Fashion Photography (Top-up)
London Metropolitan University
UCAS Code: W644 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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**Why study this course**
The Fashion Photography BA (Top-up) degree encourages you to approach photographic practices through challenging and exciting projects.
**More about this course**
This is a top-up version of our Fashion Photography BA degree. A top-up degree is the final year (Level 6) of an undergraduate degree course and is for those who have a foundation degree, Higher National Diploma or equivalent qualification, or those wishing to study the final year of their degree in London.
On this forward-looking Fashion Photography BA undergraduate course you'll develop the creative practice and portfolio needed for a career as a fashion photographer. The degree covers both digital and analogue photography, and is taught at one of the UK’s few art schools equipped with both colour and black-and-white darkroom facilities. You’ll also have the opportunity to find out how fashion photography is linked to moving image and other art forms, as well as putting your own knowledge into practice through collaboration with students on other art-based courses.
We'll introduce you to how the industry works so you can learn about the advantages offered by digital and social media, as well as honing the writing skills you’ll need to create funding proposals, promotional copy and artist statements. You’ll be able to focus your learning on your personal areas of interest and you'll network, discuss and explore ideas while also participating in relevant field trips and workshops.
Within the School, you’ll be supported by our team of experienced tutors, all of whom are active practitioners and regularly showcase their work nationally and internationally.
Alongside regular university exhibitions of your work, which will be open to the public, you’ll be encouraged to exhibit your own work through the local arts groups we work with, including Alternative Arts, Photomonth Festival, Four Corners Film and Photography, London Independent Photographers and the Uncertain States group. You’ll also have access to and the chance to contribute to the East End Photography Archive in our School of Art, Architecture and Design.
As a final year student you'll explore a topic of your choice in depth in your Honours-level dissertation. Our dissertation students all belong to a themed 'dissertation studio' that offers a supportive group context for planning and writing your dissertation, as well as specific academic tutoring about how to manage the project.
Modules
Example modules include:
Critical & Contextual Studies 3: Dissertation (Art)
Major Project
Methods and Enquiry 2
Professional Practice 2: Fashion Photography
Assessment methods
There are no exams on this course. Instead, you'll be assessed through practical and written coursework at the end of each year and throughout the course. You’ll be given valuable verbal and written feedback as your work progresses.
You'll be assessed through a combination of diagnostic, formative and summative methods, and you're expected to participate reflectively in assessment. Self-evaluation is an aspect of a number of modules. You'll use the criteria given to reflect upon your development on the module. This, together with the assessment teams written assessment report, forms the basis at Levels 4 and 5 for discussion at assessment feedback sessions.
Formative assessment is built into all modules and is designed to provide you with feedback on progress and inform development. You're expected to maintain appropriate records of your work as it develops within each module, throughout all levels and to take part in regular tutorial, critique and seminar discussions regarding your own and others’ coursework. These sessions have a diagnostic function aimed at enabling you to meet the intended learning outcomes of each module.
Summative assessment provides a measure of achievement made in respect of performance in relation to learning outcomes. On completion of each level, you'll be required to submit a portfolio of your work on each module together with all supporting material. Assessment criteria reflect the learning outcomes for each level.
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