Final year (national level 6):
Acquire advanced skills for in-depth, practice-led exploration. Produce resolved bodies of work to deadline and be able to communicate your professional attributes to clients, audiences, and future employers. Develop the critical thinking, academic and research skills for future study.
Core modules:
- Practice and Pitch (40 credits)
Identify an individual area of interest and develop an in-depth, practice-led exploration. Learn how to research, present, and pitch your visual ideas to prospective clients and audiences.
- Take an explorative approach to image-making, responding to a particular theme or topic and demonstrating an imaginative and creative approach to the use of specific media
- Evaluate and understand the ethics of your practice, including in relation to inclusivity, diversity, and sustainability.
- Present and pitch for opportunities using appropriate visual, oral, and written formats.
- Publish/Present (40 credits)
Develop a self-negotiated practical project that is ready for public presentation in an appropriate context, media, and format. Work with a subject matter, theme, topic, or issue of your choosing, and fully reflect on the ethics and environmental footprint of your work. Select where and how the final work can reach its intended audience, for instance in a physical space, online, or through print publication. Demonstrate your advanced skills to:
- Produce a fully resolved body of work
- Find and connect with your audiences
- Access appropriate academic, professional and peer networks and know how to benefit from feedback from others
- Your Research Project (20 credits)
Explore in depth a specific aspect of the theory, history or contemporary practice of photography, video, and digital imaging. Devise a research topic with help from module tutors and produce either an extended piece of academic writing or an equivalent extended visual research presentation, with advanced skills to:
- Produce a written or visual research project that positions your own work and ideas
- Equip yourself with key understanding of research processes necessary for further postgraduate work
- Your Professional Presence (20 credits)
Advance your understanding of professional photographic practices, creative careers, professional networks, and approaches to enterprise. Build a careers and professional practice research portfolio with case studies enabling you to understand and negotiate your own pathway and to identify opportunities within the contemporary cultural and professional environment. Gain advanced skills to:
- Develop a professional portfolio
- Build your online presence
- Identify career pathways
- Build your professional networks
