Photography Graduate at College Of The Holy Cross
The photography course gives you the opportunity to develop a personal and structured approach to project work by exploring ideas and the work of other photographers, developing your critical faculties in both practical and written work and acquiring a high level of composition and presentation skills.
Future Prospects
There are many careers open to students with a photography qualification, including professional photography, journalism, arts administration, advertising, fashion, television, communications, art direction, interactive design and teaching.
What Will I Be Studying?
This is a specialist course which involves work in black and white and colour photography. Your work will also use both digital and darkroom photography and there will be some computer based work. This course combines coursework with an external examination project. AS (first year) The AS examination is made up of one coursework project and a controlled test supported by preliminary studies. A2 (second year) The A2 examination builds on work done in the first year and is made up of one coursework project, a relating written and illustrated critical and contextual study and a controlled test supported by preliminary studies.
Levels
AS & A2
Entry Requirements
General college entry requirements. (See page 9 for details.) You do not have to have any previous experience of photography or drawing skills for this course.