Course Description
Our world is shaped more so than ever before by images and the way in which they are made. This course, currently ranked 4th in the UK for Film Production & Photography (Guardian University Guide 2020) aims to help students understand the complexities of visual communication and produce graduates who?stand out for their creativity, professionalism and critical understanding of the photographic medium.
Our continually evolving course is directly informed by input from the world’s leading photographers, editors and curators. Through a dynamic programme of study, we will work with you to develop your individual creative ability, technical skills, critical knowledge and professional experience, to establish a career using photography as a tool for creative expression and visual communication.
Course Content
Modules
- Year one
Overview
In the first year of study we will ensure that you have the technical, conceptual and professional skills to realise your ideas through a variety of photographic forms and with knowledge of how these outcomes operate in commercial and artistic contexts.
Modules
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Histories and Practices
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Documents and Fictions
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Digital Photomedia
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Picturing the Body
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Professional Development
- Year two
Overview
In year two you will be increasingly working beyond the university with exhibitions and experience opportunities. Alongside this you will be supported in developing your own, unique practice which will be taken into your final year and beyond.
Modules
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Concepts and Approaches
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Community, Culture and Identity
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Photography and Narrative
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Professional Experience
- Optional modules
1 from the following:
- Post-Digital Publishing
- Participatory Practices
- Placement year
Overview
Following your second year, you will have an option to apply for a one-year professional work placement or study abroad in a partner institution.
- Final year
Overview
By the final year of the degree, you should have the knowledge, confidence and expertise to be publishing and exhibiting your work on international platforms, and leveraging those forces that are changing the face of the photographic world.
Modules
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Independent Research
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Independent Practice: Exploration
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Independent Specialist: Realisation
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Professional Futures
Entry Requirements
A Level :- BBB preferably to include one from Art, Media or Photography.
BTEC :- DDM in Media.
IB Diploma :- 31 points to include Visual, Arts or Design Technology at Higher level.
GCSE requirement :- Minimum 5 GCSEs at grade A*-C including English Language, or speci?ed equivalents.
A-Levels
A-Level applicants are required to have three? A2 Levels. Coventry University may include AS grades within an offer for certain courses, but we are not able to accept two AS Levels in place of one A2 Level. In some courses it may be necessary for entrants to have passed specific A2 Levels in nominated subjects. Please see the course pages for more information.
Access Diplomas
The Access to HE Diploma, plus GCSE English Language at grade A*-C, or a specified equivalent.
Coventry University welcomes applicants who have completed, or who are studying, the Access to HE Diploma developed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). Successful completion of the course will require you to gain 60 credits with at least 45 to be achieved at Level 3 (with the remainder at Level 2). In some cases we will require you to have gained Merit or Distinction grades in a number of units or in nominated subjects. For more information on the entry requirements for your chosen course please see the relevant course pages.
BTEC Level 3 Diplomas
The University will accept the BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma for entry to most courses. In some cases we will require applicants to have studied either certain named modules or a specific named Diploma. The appropriate course page will have full information on the entry requirements. The University also accepts the BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma and BTEC Level 3 Diploma for entry to degree programmes, provided that they are studied in combination with other qualifications that provide a total volume of study that is equivalent to three A2 Levels. For example, you could be studying a BTEC Level 3 Diploma plus an A2 Level, or a BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma plus two A2 Levels. Where a specific A2 or BTEC subject is required for entry then you must be offering this as part of your combination of qualifications.
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