Course summary

Develop your skills by entering the creative industries on an Integrated Foundation Year degree. If you’re interested in taking on a new subject that you’ve not had the opportunity to study in depth before, or have been out of education for a while, then our Integrated Foundation Year courses might be for you. These four-year courses include an introductory year to help you build the core skills needed for specialist degree-level study. This is a chance for you to let your imagination run wild and explore your creativity, expand your professional skills and develop enhanced subject knowledge in the domain you want to study. We’ll help nurture your expertise in problem solving, risk-taking, designing and making as you develop your abilities through five core modules. After your foundation year, you’ll have a deeper knowledge of your subject, a clear understanding of your strengths, a developed practical and technical skill set and the confidence to excel in your chosen degree subject when you join other students for the rest of your course. Artificial intelligence is transforming every corner of our world: from self-driving cars to grids that balance the planet’s energy. Intelligent interfaces and generative tools are redefining how we think, create and connect. On this Artificial Intelligence BSc degree, you'll learn to design, train and deploy AI models that understand complex data, to help solve global challenges. You’ll work collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to solve computational problems, that inspire new ideas about the future of technology. You'll also study the infrastructures that support these systems, from APIs and software pipelines to the security and ethical frameworks that keep them safe and trustworthy for the global public. With a focus on in-demand industry skills, you will gain hands-on experience with open-source technologies, cloud platforms and real-world data applications, while developing the technical, conceptual and critical skills needed to create intelligent systems that learn from - and collaborate with - their users. Collaborating across disciplines, you’ll become a creative and ethically-informed technologist, with skills across intelligent, co-creative applications that respond to real needs. You’ll graduate ready to take a role in the fast-evolving world of AI as a developer, researcher, data scientist or creative technologist. Why study this course at Falmouth? Develop technical, design thinking and production skills in your chosen specialism. Learn teamwork, leadership and project management skills through a variety of learning environments. Develop critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills through the development of unique and innovative projects. Complete your chosen degree over a four-year period. Technical: Master the building blocks of artificial intelligence from algorithms and data science to machine learning, neural networks, computer vision and natural language processing. Analytical: Harness computational thinking and advanced statistics to design, train and optimise models that solve complex, real-world challenges. Trailblazing: Push boundaries with generative AI, robotics and autonomous systems that redefine how humans and machines collaborate. Responsible: Tackle the ethical, social and environmental dimensions of AI to create technologies that are transparent, fair and sustainable. Experimental: Build, test, and iterate in studio environments where ideas evolve through hands-on coding, rapid prototyping and bold exploration. Collaborative: Team up with innovators across the computing and design disciplines to explore human-centred AI. Connected: Engage with researchers and industry experts pioneering real-world AI applications in a fast-moving global landscape. Professional: Step into the future as a skilled developer, researcher or data scientist, ready to shape intelligent systems that matter.