Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

Students will learn creative and technical skills which will enable them to explore and control a powerful visual medium. Their knowledge and abilities will enable them to undertake rewarding structured projects and also produce a unique collection of photographic images showing a great degree of individual expression. There is the opportunity to develop a personal, responsible learning style and schedule. Further and Higher Education: The qualification can lead to courses such as fine art, graphics, media studies, information technology (e.g., web site design) and obviously other photography courses (e.g. BA). Employment: Career opportunities can be available in many areas, depending on other qualifications. These could include commercial photography, graphic design, media (press television, film) advertising, corporate imagery and others. The course also provides the valuable opportunity to build a portfolio of the students’ personal work; this can be invaluable in building self-esteem and may be used in interview situations. Component 1: Personal Investigation (portfolio of practical work and an extended response of between 1000-3000 words of continuous prose) Component 2: Externally set assignment