Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography)

2017 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2017 course information
Award granted	Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography)
Course Map	This course map is for new students commencing from 2017. If you require a course map from a previous year, please contact a Student Adviser.
Campus	Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong)
Cloud Campus	No
Duration	3 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code	077371C Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong)
Deakin course code	A352
Approval status	This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework.
Australian Quality Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Learn the skills and the creative art of photography. Develop your knowledge of photographic theory. Photography is the crucial medium of our age. Apply to study a Photography course at Deakin.

Focus on developing the professional skills, technical proficiency and creative self-expression required for a successful career in photography with Deakin’s Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography). You’ll gain a range of tools required for work as a professional photographer while developing a portfolio of work to show potential employers. You will also critically engage with the discipline to grasp the crucial place of the medium in visual culture today, and in history.

During the course you’ll focus on portfolio creation, project management, visual communication, experimental practices, exhibition and online collaboration. Working in our professionally-equipped facilities, you’ll also learn about chemical and digital imaging in diverse photographic formats.

Production techniques include digital photography, digital montage, conceptualisation, conceptual approaches and virtual realities. Production activities are designed to develop visual and digital literacy and photo compositing software skills with an emphasis on high quality output and presentation for screen and print.

Multi-disciplinary teaching staff will guide you through a combination of lectures, practical workshops and demonstrations, class tutorials, critique sessions, gallery visits and projects. Guest speakers deliver regular presentations, and you’ll get a chance to undertake fieldwork and industry visits as well as publically exhibiting your own works. You may also choose to enrich your studies with international study tours and internships.

The skills you gain can be applied to roles in a range of creative and commercial settings. Career opportunities exist in the media, arts, art production, tourism, cultural and entertainment industries. You can also choose to combine your degree with education studies and become qualified to teach photography.

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities	Integrate conceptual, theoretical and technical skills in the development, production and presentation of a range of photographic practices and mediums. Synthesise and evaluate the visualization and expression of ideas and concepts within a photographic context.
Communication	Developed ability to think critically and effectively communicate concepts and ideas through photography.
Digital literacy	Have well developed skills in a range of generic digital technologies as well as specific pre and post-production digital technologies in line with photographic industry standards.
Critical thinking	Acquire skills to critically evaluate and analyse specific texts and approaches essential to photographic theory and practice.
Problem solving	Employ initiative and creativity in using evidence-based communication and production methods to address problems in diverse professional and scholarly contexts.
Self-management	Work independently and employ initiative, time-management strategies and resourcefulness to foster intellectual and creative development.
Teamwork	Understanding of the need to identify individual strengths and work collaboratively as part of a team to achieve common goals while maintaining responsibility for individual learning.
Global citizenship	Identify and interpret diverse contexts and concepts including historical and cultural global photographic practice and relevant theories.
Approved by Faculty Board October 2015