Photography (Top Up)
Entry requirements
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Applicants should have completed a Higher National Diploma (HND), or a Foundation Degree (FdA/ FdSc), or equivalent international qualification in Photography, or a relevant subject.
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Attend an interview
Present a portfolio
About this course
Our BA top-up will offer a unique opportunity to develop your individual creative practice and build excellent industry standard photography skills. This is a Level 6 programme for those who have successfully completed a HND in photography, or relevant subject and wish to achieve a BA honours qualification.
During the course you will take a practical approach to exploring imagery within contemporary contexts and will be supported to extend your creative vision and professionalism. You will explore more adventurous and experimental outcomes on the margins of traditional practice, which will extend your critical understanding and will allow you to develop your creativity and enrich your portfolio. This course will not only provide you with subject specific versatile skills, but also with an invaluable range of transferable skills, such as contextual understanding, research, collaboration, and communication skills, as well as opportunities to participate in contemporary cultural debates and industry engagement.
Our group sizes are small and our traditional black and white wet darkroom, as well as state of the art photographic studio, will give you the opportunity to engage fully in your studies. Where appropriate, online teaching will form part of the programme delivery, while hybrid learning will provide the opportunity of joining the class remotely. During your studies, you will be supported by our team of tutors with professional experience as photography practitioners, in regular one-to-one online tutorials. This is a current AOP (Association of Photographers) accredited course, that offers all students a free AOP student membership for the duration of their studies.
Modules
The whole course covers:
Investigation and Development 40 credits
Refinement and Completion 40 credits
Critical Thinking 20 credits
Exhibition 20 credits
Assessment methods
Learning and Teaching methods used include, but are not limited to:
Tutorials (Individual & Group)
Group Critiques
Seminars
Lectures
Practical Workshops
Study Visits
The top-up programme has an emphasis on professionalisation of practice, steered towards a final exhibition of work. Studio based activities are a significant feature of the programme, providing a location for both individual and group tutorials.
Projects are open and allow for broad, multi-disciplinary approaches which allow student to create personal responses.
Summative Assessment takes two forms, either written, or practical ‘portfolio’ based submissions.
Written submissions will cover a range of contexts applicable to professional working, including academic writing, reviews and self-reflection.
The practical submissions are not limited to specific types of work, to allow for the broadest practice ambitions, and again encourage the thought of presenting to a range of contexts.
Prior to Summative Assessment, students receive weekly tutorials and will have 6 weekly ‘Progress Reviews’ which will offer direct formative feedback on both module and course progress.
Formative assessment through tutorials and group crit sessions is intended to provide a supportive environment that encourages and directs the development of students’ practice. Group sessions support students to engage critically with one another’s work, whilst encouraging the awareness of how their own work presents to a broader audience.
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Chelsea Centre for the Creative Industries
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