Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Seminars / Tutorials	11 x 0.5 hr Tutorial
Practical	22 x 13 hrs
Other	Workshops x 5 hrs

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Conditions: You must resubmit the failed component in the form of a new portfolio of work Portfolio:	100%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

1. produce a portfolio of work demonstrating thematic, stylistic, and very good technical coherence and quality (Aims: C, D, E, F, G, I, J)
2. produce a portfolio of work that demonstrates an ability beyond competence in the basic techniques of black and white photography and colour photography and competence in a range of materials related to photographic manipulation (Aims: A, B)
3. articulate the processes by which you have arrived at the final portfolio including reference to contemporary practice (Aims: C, D, H, I)
Relation to Assessment
Outcomes 1-3 are assessed through tutorials and the final portfolio assessment

Brief description

The curriculum for Photography 3 AR21620 plus individual and group projects deal with various approaches to subject matter through technical and aesthetic analysis. To reinforce the contact with contemporary fine art practice students are encouraged to examine examples in the School of Art Collections of photographs. This module is intended for those students who wish to practice and study photography as a main option in their degree scheme. There is also an introduction into colour photography and processing.

Aims

A. competently and confidently develop skills acquired related to image capture and reproduction in both black and white and colour photography
B. explore creative photographic applications through set briefs, workshops and tutorials.
C. explore the possibilities of photography as a medium of document, reference and creative imaging.
D. develop a personal, individual, and imaginative response to subject matter
E. acquire and refine appropriate technical dexterity and stylistic concerns
F. produce a body of work that demonstrates conceptual and technical coherence, and the ability to sustain a commitment to subject over a period.
G. possess a productive response to work
H. articulate verbally the criteria by which the body of work is made and should be judged
I. develop analytical and diagnostic abilities
J. define a field of action

Content

The course is taught through weekly individual tutorials, 3 x group tutorials, and 3 x process workshops.

Transferable skills

Self-directed project work -- through the production of a portfolio of work
Oral skills -- in the context of individual and assessment tutorials
Careers needs awareness -- N/A
Self-management -- through a series of one-to-one tutorials in which the principles of matching a program of work to a fixed period of time are imparted. The student'r success in this respect is measured by the extent to which the program of work was completed within the prescribed time.
Group activity -- in the group tutorial where the students make assessments of each others work.

Course Delivery

Assessment

Learning Outcomes

Brief description

Aims

Content

Transferable skills

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