Course overview

Some of the world’s leading photographers started their careers at University. Like them you’ll learn to explore the place of contemporary photography in our culture. As well as looking at the historical and critical approaches to photography, we believe it’s vital you learn to express your individual creativity and achieve your personal ambitions.

We encourage you to take risks and be open-minded about the broad possibilities of image making. You’ll also face the challenge of critically contextualising your photographic work and undertaking research into historical and contemporary practices. We aim to give you specialist knowledge of photography within a broad understanding of visual culture. And, as the course develops, you should understand how your expertise would lead to a broad range of professional opportunities.

This course is accredited by Creative Skillset.