Launch
This primary week at the beginning of the course will be used to prepare you for university learning. Many of the workshops on offer will be programme wide and will be enhanced with subject specific learning. You will be introduced to a range of skills workshops designed to audit and refresh your existing skills in order to prepare you for the commencement of the course learning, including an introduction to 35 ml cameras and how to process a black on white film to ensure that basic skills are refreshed at the beginning of the course learning programme.
The Real
This is a programme-wide unit, run in course-specific groups, giving you the opportunity to investigate core subject-specific themes and ideas interpreted through the lens of ‘the real’. You’ll explore situations or communicate ideas about the social, political, and economic circumstances that shape human experience.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity
You’ll be able to demonstrate an awareness of how your own social identity (such as gender, race/ethnicity, class, disability, sexual orientation, and religion) informs how you navigate creative practices.
Elective – Printmaking
This is an interdisciplinary skills-based elective unit open to Photography and Digital Arts students where you’ll be introduced to a range of printmaking processes to build and enhance your existing skillset. You’ll gain the knowledge to be competent and confident working creatively with printmaking processes.
Elective - Digital Storytelling
This is an interdisciplinary skills-based elective unit open to Photography and Fine Art students. You will be introduced to a range of creative and technical workshops to develop core skills in film language, cinematography, sound recording and post-production techniques.
Opportunity
During this opportunity week, you will receive one personal tutorial that feeds back on the work of the previous term. There will also be a number of refresher workshops designed to recap any skills.
The Body
You’ll be introduced to a range of genres, styles, and critical and methodological approaches which are related to or centred on the body and our relationship to the body. This is a good opportunity to improve your research skills and gain a deeper understanding of your own creative practice.
Professional Identities
This employment-focused programme-specific unit offers you the opportunity to identify relevant professional contexts and navigate your relationship with these contexts.
Learning Enhancement
In this unit, you’ll have the opportunity to undertake enhanced subject-specific workshops and training to enrich your existing skillset.