Tuition Fee
Start Date
Medium of studying
Duration
48 months
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Bachelors
Major
Photography
Area of study
Arts
Course Language
English
About Program
Program Overview
This multi-genre photography degree combines practice, theory, and professionalism. Students develop technical and creative skills, while exploring unique approaches to photography through project briefs and submissions to galleries and festivals. The program emphasizes research, critical thinking, and industry preparation, leading graduates to careers in art and design, film, education, and independent practice.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Developed for students with a passion for independent photography, this innovative multi-genre programme combines practice, theory and professionalism. Students will:
- Discover a range of skills including how the lens can be used creatively as a tool for storytelling, specialist and experimental camera techniques, lighting for studio and location work, editing and post-production.
- Be encouraged to acquire unique approaches to the photography disciplines.
- Develop and research your own ideas in relation to project briefs, learning transferable skills needed to work as an imaginative professional.
- Generate and produce ideas through location and studio work.
- Be guided in making submissions for international galleries, expositions, festivals, drama, documentary, advertising, music media and other forms of digital imagery and visual effects.
- Study a course that has been ranked 5th in Wales as part of the Art & Design subject league table for Teaching Quality in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.
Outline:
Year 1 (Foundation Year):
Year 1 provides introductory skills in design and critical analysis will be developed.
Modules:
- Contexts 1
- Visual Communication
- Light & Lens Based Media
- Contemporary Practices
- Time as Visual Language
- Introduction to Industry
Year 2 (Level 4):
Level 5 will focus on advancement in research skills and design methodologies. You will focus on synthesizing theory and practice, with an emphasis on emerging trends.
Modules:
- Contexts 2
- Visual Language and Cultural Contexts
- Print & Production
- Specialist Study
- Creative Futures: Making a Living
Year 3 (Level 5):
During level 6 study high-level research skills, critical thinking, and professional practice will be the focus. There will be independent projects and your collaborative work will demonstrate advanced understanding and application.
Modules:
- Practice as Research: Photography
- Presenting Practice to Audience: Photography
Assessment:
- To enable students to develop creatively, formative and summative feedbacks are given. This provides time for students to reflect on their progress prior to a final or summative assessment.
- Assessment is designed to enable students to participate in the measurement of their own progress. Students will submit a range of coursework including an on-line reflective journal/blog, sketchbooks, design sheets, finished artworks, screen-based work, installations, technical/ production files, essays and audio-visual presentations.
Teaching:
- The majority of the active teaching and learning is studio/workshop based and practical in nature supported with lectures, demonstrations, tutorials, seminars and critiques and talks by specialist guest speakers.
- Wrexham University is committed to supporting our students to maximise their academic potential.
- We offer workshops and support sessions in areas such as academic writing, effective note-making and preparing for assignments. Students can book appointments with academic skills tutors dedicated to helping deal with the practicalities of university work.
- In terms of particular needs, the University’s Inclusion team can provide appropriate guidance and support should any students require reasonable adjustments to be made because of a recognised prevailing disability, medical condition, or specific learning difference.
Careers:
- Your degree will prepare you for work in art and design, film and photographic industries and in education.
- Photography, like all of our Art and Design undergraduate programmes, has a strong vocational and academic ethos that aims to ensure graduates acquire a range of vocationally relevant skills. Integral to this ethos is the responsibility to ensure that our graduates have a portfolio of abilities and attributes which will allow them to thrive in the 21st century workplace. It takes into account the fact that the future needs of the creative industries are likely to be very different. It therefore aims to prepare ‘independent learners’ who on completion of their studies are able to flourish within increasingly diverse professional contexts.
- You will gain a high level of realistic and practical experience of working in the professional creative environment whilst you are on the programme. You are encouraged to initiate, organise and participate in off-site projects and engage in professional opportunities, including commercial activities that have the potential to launch their career in photography.
- Many Photography graduates go on pursue careers as:
- Independent film-makers, directors, photographers in large or small companies
- Freelancing or setting up in business
- Independent art practice
- Teaching in further or higher education or in primary and secondary schools
- Gallery or other forms of exhibition work, or as education officers
- Researchers
- Technicians
Other:
- Includes a foundation year to help prepare you for further years of study.
- Close links to cultural and creative organisations across the Northwest and Wales such as Open Eye Gallery, FfotoGallery Newport, Tate Liverpool, FACT Foundation for Art and Creative Technology.
- Access to the newly constructed large scale industry standard Infinity-Curve Photographic Studio – a first in North Wales!
- Links with the leading galleries and arts organizations from around the North West offering support and advise, tours and talks as well as portfolio reviews.
- Regular field trips to studios, galleries as well as photography and film festivals.
- Be part of an end of year degree show exhibition.
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