Art Degrees Online

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 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