Leeds City College

This course is validated by Leeds Metropolitan University.

About the course

This Top up Degree gives you the opportunity to hone your photographic abilities and to specialise in an area of practice that you have chosen throughout previous study. The course aims to give you the freedom to negotiate your trajectory, but it is also expected that this path is contextualized. It is essential that on this course you are able to produce work that is unrestricted by commercial pressures, whilst being aware of the potential context of your photography, and to use this freedom to be creative.

Modules have been designed to allow for this freedom of expression, but also in other cases, to embed your practice in the context of professional practice. We encourage you to use the camera to communicate ideas that comment on reality, however far removed visually, and that speak of a well-constructed concept. This creative drive is balanced with the industry-based ‘arm’ of the course in which you will consider your position within photography and how to achieve your creative goals whilst functioning successfully within it.

What will I learn?

• Research methods within the srts.
• Professional practice.
• Negotiated study.
• Dissertation.
• Freelance practice.
• Professional portfolio.
• Personal and professional development.

There are 10 guided learning hours a week and the student is expected to devote a significant amount of extra time on personal learning and practical development.

What are the entry requirements?

A Foundation Degree in photography. Applicants should also have a GCSE in English at grade C or above.

There is a studio fee of £60 payable at the start of the course

How to apply/enrol

If you would like to apply for any of the colleges full time Higher Education programmes for 2012 entry, (unless otherwise stated) please do so via UCAS at www.ucas.com – Leeds City College institution code is L21.

If you wish to apply for a Foundation Degree course that is offered on a part time basis, (unless otherwise stated) please contact 0113 216 2587 or 0113 216 2431 for an application form.

Contact

0845 045 7275 / parklanecampus@leedscitycollege.ac.uk

Missed the 15th January UCAS deadline for a place in Higher Education this September? Don’t worry – Leeds City College is happy to continue receiving UCAS applications right up until 30th June, so it’s not to late to apply for a range of Higher Education courses offered by the college – go to www.ucas.com and see our courses listed under institution L21.

More details

Start Date: September 2012