C10266v1 Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media Bachelor of Arts in International Studies

Overview

The Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media 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, its purpose in an environmental situation, focusing on city and urban issues of media placement in an internationalised professional context.

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.

Course aims

This degree equips graduates to engage in the broad, international 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. They also learn a different language and culture and travel overseas.

Career options

Career options include employment or self-employment in exhibition media, installation, interactive media and advertising, photographic lighting, photographic technical and digital workflow practice, photojournalism and traditional commercial photography.

Assumed knowledge

Course duration and attendance

The course is offered on a five-year, full-time basis. Students spend two semesters of study at a university or other higher education institution in the country of their major.

Course structure

Students must complete 240 credit points of study, comprising 144 credit points relating to photography and situated media and 96 credit points relating to international studies.

Honours

The Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media (Honours) is available to eligible students with one additional year of full-time study, or equivalent part-time study.

Other information

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