NM3203 - Photomedia Portfolio

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

This subject involves the study of contemporary practice in the field of photography and digital imaging, through research and practice. This subject is intended to enhance each student's understanding of the context of their image making. Students develop a personal self directed project, and undertake autonomous research towards the development of their individual approach and aesthetic. Students investigate the networks, communities and markets which support and ground their emerging practice and map the relationship of their research to the production of new work, or a program for future work. The essential goal is to develop as an independent practitioner, the work grounded with an awareness of audience, method and market, with a view to producing a sustainable practice after graduation.

Learning Outcomes

• Established awareness of the roles and interconnectivity of others in the field of photography and digital imaging;
• Established experience of researching and creating a photographic project based on an identified individual creative direction;
• Enhanced awareness of industry/cultural aspects of photomedia practice.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:

18CP OF LEVEL 1 SUBJECTS AND NM2204

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coord/Lect:	Adam Brown.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	interim report (10%); research report (20%); folio (70%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.