C09052v1 Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Photography and Situated Media
Award(s): Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Photography and Situated Media (BDesign(Hons))CRICOS code: 068111J
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course has its first intake of students in 2013.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information
Overview
The Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media (C10265) explores both traditional photographic practice and more contemporary uses for urban media, such as exhibitions and installations. The degree has a strong emphasis on the relationship between digital photography and its purpose in an environmental situation, focusing on city and urban issues of media placement.
This course not only recognises the technological change brought about by digital advances in photography, but responds to actual and potential directions in which technological change impacts upon photography, the production of imagery and their applications in the real and virtual worlds.
Accordingly, the course balances practical skills with theoretical underpinnings, ethics and creative speculation. All studio subjects are project based and rely on professional practice in their requirements, giving students the capacity to handle the expectations of professional life.
The honours year allows research exploration through an independent project.
Course aims
This degree equips graduates with the ability to engage in the broad scope of photographic careers. Students graduate with skills of self-reflection in their practice, critical engagement with and responses to social and cultural issues, and a broad understanding of research practices. Students also gain an understanding of new technologies for image and sound production, and new ways of approaching media in the environment.
Career options
Career options include employment or self-employment in traditional commercial photography, exhibition media, photographic lighting, photographic technical and digital workflow practice, photojournalism, installation and interactive media and advertising.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline at an appropriate level.
Applicants require a weighted average mark of 70 across the three years of the Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media (C10265).
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Course duration and attendance
The course is offered on a one-year, full-time basis.
Course structure
This course totals 48 credit points made up of four 12-credit-point subjects.
Course completion requirements
| 80030 Research Methods | 12cp | |
| 80029 Independent Project: Conceptual Development | 12cp | |
| 80028 Independent Project: Designed Outcome | 12cp | |
| 80041 Dissertation | 12cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Course program
The course program is shown below.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 80030 Research Methods | 12cp | |
| 80029 Independent Project: Conceptual Development | 12cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 80041 Dissertation | 12cp | |
| 80028 Independent Project: Designed Outcome | 12cp | |
Other information
Further information is available from:
Building 6 Student Centre
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
Ask UTS www.ask.uts.edu.au
www.dab.uts.edu.au
