
Photography BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Photography BA (Hons)
By providing you with a solid foundation in photographic theory and practice, this course will offer you the opportunity to take risks, explore ideas and realise your creative potential. The course aims to create flexible, resourceful and creative photographers with well-developed transferable skills, that can be applied to a broad range of commercial, commerce and art based careers.
You will work with industry-standard equipment and studios to support you from image capture through to exhibition. You will learn to apply a range of practical contemporary photographic and di...
By providing you with a solid foundation in photographic theory and practice, this course will offer you the opportunity to take risks, explore ideas and realise your creative potential. The course aims to create flexible, resourceful and creative photographers with well-developed transferable skills, that can be applied to a broad range of commercial, commerce and art based careers.<br/><br/>You will work with industry-standard equipment and studios to support you from image capture through to exhibition. You will learn to apply a range of practical contemporary photographic and digital skills in order to explore the creative and intellectual potential of existing, experimental and digital photographic techniques and their application within the creative arts and media industries.<br/><br/>Some of the career routes that photography graduates go on to include, archivists, assistants, art directors, curators, digital artists, exhibiting photographers, freelancers, picture researchers, printers, retouches, studio managers, teachers, videographers. You will also have the potential to move across into related careers in marketing, branding, technical support and PR.<br/><br/><strong>You will:</strong> <br/><br/><br/>• Learn to develop your individual creative ability with the support of dedicated practitioners and tutors who have extensive experience in the field <br/><br/><br/><br/>• Learn to explore a range of professional photographic specialisms <br/><br/><br/><br/>• Learn your practice with an emphasis on hybrid, experimental and trans-media platforms <br/><br/><br/><br/>For further information please visit our website; https://www.salford.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/photography
Course Information
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
09/2026
Campus
Peel Park Campus
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
W640
Institution Code
S03
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
104
112
To include an Art and Design subject.
Scottish Higher
104 - 112 UCAS tariff points in an Art and Design subject.
Access to HE Diploma
104 - 112 UCAS tariff points in an Art and Design subject.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
30
31
To include an Art and Design subject.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM
In an Art and Design subject.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
104 - 112 UCAS tariff points in an Art and Design subject.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE English Language at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent) is required. Maths at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent) is preferred but not essential. You must fulfil our GCSE entry requirements in addition to the Level 3 qualification requirements.
A level
104 - 112 UCAS Points with a B/C grade in an Art and Design subject. General Studies accepted.
T Level
M
To include an Art and Design subject.
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