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Photography

Entry requirements


A level

B,C,C

Access to HE Diploma

D:9,M:36,P:0

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

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UCAS Tariff

96-104

About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Creative arts and design

This distinctive course builds on the principles and conventions of photography to explore contemporary image-making, using a variety of image capture, manipulation and processing techniques. You'll work with cameras, scanning, photogrammetry, CGI and computer vision, and learn key critical theory that underpins photography.

The course addresses those students with a curiosity in relation to expanded photographic and media practices, technologies, and contexts and who are seeking to produce a creative and resolved body of work using an expanded range of techniques drawn from current practice in photography and new media. As artistic and commercial practices evolve, students need to be able to understand, use and critically evaluate innovative practices across a range of destinations and working contexts. This course is intended to equip you for change.

On completion of the course, you will have the opportunity to showcase your creative production in the creative technologies show, which evidences to employers that you are ready for a career in an ever-changing digital and technological landscape. You will graduate with an impressive portfolio of original photographic work.

Modules

Year 1

Remix. Remake. Recycle.

Sound and Vision
Creative Agency
Photographic Workflows
Photographic Genres
Emergence of Photography

Year 2

Expanded Photographic Practice

Image-Text
Making Public
Contemporary Debates
Professional Development and Employability
Interdisciplinary Practice

Year 3

Pilot Major Project

Major Project
Research Project
Professional Practice and Portfolio

Tuition fees

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England
£9,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus

Department:

Creative Technologies

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Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

90%
UK students
10%
International students
56%
Male students
44%
Female students
79%
2:1 or above
10%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

D
C
A*

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Average annual salary
96%
med
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

24%
Artistic, literary and media occupations
13%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
11%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers

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