FdA Applied Photography
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Why choose this course?
This course is ideal if:
- You want to study part time
- You're working as a photographer and want a recognised qualification
- You're working full time and want to develop your photography skills.
About the course
Photography has the ability to educate, stimulate, shock, document and convey emotion. It's a means of communication and through exploring the possibilities of photography you'll expand your thinking and development, not just as a photographer but as an individual.
You'll cover a wide range of topics, and look at applied photography that has a function. So you'll explore everything from photographs that don't have to have any meaning or significance beyond being a record, to photographs designed to communicate to a particular audience.
We've got strong links with local businesses and professionals, so you'll have the opportunity to develop your knowledge in commercial and industrial situations, through 'live' projects, client briefs and work experience.
Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...
You'll develop a wide variety of knowledge and practical skills in areas including darkroom work, digital photography, studio lighting, career development and project management.
During the film and darkroom based Traditional Processes module at stage one, you'll build up an understanding of how photographic processes have developed from their early beginnings through to the present day. And you'll look at the impact these technological innovations have had on photography and photographic practice. The practical experience you'll gain with these techniques will further develop your understanding of modern digital processes and forms the key practical element of this course.
In the Studio Practice module at stage two, you'll look at a wide range of lighting techniques using electronic flash, daylight and tungsten lights, to develop skills you'll find useful in portraiture, advertising, fashion, architectural and many other fields of photography.
During this course you'll have the opportunity to do work experience, or take advantage of a freelance opportunity if you're not already working. If you're already working with photography, you'll be able to develop the skills you use every day at work.
Some of the modules you'll study are linked, so you'll study more basic knowledge and skills at stage one and then go on to more advanced work at stage two. For example you'll study Digital Capture and Processing first and then move on to Advanced Digital Photography and Image Management. And Visual Communications in Applied Photography, and Photographic Theory and Practice at Stage One link with Research and Practice at Stage Two.
During this course you'll develop academic knowledge and practical and vocational skills that you'll be able to use to directly influence your personal practice.
At both stages of this course, you'll take a module which will support your personal development - Personal Development Planning at stage one, and Professional Practice and Portfolio Development at stage two. You'll develop and put into practice a career plan using your business and project
management skills, as well as looking at the legal and ethical issues that surround photography.
Your career
We've designed this course to take into account the needs of a wide range of employers in the photography and visual communication industries.
When you graduate you could go on to work for a wide variety of organisations in the photoimaging sector of the creative industries. Or you may choose to work as a photographer on a freelance basis.
Start dates
If you're from the UK or EU you can apply to study this course in:
- September 2010 (part time only, if available)
- January 2011
- September 2011
See a list of courses we are still taking applications for in September 2010.
If you're from a country outside the EU you can apply to study this course full time in:
- September 2010
- January 2011
- September 2011
UCAS code
W643
Fees *
UK/EU students
- Part time: £270 per single module (you usually take 16 of these modules in total)
*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2010 and August 2011. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year and there may be extra costs eg for exams, trips or special modules.
Entry requirements
Our entry requirements are usually 80 UCAS points from A levels or equivalent qualifications, ...
Our entry requirements are usually 80 UCAS points from A levels or equivalent qualifications, such as a BTEC National Diploma, Scottish Highers etc. If you've completed an Access/Foundation course, we also accept these qualifications.
The UCAS tariff points are a guide - we'll also consider all the information that you’ve included in your application, your portfolio, and how you’ve done in your interview. We’ll also want to see that you’re enthusiastic and motivated to take this course and that you have the potential to benefit from coming to university.
Standard entry requirements
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