3
Creating and Publishing Digital Content
Optional & Skills Units
In addition to the mandatory core units, learners can select from a number of optional units, which are open to all pathways. The number of optional units selected will depend on the chosen type of final award. Learners can also take additional ‘core’ units, from any of the pathways, which will be considered as optional units within the qualification.
Please scroll through a selection of unit examples below. Download the syllabus pack to explore the full list of optional and skills units available at each level.