Art Degrees Online

Course Code BPH203
Fee Code S2
Number of Assignments 8
Duration (approx) 100 hours

COURSE STRUCTURE
There are 8 lessons as follows:
INTRODUCTION
THE MAIN PRINCIPLES
CREATING DIFFERENT AFFECTS
PHOTOGRAPHING NATURAL AREAS
PHOTOGRAPHING STREETSCAPES
PHOTOGRAPHING WATER
DEVELOPING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC STYLE
MAJOR PROJECT

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school’s tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

SUMMARY OF AIMS
To know and understand the equipment and materials used in photography.
Create different affects photographing the same landscape.
Compose a well-balanced photo.
Utilise form to create a three dimensional affect.
Develop your own photographic style.

WHAT THE COURSE COVERS
Here are just some of the things you may be doing:
Revision of the basics of photography.
Building a resource file.
Applying principles of landscape photography to evaluate published photos.
Choosing equipment and materials appropriate to specified needs.
Using filters to create different effects.
Dealing with a range of problems found in natural areas, including uneven light, shade, glare, etc.
Photographing buildings and streetscapes.
The characteristics of water and its affect on photography.
Selecting and composing a photograph to create the predetermined affect.
Create a folio of landscape photographs.

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:
THE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION COUNCIL
THE AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
AGP (ACS GLOBAL PARTNER)
BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
STUDY GOLD COAST

Course Code VPH009
Fee Code DI
Number of Modules 21
Duration (approx) 2100 hours

COURSE AIM

The Diploma in Photojournalism is a broad based, practically oriented training course that will develop the essential skills required to work in this field. The student will develop a variety of written and photographic work that can be used as the basis for a professional portfolio.

COURSE STRUCTURE

This diploma course is made up of 18 modules (1800 hrs total)

PLUS Research Project l and Research Project ll (200 hrs total)

PLUS 100 hours of work experience or industry meetings (100 hrs).

To fulfill the requirements of the diploma, the student must complete all course Set Task and Assignments, and pass an exam for each study module (18 exams).
Industry Meetings

This involves participating in at least 100 hrs of seminars, workshops, committee meetings, meetings of local journalists or photographers.

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:
THE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION COUNCIL
THE AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
AGP (ACS GLOBAL PARTNER)
BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
STUDY GOLD COAST

Course Code VPH011
Fee Code AS
Number of Modules 15
Duration (approx) 1500 hours

COURSE CONTENT

This course is made up of 15 modules, listed below. Details can be seen on the relevant websites.

Introduction to Photography

Discuss the principles those underpins photography and examine the evolution into digital technologies.
Explain how photographic images are able to be captured on film. This lesson will also explain how photographic images are able to be captured by digital cameras.
Provide you with a firm understanding of how you can work at improving your capabilities with respect to taking photographs. It provides a framework, upon which you will base your work in future lessons.
Determine appropriate application for a range of common items of photographic equipment and develop an understanding of how digital images can be transferred effectively from a digital camera
Explain how photographic film is developed.
Describe the process by which photographic film may be enlarged. Also explain techniques that can be used to process digital photographs within a computer to achieve improved or changed images.
Work more effectively with light when taking photographs.
To identify and avoid common faults in photographs

Course Code VPH003
Fee Code AS
Number of Modules 15
Duration (approx) 1500 hours

This course is designed as a foundation for a career in either electronic or print media publishing.

The course aims to provide a broad cross section of skills which are of value in a publishing organisation.

Research has shown that graduates with broad based knowledge such as this have enhanced career prospects.

Modules required include (Click on underlined modules for more details):
Publishing I
Freelance writing
Advanced freelance writing
Publishing II
Introduction to photography
Photographic technology
Photographic practice
Editing I
Writing an internet web site (HTML)
Adobe Photoshop
Advertising and promotions
Research project I
100hrs industry meetings
plus two elective modules chosen from the fopllowing: Publishing II, Publishing III, Editing II, Photographic Lighting, Photographing People, Children’s Writing, Technical Writing, E Commerce, ASP.Net programming, Macromedia Flash, or Visual Basic.Net.

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:

THE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION COUNCIL

THE AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING

AGP (ACS GLOBAL PARTNER)

BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

STUDY GOLD COAST