Photography BA (Hons)

What you will study

The course has been written and designed in order to provide you with a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the ideas, creative applications and potentials for photography today. The course values and encourages imaginative and inventive approaches to photography. We support work across a wide range of lens media, including analogue, digital, and time-based media, as well as opportunities to expand upon the conventions of photography

You will study modules such as:

Stage one

You will gain a thorough grounding in both technical skills as well as the historical, theoretical, cultural and political debates surrounding lens-based media. The Stage One modules will also help you orientate yourself in our department and allow you to become familiar with the staff and facilities available to you throughout your studies on the programme.

• Histories of Photography
• Exploring Analogue Photography
• Exploring Digital Photography
• Theories of Photography
• Finding Your Way

Stage two

You will continue to develop your skills to a higher level, exploring interdisciplinary methods of working. Fieldtrips, visits to exhibitions, guest speakers and an introduction to photography networks will provide specific contact points with the industry. A key aspect of Stage two is the development of you identity as a well informed and highly creative image maker.

• Expanded Media
• Image Musing Text
• Raising Your Voice
• Facing the Public

Diploma in Professional Practice

If you want to gain work experience, you can take an optional work placement between stages two and three to apply your academic knowledge in a work environment. During the Photography placement, you'll study an additional qualification, the Diploma in Professional Practice, which features modules such as:

• Applied Professional Practice
• Contemporary Issues in Professional Practice

Stage three

The focus on the final stage of your studies is on establishing your own direction and identity as you develop, prepare and realise a major work of photographic art. By the end of this year, you will be an independent and confident practitioner who can hit the ground running towards your future career. Modules for the final stage of your degree are as follows:

• Writing the Image
• Realisation