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Photography Major
UAC Code: 754604
The Photography major will equip you with the technical, conceptual and theoretical skills to embark on a career as a practising visual artist, or in other related fields such as commercial, documentary or multi-media photography, design and art education.
The course will cultivate informed practitioners through visual experiences and critical thinking. You will undertake a range of studies utilising analogue and digital technologies in diverse studio subjects which will include digital photography and Photoshop, darkroom processes and printing, studio lighting (portraiture and still life), fieldwork site and context, photo- assemblage and series and photography in the expanded field of new technologies (including audio and the moving image).
You will develop practical studio skills alongside an understanding of traditions and concepts relevant to photography in historical, theoretical and contemporary visual art contexts. You will study under the guidance of some of Australia’s leading contemporary photographic practitioners and scholars.
| Subject Code | subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core BCA Subjects: | |||
| CACS101 | Contemporary Creative Practice | 6 | Autumn |
| CACS102 | Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice | 6 | Spring |
| Plus TWO of the following 300-level subjects: | |||
| CACS301 | Professional Practice | 6 | Spring |
| CACS331 | Contemporary Theory and Research Practice | 6 | Autumn |
| CAGD331 | New Media and Visual Communication Theory | 6 | Autumn |
| CAMS331 | Music and Culture | 6 | Autumn |
| CAPF331 | Theory and Practice of Theatre in the 20th and 21st Century | 6 | Autumn |
| CAVA331 | Contemporary Artworlds | 6 | Autumn |
| CAGD332 | Advanced Graphic Design and Visual Communication Theory | 6 | Spring |
| CAVA332 | Globalisation and Contemporary Art | 6 | Spring |
| CAPF333 | Political Dramaturgy | 6 | Spring |
| CAVA361 | Curatorial Practices | 6 | Spring |
| Plus the following major related subjects: | |||
| CAVA101 | Visual Foundation 1 | 6 | Autumn |
| CAVA102 | Visual Foundation 2 | 6 | Autumn |
| CAVA103 | Visual Foundation 3 | 6 | Spring |
| CAVA104 | Visual Foundation 4: Studio Practice | 6 | Spring |
| CAVA201 | Visual Arts Studio 1 | 6 | Autumn |
| CAVA202 | Visual Arts Studio 2 | 6 | Autumn |
| CAVA203 | Visual Arts Studio 3 | 6 | Spring |
| CAVA232 | Contemporary Indigenous Art: Theory and Practice | 6 | Autumn |
| CAVA231 | Visual Art, Modernism and the Avant-garde | 6 | Spring |
| CAVA301 | Visual Arts Workshop | 6 | Autumn |
| CAVA390 | Visual Arts Major Project | 12 | Spring |
| Plus electives to bring the total number of credit points to 144. | |||
Credit Arrangements
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Other Information
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