You will present for assessment

A professionally executed and presented exhibition of work for public display. [Learning Outcomes 1-5] 60%

A contextual document and verbal presentation of the document, outlining research and image interpretation, that places your work in a variety of contexts and summarises its background and intentions. [Learning Outcomes 1-5] 30%

Work in a team for the preperation, organisation, production and promotion of your degree exhibition and publication. [Learning Outcome 6] 10%

You will set up a research project that is engaged with the production and implementation of a self-initiated programme of photographic or lens based work for exhibition. The work presented for exhibition will be supported by a contextual document and verbal presentation. This module is characterised by a series of learning events such as lectures, workshops, briefings and tutorials that allow you to capitalise on your achievements to date and support independent study.

The key skills of visual, written and oral presentation are promoted through this module, and the development of these competencies will enable you to represent your practice to a wide range of audiences. You will also be encouraged to identify and articulate the relationship of your own practice to relevant contexts. In the course of the module you will develop a range of skills that will enable you to produce your graduate exhibition to a high professional standard.

You will need to maintain an adventurous, risk-taking attitude while engaging with the realistic acknowledgement of the constraints imposed by time, space, people and institutions. It is very important that you continue to inform your practice through reading, research and the analysis of imagery from a number of sources. You will be encouraged to consider your practice in relation to a potential career direction and this will inform the form of your final exhibition and promotion of that exhibition.

Lectures
Group tutorials
Individual tutorials
Independent reading and research
Independent practice and experimentation
Group critiques
Technical skills modulettes, as appropriate

Specialist studio and digital facilities, as appropriate Specialist photographic equipmen
Library and slide library Word-processing facilities
Internet access
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Students will determine their own reading list appropriate to their personal proposal of work, with staff guidance. Students are expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities available within the University; keeping abreast of current developments through appropriate periodicals and being aware of the work of the major practitioners in the field.

Indicative reading could include:
Barratt, T. (2005), Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Bate, D (2009), Photography (Key Concepts), Berg
Clarke, G (1992), The Portrait in Photography, Reaktion Books
Durden, M, Fifty Key Writers on Photography ,Routledge Key Guides
Ritchin, F, Bending the frame: Photojournalism, Documentary, and the Citizen, Aperture Books

On-line web resources: Petapixel, Time, foto8
Periodicals: Portfolio, Source, Next Level, Eight, British Journal of Photography

1. USE PHOTOGRAPHY OR OTHER LENS -BASED MEDIA AND WRITTEN MEANS, TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION AND IDEAS TO A SPECIFIC AUDIENCE.
[Communication; Visual Analysis]

2. APPLY SOUND CRITICAL JUDGEMENTS ABOUT YOUR OWN WORK AND THE WORK OF OTHERS, AND DEMONSTRATE A HIGH LEVEL OF VISUAL LITERACY.
[Learning]

3. DEMONSTRATE ADVANCED AND SOPHISTICATED KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY DEBATES AROUND PHOTOJOURNALISM IN RELATION TO YOUR WORK.
[Knowledge & Understanding]

4. UNDERSTAND THE ETHICAL POSITIONING OF YOUR OWN PRACTICE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
[Analysis]

5. CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND REFLECT UPON YOUR WORK, ITS MEANING IN CONTEXT, FUNCTION AND AUDIENCE RECEPTION, USING BOTH WRITTEN AND ORAL MEANS.
[Reflection; Communication]

6. WORK IN A TEAM TO ORGANISE, MOUNT AND PROMOTE YOUR DEGREE EXHIBITION AND PUBLICATION.
[Working with Others]