C10265v1 Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media
Award(s): Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media (BDesign)UAC code: 602065
CRICOS code: 067912F
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 144
Course EFTSL: 3
Location: City campus
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Applications
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information
Overview
The Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media is an innovative course designed to create an experimental, creative and critical environment in which to practice and think about photography. It pushes existing photographic boundaries and embraces new and established digital and analogue techniques to understand what photography is and how it might be used and interpreted in the future.
The course teaches core photographic skills that develop cutting edge practical and analytical capabilities required by contemporary photographic practitioners in creative and media industries.
Course staff and students collaborate regularly with external organisations and community. Recent projects have involved Kaldor Public Arts Projects and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Course aims
The course introduces students to a wide range of photographic practices and students are encouraged to understand their own relationship to current thinking and modes of contemporary practice.
Students are encouraged to develop a personal photographic vision and language as they progress through set briefs and self-proposed projects. The course balances the acquisition of technical skills and creativity with critical historical and theoretical analysis.
The aim is to develop photographic practitioners who can think conceptually and who can adapt and develop appropriate visual languages for a range of contemporary cultural and industry outcomes.
Students are encouraged to apply their photographic skills within all aspects of the commercial and cultural photographic industries.
Career options
Graduates of this course can engage in the broad scope of photographic and image-based careers. Options include employment or self-employment in the commercial and cultural photographic industries including: editorial photography; photojournalism; fine art photography; art direction; lighting design; interactive media and advertising; exhibition design; photographic post production.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
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.
Applications
Local students
Non-recent school leavers must submit a personal statement directly to UTS: Design, Architecture and Building. Based on the statement, students are selected for interview, at which they are expected to attend with a portfolio of work.
International students
International students (excluding those studying in an Australian high school) must submit an application to UTS International (in person, by mail or online) or through an accredited UTS representative. The application must include a portfolio of up to 10 examples of the student's work demonstrating awareness, imagination and skills relevant to design (preferably provided on CD or DVD).
Course duration and attendance
The course is offered on a three-year, full-time basis.
Course structure
Students must complete 144 credit points made up of 96 credit points of core subjects (10 subjects), a 24-credit-point sub-major and 24 credit points of electives.
Course completion requirements
| STM90707 Core subjects | 54cp | |
| CBK90814 Elective choice | 24cp | |
| CBK90086 Sub-major options | 24cp | |
| STM90580 Core subjects (PSM + SMD) | 42cp | |
| Total | 144cp |
Course program
A typical program is shown below.
| One sub-major option | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 80027 Photographic History and Theory | 6cp | |
| 80065 Design Studio: Photographic Intervention | 12cp | |
| 80064 Interaction-based Designing | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 80037 Situated Media Culture and Context | 6cp | |
| 80048 Photographic Manipulation | 6cp | |
| 50846 Situated Media Installation Studio | 12cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 80066 Design Studio: The Digital Image | 12cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of electives | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 80046 Smart Object Studio | 12cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of electives | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 50847 Visualisation and Sonification Studio | 12cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of electives | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 80031 Graduation Exhibition | 12cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of electives | 6cp | |
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
