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Photography with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Sheffield Hallam University

Bachelor's degree

In Sheffield ()

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Duration

    Flexible

•Prepare for the degree with an extra foundation year at the start.
•Acquire digital and traditional photographic analogue skills, digital capture and production and image management and manipulation, using industry standard equipment.
•Refine your ability to solve problems, manage complex projects, and communicate your ideas effectively.Engage with a distinctive, independent approach to a wide range of photographic contexts with this professional and practice-based degree.

About this course

Develop core practical skills through creative professional practice and a critical engagement with image making.

The course is suitable if you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Hons) Photography course, or you want extra preparation before starting degree-level study. You share the first year with other media arts and communication foundation year students, then move on to the degree.

With at least 32 points from one A level or equivalent BTEC National qualifications (to include a relevant subject such as Media, Film, English, Photography, History of Art, Theatre Studies, History). For example:
•CDD at A Level.
•MMP in BTEC Extended Diploma.
•A combination of qualifications which must include an A level grade C or BTEC grade M.

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Subjects

  • Approach
  • Production
  • Photography Techniques
  • Creative
  • Photography
  • Environment
  • Knowledge
  • Risks
  • Developing
  • Contemporary
  • Theoretical
  • Creative Environment

Course programme

You are encouraged to take risks in a highly creative environment, developing your understanding and knowledge of the medium to enable you to fulfil your potential in the constantly-evolving discipline of photography.

How you learn

You learn through a creative, practice-based approach to self-directed production which emulates the independent nature of professional practice within photography. This is underpinned through an exploration of historical and contemporary approaches and relevant theoretical issues in order to help situate your work in a critical context.

You learn through
  • specialist workshops
  • technical surgeries
  • large group lectures
  • smaller group seminars
  • group critiques and review sessions
  • individual tutorialsIn the foundation year, you'll study wide-ranging media arts and communication topics, while also focussing on your particular subject area and completing assignments in that field.
You'll grow as a creative, and begin developing a professional portfolio. You'll also become familiar with Hallam's exceptional facilities and staff, so you're fully prepared for undergraduate study.

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Photography with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

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