Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Photography Studio 2
Credit Points: 24.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
VART3635 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
340H Art |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 1 2024, Sem 2 2024, Sem 1 2025, Sem 2 2025 |
Course Coordinator: Ray Cook
Course Coordinator Phone: Please email
Course Coordinator Email: ray.cook@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Availability: By email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Required Prior Study
You should have satisfactorily completed VART 3634 Photography Studio 1 before you commence this course.
Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.
Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.
Course Description
In this studio, you will undertake a self-directed studio project in consultation with an academic advisor.
This course is designed to support you in the development of directed research, emerging ideas and how to explore them, the role and value of creative research and methods for expanding critical dimensions in your work.
You will create a folio that locates your work within the narratives and discourse of contemporary photography. While completed photographic works is ultimately the goal, this course takes an early experimental approach to the formation and resolution of creative projects.
To realise your self-directed project, a series of workshops aimed at expanding your technical knowledge and developing your skills for solving complex visual problems is offered. Through this, you will identify areas where further work is required, and, in consultation with your advisor, explore supportive ways of furthering your capabilities.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:
- Apply expert judgement and mastery of appropriate photographic concepts and skills, using an advanced and integrated understanding of creative theories and practice.
- Reflect on your photographic practice, and situate it within a contemporary narrative of photography and the wider social, cultural and global context.
- Analyse, reflect and synthesise complex information to inform the creation of photographic works.
- Solve complex problems through expert practical knowledge and specialised technical skills.
- Identify, evaluate and resolve both practical and theoretical challenges in combining academic research and writing with reflective practices in photographic production to successfully complete and communicate practice-led photographic research.
- Work autonomously and with others in collaborative environments to seek innovative and critically reflective solutions and outcomes.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Effectively initiate self-directed projects that are informed by theoretical and conceptual ideas
- Use research as a way of directing and informing creative projects to more critically engage with a photographic practice
- Identify and interrogate photography in a global context
- Apply advanced technical skills in the production of photographic work
Overview of Learning Activities
Your learning in this course is studio based and takes place through a series of lectures, workshops and tutorials, as well through access to online materials, instructional tutorials and readings.
At the beginning of the course, you will be assigned a supervisor to help formulate how your project for the semester will be realised. You will meet regularly with your supervisor to explore options and discuss outcomes.
You will present your work in a series of open critique sessions with academic staff and your peers. Critique sessions are designed to support the resolution of your work, as well as to facilitate the development of your ability to analyse and interpret photographic works.
Overview of Learning Resources
You will have access to a range of facilities across the school to support your area of practice such as workshops, studios, computer labs and study spaces.
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
The University Library has extensive resources for School of Art students. The Library has produced a subject guide that includes quality online and print resources for your studies Library Subject Guides
An extensive searchable reading list is made available to all enrolled students via Canvas.
Additional support for academic writing can be accessed through the RMIT’s Study & Learning Centre
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1: Proposal for Folio of Photographic Works, 15% (LO2, LO3)
Assessment Task 2: Skills Analysis and Presentation, 35% (LO2, LO3)
Assessment Task 3: Folio of Photographic Works, 50% (LO1, LO4)
The Proposal is a document that outlines your proposed project for the Folio of Photographic Works, describing your concepts, contextual research, and methods.
The Skills and Analysis Presentation is a review of your photographic capabilities. It should articulate an awareness of possible directions you might take in developing expertise in photographic production.
The Folio of Photographic Work assessment encourages experimentation and an opening up of your practice. You will be expected to apply new theories, ways of creating images and an expansive attitude to photography.
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.