Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography)
2019 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2019 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography) |
| Course Map | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2019. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2019. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 3 2019. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or 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 Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7. |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Fees and charges
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Other learning experiences
Course overview
Want to document and tell stories of the world around you through images? Develop the specialist knowledge, critical awareness and confidence required to establish yourself as an adaptive professional photographer, through Deakin's Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography). With the guidance of leading photography experts and access to state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, you’ll experiment, research and develop your own aesthetic sensibilities in this key medium of expression.
Do you want to use cutting-edge equipment to explore your creativity, while learning from the best in the industry?
Through this course, you’ll study photography as a 21st century tool for connectivity. Accessing professional-grade facilities and equipment, you’ll develop skills in:
- chemical and digital imaging
- portfolio creation
- project management
- visual communication
- experimental practices
- exhibition and online collaboration.
Our experienced industry practitioners and technical support staff will guide and encourage you through a combination of:
- lectures, practical workshops and demonstrations
- class tutorials and critique sessions
- gallery visits
- solo and group projects.
Guest speakers and professional practitioner presentations are a regular feature within this course and students also undertake fieldwork, industry visits and exhibitions of their own works.
Learn about the history, theory and culture of photography, and sharpen your skills through studying still and digital images, lighting design and photographic practice.
Get hands-on experience by exhibiting and showcasing your work in Deakin’s own gallery spaces, as well as through participating in external festivals, exhibitions and award programs.
Through a range of international study tours and work placement opportunities, you can gain study credits plus real-world experience. Our work-integrated learning opportunities give you a chance to build your portfolio and create valuable industry networks.
Career opportunities
Photography graduates are equipped to pursue careers as professional practitioners throughout the arts and commercial sectors. Our graduates have moved into career opportunities in roles and fields like:
- independent fine arts practitioner
- event and sports photographer
- commercial portraiture
- fashion or product photographer
- community-based arts
- gallery director or assistant.
Participation requirements
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. Click here for more information.
Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other check.
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. Synthesize and evaluate the visualization and expression of ideas and concepts within a photographic context. |
| Communication | Develop an ability to think critically and to effectively communicate concepts and ideas through photography. |
| Digital literacy | Develop skills in a range of generic and specific pre and post-production digital technologies in line with photographic industry standards. |
| Critical thinking | Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate and analyse specific texts and approaches essential to photographic history, theory and practice and demonstrate skills in critical self-assessment. |
| Problem solving | Develop skills in identifying and applying appropriate solutions to solving a range of problems within a specific context. |
| Self-management | Demonstrate and reflect on the development of autonomy and initiative, time-management strategies and resourcefulness in planning, decision making and creative problem solving. |
| Teamwork | Effectively contribute to the planning, coordination, management and negotiation of interpersonal and creative differences through engagement in collaborative projects to achieve a group task. |
| Global citizenship | Demonstrate an awareness of the ethical and inter-cultural issues involved in the production and interpretation of photographic practice within a local and international contexts. |
| Approved by Faculty Board January 2017 | |
Course rules
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography) a student must complete 24 credit points including:
- 10 x credit points of core units (9 units)
- 3 course electives from list A
- 5 course electives from list B (at least one at level 3)
- 6 x credit points of open electives
- no more than 12 credit points at level 1
- at least 4 credit points at level 3
- AAI018 Academic Integrity (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
Course structure
Level 1
| ACA101 | Art and Performance: Roles of the Artist |
| ACA100 | Art and Performance: New Directions for Creative Practice |
| ACI101 | Analogue Photography |
| ACI102 | Digital Photography |
Course structure
Level 2
| ACV207 | Materialising the Image: Visual Art and Photography Since 1989 |
| ACI203 | Darkroom Practices |
| ACI205 | Photographic Lighting 1: Natural and Artificial Lighting |
Course structure
Level 3
| ACI302 | Photographic Lighting 2: Studio Lighting |
| ACI304 | Folio and Professional Practice (2 credit points) |
Course structure
Course Electives
Complete three 1-credit point units chosen from the following course electives list A:
| ACV101 | Contemporary Art Practice: Body |
| ACV102 | Contemporary Art Practice: Space |
| ACG103 | Design Skills |
| ACF103 | Writing with the Camera |
| IND101 | Introduction to Aboriginal Studies |
Complete five 1-credit point units chosen from the following course electives list B:
| ACV210 | Integrated Practice 1 |
| ACI201 | Alternative Imaging |
| ACI204 | Contemporary Documentary and Narrative Photography |
| ACI202 | Digital Imaging 2: Advanced |
| ACV214 | Art and Technology |
| IND201 | Aboriginal Knowledges and Experiences: Historical Journeys-Contemporary Perspectives |
| ACI303 | New Worlds: Intersections of Art and Science |
| ACV311 | Visual Arts History and Theory in the Expanded Field |
| ACI301 | Experimental Photography and Creative Practice |
| ACP323 | Out of the Box: Theatre in Alternative Contexts |
| ACC317 | Communication and Creative Arts Internship A |
Course structure
Electives
Complete six electives, of which at least three must be 2nd or 3rd level
We suggest students complete at least 4 units in a subject area different to their degree, preferably a linked sequence of study in the same area. This choice can include units from any degree in the University but is best chosen from the subject areas in the Bachelor of Arts (https://www.deakin.edu.au/course/bachelor-arts). We do recommend students complete at least two more course elective units listed above.
Work experience
Elective units may provide the opportunity for Work Integrated Learning experiences.
Other Course Information
Assessment
Assessment within the award of Bachelor of Creative Arts varies from written assignments and/or examination to practical and technical exercises and performance. In some units assessment may also include class participation, online exercises, seminar exercises and tests.
Course duration - additional information
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.
Other learning experiences
Within the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography) there are multiple opportunities for students to engage with aspects of the photography industry, including gallery and studio visits; artist talks; regional photo biennale excursions and assessments that encourage community engagement and collaboration with not-for-profit organisations.
Other formal learning experiences include the opportunity to participate in the Design/Animation study tour program to Japan. This study tour includes visits to industry and university partners as well as workshops with Japanese students and academics.
Additionally, BCA (Photoraphy) students can choose to complete one or two internship units as an elective.