Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Photography
- 3 years
- Duration
- 17,500 GBP/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Farnham / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
Our BA (Hons) Photography degree at UCA Farnham will help you push your photography horizons and create outstanding work if capturing a moment on camera is your passion but you want to experiment more and try out other ways.
With a long and rich history spanning more than 80 years, this course has built a strong reputation for exploring fresh perspectives on photography as a discipline. Thematic core modules will be taught to you, and they will contain research-led lectures, a variety of hands-on workshops, introductory critical and creative assignments, workshops, and cross-course collaborations. All of these are intended to let you experiment and create your own independent practice.
You'll have access to a variety of digital and analog facilities, and since Photography is part of an interdisciplinary group of courses with Fine Art and Digital Art, you'll have the chance to participate in cross-course elective units and collaborative opportunities, both of which will enhance your learning and allow you to design a program around your research interests.
Our highly regarded teaching staff brings with them strong research credentials and contacts to the business on a national and worldwide scale. Additionally, we have acknowledged recent student accomplishments such as 2021 alumni speaking at Photo London, getting selected for the Graduate Show at the Photographers' Gallery, and being included in the Graduate Issue of Photoworks.
As a graduate, you could pursue a career in photography or in one of the businesses related to it, such as editorial, advertising, fine art, documentary filmmaking, gallery/project management, etc.
Program structure
Year 1
- Launch Week
- The Real
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity
- Elective – Printmaking
- Elective - Digital Storytelling
- Opportunity Week
- The Body
- Professional Identities
- Learning Enhancement
Year 2
- Launch Week
- Spatial Practices
- The Conscious Practitioner
- Conceptual Disciplinary Elective
- Opportunity Week
- Expanded Practices
- Professional Development
- Professional Experience
Year 3
- Launch Week
- Final Major Project – Development
- Critical Contexts
- Opportunity Week
- Final Major Project: Realisation
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have:
- High school leaving certificate or equivalent.
- A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with CGPA 3.8.
English Language requirements for BA/BSc courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.0
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 80
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 169
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Merit, Reading Merit, Speaking Merit, Writing Merit, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 33, Reading 33, Speaking 33, Writing 33, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
For these course, you must perform an individual piece as an audition. This piece can be up to two minutes long and can be one of the following: a brief modern text (play or screenplay); a short piece of Shakespeare; or an original work you have composed.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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