MRes Photography provides an exciting opportunity for students to pursue an individual research project, which may be practice-based, historical, critical, curatorial or theoretical.

Programme highlights

High profile photography department; academic staff exhibit/publish individually and contribute within the Research Centre for Land/Water and the Visual Arts.
Facilities include a purpose built daylight studio; digital and analogue dark rooms.

Entry requirements

A 2:1 honours degree or above in Photography or a related subject; or an equivalent degree from overseas. Evidence that you are ready to pursue your proposed project. IELTS of 6.5 minimum or equivalent.
Duration

1 year full-time or two years part-time
Contact email

artsresearch@plymouth.ac.uk
Contact details

Research & Graduate Affairs
Faculty of Arts

Tel: +44 (0)1752 585030
General programme structure

We particularly welcome research proposals in the following areas: land and environment; camera-less photography; contemporary art practices; documentary and reportage; architectural photography; women’s photography. The programme engages current ideas and debates, skills and methodologies for research into or through photography.

The programme comprises three assessed modules:
Photography, the practice of research, shared with the taught Masters programmes in photography (30 credits)
Research in the Arts and Humanities (30 credits)
A masters thesis or approved research project (120 credits)

The project/thesis may be assessed entirely through written work, or through a substantial practical project accompanied by an extended contextual essay.

Full-time students take Photography, the practice of research in term one, Research in the Arts and Humanities in terms one and two, and their project/thesis across the whole academic year.

Part-time students take the two taught modules in year one and carry out their project/thesis in year two.

The project/thesis is taught via one-to-one supervision during term time and through contact by arrangement up to final submission in September.

Students are also encouraged to attend research seminars in a wide variety of arts disciplines, and the faculty-wide training events.
Detailed programme structure

We will help you to ground your chosen project in the latest theoretical and conceptual approaches in photography studies and beyond. This programme explicitly embeds research skills to prepare graduates for MPhil/PhD programmes.
Teaching and learning will take place through one-to-one meetings/tutorials; group seminars, discussions and workshops; staff/student research seminars; lectures/presentations by staff and visiting practitioners/academics; written feedback;

MA Photography and the Land is a thematic award that offers you the opportunity to develop your photographic practice, knowledge and understanding through research and photographic projects exploring issues related to land, landscape and the environment.

Programme highlights

· Staff team with significant international experience in diverse landscape practice
· Southwest location with unique mixture of rural, urban, industrial and leisure landscapes
· Arts faculty energetically developing its inter-disciplinary links
Entry requirements

A good honours degree in photography or a related visual communication subject. Appropriate professional experience may also be considered. An interview, portfolio and written piece of work will be required. IELTS of 6.5 or equivalent.
Duration

1 year full time or two years part time
Contact email

artspostgrad@plymouth.ac.uk
Contact details

Postgraduate Admissions
Faculty of Arts

Tel: +44 (0) 1752 585100
General programme structure

Photography: the practice of research examines models of photographic practice-based research methodology and gives an opportunity to initiate fields of individual visual and conceptual enquiry. You begin a process of consolidating technical understanding relevant to your practice.

Land, landscape and photography historic and contemporary: through critical examination of photographic landscape practices, you familiarise yourselves with, and question, ways in which you can investigate, respond to and engage with issues associated with land and the environment.

MA project proposal: through practice, research, seminars, tutorials and workshops you consolidate the work begun in the first module, defining your MA project proposal and testing this thoroughly through practice.

Interdisciplinary interpretations: landscape practice examines and reflects upon interdisciplinary approaches to the study, interpretation and understanding of land, landscape and environment, linking photography with others fields of knowledge: geographical, ecological, historical, philosophical, etc and provides the opportunity to extend the conceptual frame of your project.

MA photographic project: asks you to resolve an individual project presented in an appropriate form and context to consolidate your MA photographic research practice. A written report provides critical commentary to your practice.

MA Photography and the Book is a unique award that offers you the opportunity to develop your photographic practice, knowledge and understanding through the resolution of individual projects where the dominant but not exclusive form of dissemination is a book or bookwork.

It is also intended to provide those with an editorial or curatorial photographic practice with the opportunity to develop and resolve original projects in book forms.

The programme has an ethos of experimentation, creativity, risk-taking, research and authorship which, combined with extended practice, leads to the development of a critical and theoretical understanding of the medium of photography.

Programme highlights

Staff team with extensive international experience of photography and editing, designing and publishing
Full range of new photographic resources in a complex alongside media, design and print resourses
Links with an established Publishing MA

The Scott Building, where you will be based and where these resources are housed, also contains the Faculty’s Printmaking and Letterpress workshops.
Entry requirements

A good honours degree in photography or a related visual communication subject.
Appropriate professional experience may also be considered. An interview, portfolio and written piece of work will be required. IELTS of 6.5 or equivalent.

Duration

1 year full time or 2 years part time
Contact email

artspostgrad@plymouth.ac.uk
Contact details

Postgraduate Admissions
Faculty of Arts

Tel: +44 (0) 1752 585100

General programme structure

Photography: the practice of research examines models of photographic practice-based research methodology and gives an opportunity to initiate fields of individual visual and conceptual enquiry. You begin a process of consolidating technical understanding relevant to your practice.

The photobook: historically and now considers the book as a mode of dissemination of ideas and images, through critical examination of photography books, and books illustrated photographically, historically and now.

MA project proposal: through practice, research, seminars, tutorials and workshops you consolidate the work begun in the first module, defining your MA project proposal and testing this thoroughly through practice.

The photobook: production and publishing develops an understanding of the arenas of editing, design, copywriting, print, binding and the distribution and marketing of photographic books within the contemporary fields of book publishing, through seminars, tutorials, exercises, workshops and visits.

MA Photographic project: asks you to resolve an individual project in the form of a photographic book or bookwork/s, with a report or dissertation providing a critical commentary to your practice. The module therefore provides you with a context to consolidate your MA practice.

For further course enquiries call info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia).

The standard equivalent full-time load at CSU is 64 points studied over two sessions, or four 8 point subjects per session. NB: only a small number of courses are offered in trimesters (three sessions per year).

Phase out of domestic full fee paying undergraduate places:

Commencing from 2009, in line with Australian Governments committment to phase out domestic full fee paying undergraduate places in public universities.

please refer to the fees schedule for commonwealth supported students
Starting from 2009 CSU

To access your tuition fees, first select the appropriate Faculty below:
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Business
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Science

For additional information about the higher education reforms, visit: http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/
Undergraduate Fee Paying Places in the Faculty of Arts for 2009

As a fee paying student, the Australian Government does not contribute towards your study costs; you pay a tuition fee for each subject in the course. Fee paying students may be eligible for a loan to help pay for tuition fees through the Commonwealth Government Fee Help program.

For further course enquiries call info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia).

The standard equivalent full-time load at CSU is 64 points studied over two sessions, or four 8 point subjects per session. NB: only a small number of courses are offered in trimesters (three sessions per year).

To calculate Tuition Fees:
Go to the course information for your chosen course and consult the course structure to determine the subject codes.
Got to the subject band information [.xls] page to identify how many points and which band your subject s fall into.
Refer to the 2009 Undergraduate tuition fees schedule below to determine the relevant fee level for each subject.
Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Course Fees Faculty of Arts Course Fee per 8 point subject
All Bands
Faculty of Arts all Domestic Fee Paying Undergraduate Courses $1,200

Above, excludes Employer Reserved arrangements

Students who fail a subject and have to repeat it are required to pay for the subject again.
The published fees are for 2009 only. Fees are reviewed annually and may change throughout the duration of your course of study.

Payment due dates for fees.

Undergraduate Fee paying places in the Faculty of Business for 2009

As a fee paying student, the Australian Government does not contribute towards your study costs; you pay a tuition fee for each subject in the course. Fee paying students may be eligible for a loan to help pay for tuition fees through the Commonwealth Government Fee Help program.

For further course enquiries call info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia).

The standard equivalent full-time load at CSU is 64 points studied over two sessions, or four 8 point subjects per session. NB: only a small number of courses are offered in trimesters (three sessions per year).

To calculate Tuition Fees:
Go to the course information for your chosen course and consult the course structure to determine the subject codes.
Got to the subject band information [.xls] page to identify how many points and which band your subject s fall into.
Refer to the 2009 Undergraduate tuition fees schedule below to determine the relevant fee level for each subject
Faculty of Business Undergraduate Course Fees Faculty of Business Course Fee per 8 point subject
All Bands
Faculty of Business – All Domestic Fee Paying undergraduate Courses – CSU Campus’s $1,200
Faculty of Business – Bachelor of Hotel Management (study through Holmesglen TAFE) ++ $1,420

++ offered to students studying through Holmesglen TAFE, Melbourne who have gained permanent residency status.

Above, excludes Employer Reserved arrangements

Students who fail a subject and have to repeat it are required to pay for the subject again.
The published fees are for 2009 only. Fees are reviewed annually and may increase throughout the duration of your course of study.

Payment due dates for fees.

Undergraduate Fee paying places in the Faculty of Education for 2009

As a fee paying student, the Australian Government does not contribute towards your study costs; you pay a tuition fee for each subject in the course. Fee paying students may be eligible for a loan to help pay for tuition fees through the Commonwealth Government Fee Help program.

For further course enquiries call info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia).

The standard equivalent full-time load at CSU is 64 points studied over two sessions, or four 8 point subjects per session. NB: only a small number of courses are offered in trimesters (three sessions per year).

To calculate Tuition Fees:
Go to the course information for your chosen course and consult the course structure to determine the subject codes.
Got to the subject band information [.xls] page to identify how many points and which band your subject s fall into.
Refer to the 2009 Undergraduate tuition fees schedule below to determine the relevant fee level for each subject
Faculty of Education Undergraduate Course Fees Faculty of Education Fee per 8 point subject
All Bands
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Mathematics) $1,452
Bachelor of Education (Technology & Applied Studies) $1,452
Faculty of Education – All other Domestic Fee Paying undergraduate courses $1,200

Above, excludes Employer Reserved arrangements

Students who fail a subject and have to repeat it are required to pay for the subject again.
The published fees are for 2009 only. Fees are reviewed annually and may increase throughout the duration of your course of study.

Payment due dates for fees.

Undergraduate Fee paying places in the Faculty of Science for 2009

As a fee paying student, the Australian Government does not contribute towards your study costs; you pay a tuition fee for each subject in the course. Fee paying students may be eligible for a loan to help pay for tuition fees through the Commonwealth Government Fee Help program.

For further course enquiries call info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia).

The standard equivalent full-time load at CSU is 64 points studied over two sessions, or four 8 point subjects per session. NB: only a small number of courses are offered in trimesters (three sessions per year).

To calculate Tuition Fees:
Go to the course information for your chosen course and consult the course structure to determine the subject codes.
Got to the subject band information [.xls] page to identify how many points and which band your subject s fall into.
Refer to the 2009 Undergraduate tuition fees schedule below to determine the relevant fee level for each subject
Faculty of Science Undergraduate Course Fees Faculty of Science Fee per 8 point subjectAll Bands
Faculty of Science-All Domestic Fee Paying undergraduate courses $1,200

Above, excludes Employer Reserved arrangements
Undergraduate Fee Paying Places for 2009 – Studied On Campus

There will be no Undergraduate Fee Paying places on offer for 2009