BA (Hons) Photography

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Why choose this course?

You'll study photography as a fine art practice, in a contemporary and exciting programme.
You'll gain a wide range of technical skills and a good understanding of the history and theories of photography.
You'll be based in a brand new, architecturally innovative building with state of the art digital equipment as well as more traditional darkrooms and studio environments.

About the course

The course values and encourages imaginative and inventive approaches to photography and supports all types of work, including black and white, colour and digital. You'll learn through a combination of lectures, technical workshops, seminars, group critiques and individual tutorials. You'll go on regular gallery visits and be able to hear high profile guest lectures every week. The degree finishes with a professional final exhibition.

If you want to gain work experience you can take an optional work placement between stages two and three during which you'll study an additional qualification, the Diploma in Professional Practice.

If you don't have the appropriate qualifications to start this course, you can study Year Zero for a year first.

Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...

Your career

You could go on to a career as an: artist, curator, critic, commercial photographer, picture editor, news and sports photographer, wedding photographer...and more! You could also continue your studies on our MA Film and Photography course.

Derby graduate Idris Khan for example, has recently worked on the cover for The Editors' album An End Has A Start. He is also represented by Victoria Miro and The Saatchi Gallery.

Graduate Valerie Dalling had her work toured around several venues in Osnabruck, Geramany during May 2009 as part of the One Picture Show exhibitions.

What our students say

Photograph by Nick Judd, BA (Hons) Photography student

"The course is not just about the acquisition of technical skills. It's really about thinking about your work and how it relates to what else is happening in contemporary art and in the world."

- Nick Judd, BA (Hons) Photography student

How you're assessed

Practical work makes up 75% of the course, and critical studies 25%.

Start dates

If you're from the UK or EU you can apply to study this course in:

September 2012

If you're from a country outside the EU you can apply to study this course full time in:

September 2012

UCAS code

W650

Fees

This is a specialist course.

UK/EU students

Full time: £7,995 (each year)
Part time: £1,000 per module (you usually take 18 of these modules in total).

International students

Full time: £10,250 (each year)

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

More information about our fees for September 2012 and the support available