BTEC NATIONAL DIPLOMA - PHOTOGRAPHY
Art & Design : Full time
Lens based images (photography and film) are probably the largest cultural influence in the world today, having a wider range of application and creative expression than any other form of visual communication. From the use of lens-based media in fine art practice, to commercial, promotional and other media applications, lens-based images are produced for many different purposes, audiences and environments.
The programme is primarily concerned with approaches to contemporary photography practice and provides appropriate learning and teaching to meet the needs of aspiring lens-based practitioners and artistic aspirations.
BTEC National Diploma in Photography aims to provide a high quality subject specialist education that will effectively enable you to progress to employment across a range of lens based media and related industries, or to Higher Education. The course is designed to be exciting, demanding, challenging and intellectually stimulating, offering you a broad lens-based educational experience within an art and design context.
Content of this course may include: Darkroom Application, Darkroom Practice, Design Methods, Digital Imaging, Experimental Imagery, Image Manipulation Computer Applications, Location Techniques, Personal & Professional Development, Professional Practice, Location Photography, Specialist Studio Photography and Studio Techniques.
If you successfully complete this course, with the minimum UCAS points and a supporting portfolio, you will be entitled to a guaranteed place on a Foundation Degree in this subject at Amersham. You then have the opportunity to progress from the Foundation Degree onto our BA Honours Degree in the same subject. You will benefit from a substantially lower HE fee when compared to the university sector and you will already be familiar with our extensive resource base.
| Duration: |
2 year(s) |
| Entry Requirements: |
4 GCSEs at grade C or above including English - submission of portfolio in
appropriate area |
| Assessment: |
see below |
| Additional Information: |
Formative: Informal appraisal and feedback takes place throughout the process of research and development of practical work. This involves you in an ongoing discussion regarding individual progress and achievement. Throughout the programme formative assessment – including peer assessment, group and individual discussions/ seminars, critiques and tutorials, self-assessment and evaluative statements, plus verbal tutor feedback – provides you with guidance on your performance during the unit/assignment.
Summative: Summative assessment occurs at the end of the unit. Assessment criteria and the evidence required to complete assignments are clearly outlined on each assignment brief. The work is assessed against the learning outcomes as specified in the subject/unit handbooks and outlined on project briefs. Assessment is based on practical and/or written and/or verbal presentations. Although formative assessment is undertaken throughout, the final grade awarded is based upon the submission of the completed projects and assignments. Tutors look for evidence that all criteria have been compiled with and all aims and learning outcomes for the assignments have been achieved.
Written feedback is provided at the summative assessment stage, providing you with a record of their level of achievement pertaining to each of the specified learning outcomes for that unit, as well as suggesting how improvements might be attained in the future.
To ensure objectivity and fairness, all assignments work is double marked prior to moderation by external examiners and the submission of final mark to the Subject Examination Board.
All National Diplomas cover the following core / specialist modules: drawing development, historical & contextual understanding, materials, techniques and processes, ideas and concepts, visual communication; art & design exploration; art & design application; art & design realization.
Progression: Foundation Degree Photography & Digital Imaging, with further option of a one year BA(Hons) Photography & Digital Imaging |
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