BA Film, Photography and Media ((For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this programme, graduates will be able to:
• Examine and discuss recent scholarship in film, photography and media, using detailed subject knowledge and professional competencies
• Develop sustained arguments that demonstrate conceptual understanding of relevant theory and/or practice
• Critically appraise aspects of recent research in relation to media history, politics, theory and production
• Implement professional boundaries and norms including the production of work reflecting professional standards in the media industries.
• Design and develop original materials, using applied knowledge, to realise an extended piece of research or creative project.


Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Time and Project Management: the ability to design and execute an extended project using independent time management, initiative and personal responsibility.
2. Communication Skills: the ability to communicate advanced information, ideas, problems and solutions in film production and/or independent research projects to a variety of audiences.
3. Ethical Literacy: the ability to understand media ethics and the moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity within a film or photography production or while researching a topic in the field of media and communication.

Assessment

Assessment is aligned to the learning outcomes of each module, so students will be assessed through a variety of methods dependent on the module and the level of the programme. At level 3, this will include a double weighted independent project (either research based or practice based), but may also include research essays, group presentations, reflective critiques, literature reviews, interviews or portfolio work.