Course Title: Photography
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5048
Course Title: Photography
Portfolio: DSC
Nominal Hours: 48.0
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
VART5760 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
340T Art |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2007,
Term1 2008 |
Course Contact: Kellyann Geurts
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472
Course Contact Email: kellyann.geurts@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course provides participants with a theoretical and practical introduction to photography. The course serves as a foundation for:
• exploration of possible approaches to photography
• advanced skills in the application of photographic and imaging practices.
Students will extend the basic knowledge gained about camera and printing methods by the production of digital prints. More emphasis is placed on the development of the student’s ideas and concepts, and how these may be applied to the photography process.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
OHTH5322C Follow health, safety and security procedures
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VBS643 Photography |
Learning Outcomes
1. Implement the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policies and procedures appropriate to a range of photographic and imaging processes and practices
2. Explain the basic technical considerations associated with camera operation and image formation
3. Explain the uses of a range of photographic materials and techniques used in the production of photographic images
4. Produce images using appropriate photographic processes and procedures
5. Produce photographic images as representations of objects, situations, and concepts
6. Discuss the representational nature of photography on various levels: as cultural and personal expression, as technology, as documentation, and as design
Overview of Assessment
Folio presentation marked by a panel, with written response.