Photography with Foundation Year

We'll help you develop core academic skills such as using electronic resources, planning and note-taking, communication skills related to essay and report writing and delivering presentations.

You'll learn to manage your time, prioritise tasks and manage stress, and become more confident in engaging with collaborative learning, debates, discussions and critical reflection.

We'll help you develop core academic skills such as using electronic resources, planning and note-taking, communication skills related to essay and report writing and delivering presentations.

You'll learn to manage your time, prioritise tasks and manage stress, and become more confident in engaging with collaborative learning, debates, discussions and critical reflection.

We'll look at the theory and practice of film, television, journalism, radio and the web through lectures, workshops and practical exercises.

We'll give you practical guidance on how to find the 'hook' and grab an audience's attention.

You'll develop an understanding of narrative structure, character development and how to generate ideas.

Explore historical approaches towards images and the social power they embody.

From religious icons to celebrity glamour and fine art to selfies, you will develop an understanding of what humans do with images to shape attitudes and beliefs.

As well as seminars, short lectures and workshops, you'll undertake an individual or group project to produce work that reflects the culture of 'image'.

You'll develop teamworking skills through creative challenges, taught sessions, profiling and self-understanding.

You'll work on team presentation and develop a professional persona through attitude, commitment and effective communication.

In the second semester, you'll look at enterprise and sector analysis.

You'll develop your solo presentation and pitching skills.

We'll cover the creativity and skills needed to start, maintain and grow your production streams as independent creators.

We'll help you develop the skills valued by the creative industries to help you become a professional with an industry-relevant work ethic.

You'll learn a range of photographic studio practices and develop an understanding of the process of photographic production.

You'll learn techniques such as studio lighting, get familiar with the equipment and produce work through print and online processes.

You'll explore how ideas are realised through a process of research, experimentation and development of works.

Develop a stylistic, aesthetic and intellectual orientation for your future work.

You'll study published works and photographers to analyse, apply and interpret the content discussed in class.

You'll analyse and interpret photographs from historical, stylistic and aesthetic viewpoints.

We'll look at historical movements, trends and styles from different perspectives including representations of reality, photographic composition, visual culture and narrative structure.

We'll also cover the technical, aesthetic and cultural shift from analogue to digital.

Get an introduction to contemporary photographic processes and practice.

You'll work across digital, analogue and hybrid photographic media, equipment and outputs.

Develop your production skills by bringing together your research and photographic practice.

You'll work with industry-standard software and professional photographic equipment.

Demonstrate and evidence your developing understanding of contemporary photographic practice through integrated practice, analysis and reflection.

Develop your professional skills to help with your CV, interviews, networking, self-marketing, and industry-specific employability skills.

You'll have talks from external speakers and industry contacts as well as internal expertise, preparing you for your first external placement.

Develop your skills in creative problem-solving, idea generation, project management and enterprise through creative productions.

This will also develop freelancing skills and equip you to be flexible and professional in the creative industry, whether self-employed or as an employee or employer.

Get familiar with visual research approaches in photography and develop as an independent and original critical thinker.

You'll learn how to identify suitable topics for your research-led practice project and place them in the context of existing fields of knowledge and practice so you can frame pertinent research questions.

You'll engage with ethical issues in research and learn how to choose the most appropriate visual methods.

You'll learn how to design and plan a project and produce a proposal forming the basis of your Level 6 research portfolio.

Advance your skills and knowledge of photographic practices, terminology, methodologies and techniques.

You'll work across digital, analogue and hybrid photographic processes and outputs to create a portfolio.

We'll explore the ways photography and photographic history interrelate and interact.

You'll see how significant photographers are linked to cultural influences, industry developments, art movements, technological advances and innovation.

You'll work with photographic equipment and be encouraged to select and combine photojournalism, landscape, photo essay, still life, fine art and portraiture.

Get an understanding of the power balance between the photographer and their subject.

You'll study the historical and ethical contexts of the role of photography and community and learn about the socially engaged photographic movement and its practitioners.

You'll produce a project meaningful to audiences and participants, embedded within a critically engaged and ethical framework.

This'll help you understand the importance of collaboration, communication and planning.

Learn how to curate a photography exhibition.

You'll explore artist exhibitions past and present, learn how to experiment with materials (sequencing and sizing) and work within a set space.

In a team, you'll find out how to fundraise and organise the opening evening of an exhibition, communicating with printers, framers and venues.

You'll market and promote the show preview within the University, local community and online.

You'll take on a work-based project or intervention, or an alternative professional development project.

You'll negotiate a project with your employer or placement provider that meets their needs as well as the university.

You'll have a series of seminars to outline the challenge, followed by tutorial support to chart progress and help you towards your assessment.

As a negotiated, self-managed module, you'll receive initial support to establish the learning outcomes and appropriate assessment methods.

You'll engage in online support and arrange tutorials with your academic supervisor.

You'll produce a piece of critical writing or media artefact, taking the form of a dissertation, research by practice or creative project.

You'll conduct detailed research with appropriate levels of supervision.

The topic will reflect your interests, enabling you to explore an aspect of study in more depth and build on your studies across the levels.

You'll work on the final stages of your research portfolio projects, including technical, conceptual and practical competence and coherence.

You'll work towards the curation and installation of a final exhibition of your portfolio.

Working in teams, you'll organise the various elements required to curate, install and promote a degree-standard exhibition, with support from tutors.

You'll plan and collaborate with others and draw on your communication and curation skills from previous modules.

You'll carry out research by going to galleries, contacting professionals such as artists, and taking part in peer group discussions and tutorials.

We'll look at artists, materials, themes and interdisciplinary ideas to discuss the key debates and practices of contemporary photography.

You'll explore photobook making and AI photography to find new ways of thinking about the medium, and ask what the future of photography could look like.

You'll create a brief and action plan, then develop a body of creative work that shows who you are as a photographic practitioner.