STUDY

The module will introduce you to the concepts of documentary photographic practice, the development of a visual body of work and a body of research and the historical and contemporary debates around this area of photography. Lectures, seminars, reading, research, and independent enquiry for this module should inform a body the photographic imagery that you produce. Regular critiques in a variety of formats will be instrumental in supporting the development of this work and the progression of your abilities. Your imagery can explore a range of divergent concepts, processes and techniques ranging from the traditional through to post-photography approaches, analogue, digital (including scanned imagery) and the found/appropriated image. 

This module is designed to introduce you to basic and more advanced technical skills involved in the production of photographic images (or equivalent). It will cover the analogue process: Black and White film exposure, processing and printing.

This module is designed to introduce you to basic and more advanced technical skills involved in the production of photographic images (or equivalent). It will cover digital process of capture, file management, post-production and output

This module is designed to introduce you to basic and more advanced technical skills involved in the production of photographic images (or equivalent). It will cover studio and location lighting.

This module is designed to introduce you to critical and theoretical viewpoints on photography and the wider visual culture to which photographic practice is integral. The module will offer a historical and critical perspectives on each of the core practical modules leading into an introduction of relevant contemporary issues and concepts. The vital association between developing a critical approach in this module alongside creative photographic work in other modules will be emphasised throughout. 

The module will introduce you to the concepts of location-based photographic practice, the development of a visual body of work and a body of research and the historical and contemporary debates around this area of photography. Lectures, seminars, reading, research, and independent enquiry for this module should inform a body the photographic imagery that you produce. Regular critiques in a variety of formats will be instrumental in supporting the development of this work and the progression of your abilities. Your imagery can explore a range of divergent concepts, processes and techniques ranging from the traditional through to post-photography approaches, analogue, digital (including scanned imagery) and the found/appropriated image. 

In this module you will reflect on your previous work and have both reappraised and extended your thinking around what you consider to be the key strategies for communication within contemporary photographic practice. You will be asked to learn and apply new professional skills and create a body of work that thinks critically around ideas you believe important and in need of consideration. Any format, technique or convention may be applied, but its application must be justified by its intended and stated context. This module encourages the student to produce work within a framework that draws closer to the professional activity of a fully competent and independent practitioner. 

This module will introduce you to a wide range of issues of importance to professional practitioners in the creative industries and aims to equip you with the skills to embark on their career in the sector. You will be introduced to the practical, investigative, and analytical skills to operate in the creative industries. 

This module is designed to build upon the Photographic Techniques module and introduce you to more advanced techniques and equipment technical skills involved in the production of photographic images (or equivalent). It will explore both analogue and digital elements incorporating various camera formats, file management, digital manipulation, and a range of printing outputs. 

In this module students are asked to extend their thinking around their own practice and what they consider to be the key strategies for publication, communication, and audience engagement within the genre of the photobook and the published image. Through a series of discussions and practical workshops, students will focus on understanding the process of subjective storytelling and explore ways to incorporate their personal experiences and artist voice into their work. Looking at the photobook as an object, each student will learn: to conceptualise ideas; the editing process; present their findings; the physical process of stitching/binding to create a photobook or publication. 

This module will introduce you to working in a collaborative manner, giving you the freedom to determine and research an appropriate and specific target audience for your project. This research will lead to the creation of a project proposal aimed at your chosen target audience. You will be encouraged to challenge conventions and take risks with the work. The resulting proposal could be anything from a community-based project to a short film. 

This year-long module will extend and augment key ideas introduced at level 4 in the module Critical Studies: Photography and Visual Culture. Critical knowledge and skills will be developed in ways which complement the concurrent practical photographic module, Individual Practice. Themes and Ideas provides a crucial part of level 5 studies in which your intellectual and creative capacities are enhanced, encouraging you to become more confident, better informed and more self-reflective as independent learners and practitioners. 

This module will allow students to develop, define and undertake a final major project. The methodology for this process has been defined at level 4 and 5. The work undertaken in the previous modules will form the basis for further investigation. You will develop an in-depth proposal that will guide you through the production of your project.

This module prepares each student for the professional sector.  It teaches students how to research and write funding applications and business plans in addition to examining a broad range of relevant professional practices.

Self-directed research is undertaken – under academic supervision - on a topic chosen by you.  The research leads to the production of an extended piece of academic writing which demonstrates sound research, advanced subject knowledge and a well-informed ability to think about and interpret visual images.