Marine & Natural History Photography with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Explore your creativity and expand your professional skills by entering the creative industries on an Integrated Foundation Year degree. Taught over four years, these courses include an introductory year to build a solid foundation before you go on to specialise in your chosen subject at degree level. <br/><br/>If youre interested in taking on a new subject, or have been out of education for a while, then our Integrated Foundation Year courses might just be for you. <br/><br/>These four-year courses include an introductory year to help you build the core skills needed for degree-level study. <br/><br/>This is a chance for you to let your imagination run wild and explore your creativity, expand your professional skills and develop enhanced subject knowledge. Well help you nurture your expertise in problem solving, risk-taking, designing and making as you develop your abilities. <br/><br/>Tell powerful conservation stories with your camera.<br/><br/>With Cornwall’s landscape as your studio, on this Marine & Natural History Photography degree you’ll explore terrestrial and marine environments through still and moving imagery. Working with some of the best photographic equipment of any UK university, and backed by scientific and environmental knowledge, you’ll learn to tell powerful conservation stories with your camera. <br/><br/>You will:<br/>Develop technical, design thinking and production skills in your chosen specialism <br/>Learn teamwork, leadership and project management skills through a variety of learning environments <br/>Develop critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills through the development of unique and innovative projects <br/>Go on to study your chosen course specialism at degree level<br/>Take part in regular photography field trips <br/>Have the option to learn professional underwater photography <br/>Take your skills to the industry through work placements with big brands and studios, which form a key part of the second year <br/>Be supported by staff who are global practitioners in photography, filmmaking, art, science and exploration <br/>Build technical expertise using our cutting-edge photographic equipment, as well as studios, post-production suites and dark rooms <br/>Follow in the footsteps of former students who’ve travelled to the likes of the Ecuadorian rainforest and Norwegian glaciers to produce their Major Project <br/>Become part of an alumni community that’s worked with companies including the BBC and Netflix as well as developing successful independent ventures.