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2021/22 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

COMM2811 Thinking Photographically: Developing Approaches to Photography

20 creditsClass Size: 48

Module manager: Dr Mick Schofield
Email: M.P.Scholfield@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2021/22

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module is designed to engage students with the principles of photographic practice, history and theory. It will enable them to interrogate the development of photographic practices in terms of aesthetic and stylistic traditions, key historical and technological characteristics and develop elements of visual critical analysis. Students will combine the study of photographic history and theoretical approaches with a developing focus on digital photographic techniques.

Objectives

The key objectives of this module are to:

1. Broaden student knowledge of the history and theory of photography.
2. Develop an understanding of its place within cultural discourses.
3. Develop strategies for reading photographic texts and the ability to offer critically and aesthetically informed critiques.
4. To further develop key skills in relation to the capture and post-production of digital photographs.

Learning outcomes
The key knowledge outcomes are the ability to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of photographic history and theory.
2. Contextualise and situate the photographic image.
3. Critically engage with photographic images using analytical strategies.
4. Begin investigating photography theory using your developing creative practice.
5. Produce and edit digital images to an intermediate level.

Skills outcomes
Practical photography
Digital production


Syllabus

Indicative content includes:

- Critical Approaches to Photography
- Visual Methods and Photography
- Historical case studies
- Reading and writing about photographs
- Race, Gender and the gaze
- Photography as a research method
- Museums, Institutions and discourse
- Amateur and professional practices
- Philosophy and the ontology of photography
- The photograph and memory studies
- Using creative practice to interrogate photography theory
- Photography and the history of art

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Visit15.005.00
Lecture102.0020.00
Practical101.0010.00
Private study hours165.00
Total Contact hours35.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

Throughout the course of this module students will be engaged in guided reading and
practice based exercises, leading to two summative pieces of work. A large proportion of this time will be spent developing practical skills, supported by workshop sessions.

Research / Reading 40 hours; Practice 75 hours; Editing 50 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will be monitored via the formative and summative assessment process, receiving feedback at each stage. They will also be monitored via the tutorial and practical sessions as they develop their submissions.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Essay1 x 2,000 - 2,500 words70.00
Portfolio5 Images + critical reflection (1,000 words)30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 30/06/2021 13:36:39

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