Photography

You will be introduced to a range of creative approaches to image making. You'll develop your skills in critically assessing photographic work and you'll experiment and test your own practical work.

This module will introduce a range of technical and aesthetic approaches to the production of photographic work. It will induce you into the basic processes and techniques of both digital and analogue image-making. You will also explore the formal qualities of the photographic image through practical work.

During the module, you'll develop an understanding of critical research and practice. You'll study a range of writing styles associated with critical practice. You'll also grasp understanding of visual analysis in relation to the photographic image.

You will be introduced to a wide range of work focusing on everyday life in different forms of creative outputs. You will develop your analytical and evaluative skills through the study of photography and every day and consolidate and expand on production skills previously gained to give the grounding for the production of photographic work.

This module will present you with a broader critical context in which to understand photographic practices. It will support you in developing a critical photographic practice and also develop key skills in research and critical analysis.

You will investigate a range of professional photographic industries and opportunities and develop a range of essential photographic techniques and skillsets evidenced through a body of work relevant to your preferred field of practice. You will develop industry-relevant skills in the development and refinement of your image-making. You will understand professional standards in terms of rights, ethics and business practices related to photographic industries.

This module will enable you to consider their visual practices within appropriate methodological, critical and cultural contexts. It will enable you to evaluate and critique information from a variety of sources appropriate to their area of study. You will develop your writing and presentation skills to coherently express your ideas with fluency using appropriate strategies of communication.

On this module you'll complete a self-initiated project. You'll develop independent learning skills and will create project work to address critical issues relating to your practice.

The aim of this module is for you to identify and explore the debates and practices related to your chosen specialism. You will develop professional standard photographic work for employment contexts and produce relevant professional-level material.

This module will provide you with an opportunity to research an area of interest and relevance to your practice using a standard academic approach. You will develop skills in independent research, evaluation, presentation of information, and professional practice

You will create an independent project which considers the critical and practical requirements specific to your area of research and interests and apply your project work within the creative sector.