Course Summary

This distinctive course builds on the principles and conventions of photography to explore contemporary image-making, using a variety of image capture, manipulation and processing techniques. You'll work with cameras, scanning, photogrammetry, CGI and computer vision, and learn key critical theory that underpins photography. The course addresses those students with a curiosity in relation to expanded photographic and media practices, technologies, and contexts and who are seeking to produce a creative and resolved body of work using an expanded range of techniques drawn from current practice in photography and new media. As artistic and commercial practices evolve, students need to be able to understand, use and critically evaluate innovative practices across a range of destinations and working contexts. This course is intended to equip you for change. On completion of the course, you will have the opportunity to showcase your creative production in the creative technologies show, which evidences to employers that you are ready for a career in an ever-changing digital and technological landscape. You will graduate with an impressive portfolio of original photographic work.

Course Details - Modules

Year 1 • Documentary Photography • Photo Imaging: Studio and Lab • Expanded Photographic Practice • Digital Image Construction • The Emergence of Photography • Thinking, making and Writing in Creative Media. Year 2 • Fashion, Editorial and Advertising photography • Photography and the Gallery • Self-Publishing and the Photobook • Professional Practice and Promotion • Contemporary Photographic Debates • Photography Critical Contexts. Year 3 • Pilot Major Project • Major Project • Professional Practice • Research Paper

Course Details – Assessment Method

Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

How to Apply

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: W213

Institution code: L75

Campus Name: LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus

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Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements


Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths and English or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above).

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Minimum Qualification Requirements

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English language requirements

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Unistats information

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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 0%

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Fees and funding

England 9250.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 9250.0 Year 1
Scotland 9250.0 Year 1
Wales 9250.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

Read fees and funding information at https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/fees-and-funding

Provider information

103 Borough Road
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Southwark
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