Photography
University of Brighton
UCAS Code: W640 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
University of Brighton
UCAS Code: W640 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
GCSE/National 4/National 5
A minimum of English Language and Mathematics at grade C/4
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Must include at least three subjects at Higher Level.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Or equivalent combination of grades.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
Award-winning contemporary photographers and pioneering artists such as Helen Cammock have studied photography at Brighton.
Our emphasis is on the creative exploration of photography. This is a degree that lets you to develop your individual style as you build the technical and analytical skills required for photography practices such as fine art, editorial, fashion, documentary and commercial photography.
You’ll be working in an experimental and critical environment, learning with practising artists and researchers. Our aim is for you to graduate with your own style, ready to join the creative industries and maximise your employability.
**TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE**
- Based in a vibrant school of art and media, you will be joining a dynamic community in central Brighton, an artistic and progressive city.
- Explore a range of photographic methods and technologies, including traditional analogue processes and digital technology.
- Highly experienced photographers and artists make up the staff teaching team.
- A team of helpful technicians are on hand to guide and support you in the studios, processing areas and darkrooms.
- Option modules throughout your course enable you to combine practice and theory, and tailor the degree to your specific career and creative ambitions.
- Explore the theory of photography, learning about its history and critically considering all aspects of the practice, from composition to post-production to curation.
- Excellent kit room with a wide selection of cameras.
- Industry-standard facilities where you will use sophisticated lighting and camera equipment.
- Visiting artists, writers, photographers, gallerists and media professionals share their experience, giving a window into the creative and business aspects of the media industries.
- Exchange opportunities with Nagoya University of the Arts in Japan.
- Opportunities to exhibit throughout the course, culminating with the major graduate show in the final year.
Modules
Year 1
Practice 1: Photography and Identity
Practice 2: Photography and Place
Practice 3: The Real and the Imagined
Practice 4: Stillness and Time
Perspectives on Photography 1: Origins and Histories
Perspectives on Photography: Photographic Documents and Photographic Fictions
Year 2
The Global Challenge Project
Photographic Investigations
Concepts and Theories in Contemporary Photography
Research and Resolutions
Research Themes, Methodologies and Research Proposal
Final Year
Photography Extended Essay OR Photography Dissertation
Independent Practice 1
Independent Practice 2
Professional Practice
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