Full Time BA (Hons) Contemporary Photographic Arts Practice

BA (Hons) Contemporary Photographic Arts Practice
Course Length: 3 Years
Site: West Durrington Campus
Attendance: Full time
Course Code: FHBCP1

The Course
UCAS code: W641

Next start date for this course is Sep 2011 (no 2010 start)
This creative photo arts course targets those keen to engage with photographic practices in a contemporary context. The critical and questioning philosophy of the course seeks to explore, develop and extend conventional understandings of photography. Through playful investigation, experimentation and risk taking, students evolve creative uses of photography and related media forms in an arts based context.
Learning develops in a student-centred context of open discussion, debate and critical engagement with developing work.
The course supports the individuals own creative journey and is tutored by a team of practising artists with extensive subject knowledge in the field of photographic and media arts.
Across the three year programme, students develop an understanding of professional practice through exhibition projects and are prepared for post-graduate life equipped with a portfolio of individual and collaborative photographic art works.

Course Content
Year One
Creative workshops: a programme of intensive skills and ideas workshops exploring the interface between visual technologies and art practice.

Themed projects: ideas of mind, body, vision and visual technologies are explored with students creating their own work on these themes.

Independent projects: the development of an individual programme of project work.

Location projects: two short projects responding to urban and rural locations beyond the College.

Research projects: a lecture programme, drawing on the histories of visual technologies, establishes core subject knowledge. Study skills sessions and seminars contextualise ideas and enable the in-depth debate of issues and interests.

Year Two
Photo Arts techniques: a more advanced series of technical skills input.

Themed projects: explore Place and Time and Memory and Forgetting.

Independent projects: ongoing development of personal practice.

Critical research projects: theoretical and historical research grounded in student interests.

Exhibition project: students create work for and curate an exhibition/screening of their work on a theme of their choice in a public space.

Year Three
Students build on the concepts and skills acquired in the previous years to prepare a Minor and Major project. This will form part of each students creative portfolio or showreel. Professional Practice skills, including preparing CVs and websites, will also equip them to work in a range of media arts environments.
A substantial piece of research and critical analysis on a subject of their own choice will be submitted as an academic Dissertation.
Progression/Career Path
Graduates from this course go on to a range of careers including: professional photographers, independent photo artists, arts administrators, curators, educators and many other positions within the creative industries. Students are also prepared for further study at postgraduate level, including MA and PGCE.

Entry Requirements
2 A Levels in appropriate subjects; or 1 A and 2 AS Levels in appropriate subjects. Foundation Studies in Art and Design or Photography related subjects or BTEC National Diploma. Mature students with relevant experience are welcome to apply to the BA Programmes. Entry for all programmes is by interview.

What Past Students Say
Photography has become a huge passion and the Photographic Arts course is pretty unique. It looks at photography from an arts perspective and is very hands on, where I feel supported in trying new ideas.
Leona Angus
BA (Hons) Contemporary Photographic Arts Practice

Applications
Applications are to be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) quoting institution code: N41 and Institution code name: NBRK

Further Details
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