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BA Photography and Visual Media

University of Suffolk

Institution
University of Suffolk
Level
undergraduate
Subject
BA (Hons) Photography and Visual Media
Duration
3-9 years
UCAS code
W601
Typical offer
A-level BBC

Entry requirements

A level: BBC

About this course

BA (Hons) Photography and Visual Media, combining photographic practice with critical and theoretical approaches to visual culture. Core topics include research methods, communication and writing, critical and analytical thinking, ethics and professional practice, and design and creative practice. Students produce a photobook and complete a dissertation alongside a final-year degree project that culminates in a graduate exhibition. Industry placements and visiting practitioners feature in the second year.

Modules

  • Documentary, A.I. and Emerging Technologies
  • Photography: Environmentalism and Activism
  • Histories and Contemporary Legacies
  • Storytelling and the Narrative
  • Photographic Techniques
  • Individual Practice
  • The Photobook
  • Collaboration as Practice
  • Professional Practice 1
  • Context and Critique: Dissertation Preparation
  • Degree Project: Preparation
  • Dissertation
  • Degree Project: Resolution
  • Professional Practice 2
  • Degree Project: Exhibition