BA (Hons) Photography Bachelor's degree at the University of Suffolk

This module introduces you to the key concepts and practices of documentary photography, focusing on the development of a coherent visual body of work alongside a sustained body of research. It situates documentary practice within its historical, critical and contemporary contexts, engaging with ongoing debates around representation, authorship, truth, ethics and the evolving role of the photographic image.

This module introduces you to the critical and practical intersections between photography, environment, and activism. Working on location, you will explore how photographers respond to ecological and social issues within specific landscapes or communities in addition to producing a body of work based on your interpretation of the theme.

This module introduces you to the historical relationships between photography and colonialism, to the continuing effects of those histories on visual culture and how the "colonial gaze" has evolved since the 19th century. Photography's function as both a document and a tool of empire will be explored, and you will also engage with contemporary photographic works that draw critically on colonial archives and representations. The module encourages you towards historical awareness and basic critic

This module introduces you to the role that narrative plays in the conception, production, and interpretation of photographic practice. Throughout this six-week module, you will explore how storytelling operates as both a creative and critical framework through which meaning is constructed and communicated within visual culture.

This module is designed to give a good grounding in the techniques associated with producing photographic images to a higher standard, pushing you towards achieving a professional level of technique and finish in both your production and output. You will be expected to engage in discussion and research concerning photographic production and technique. The practical element of this module will introduce a number of varied skills within photography: studio and location lighting will be covered, al

Independent Practice provides you with the opportunity to conceive, develop and realise a guided self-directed photographic project that demonstrates independence, conceptual clarity, and critical depth. Positioned at a pivotal point within Level 5, the module consolidates the technical, intellectual, and contextual skills acquired in earlier study, while introducing a research-led framework that supports your progression towards final-year study.

The Photobook introduces you to the photobook as an influential and critically significant form within contemporary photographic practice. Serving simultaneously as an artistic medium and a mode of practice-based research, the photobook provides photographers with a unique space in which sequencing, narrative construction, materiality, and design coalesce to shape meaning

This module enables you to explore collaboration as a conceptual, creative, and professional practice, developing skills in communication, negotiation, shared authorship, reflective practice, and critical engagement.

This module will introduce you to a wide range of issues of importance to professional practitioners in the creative industries and aims to equip you with the skills to embark on their career in the sector. You will be introduced to the practical, investigative and analytical skills to operate in the creative industries.

Building on the level 4 module 'Photography: Histories and Contemporary Legacies', this module further encourages critical engagement with key historical and contemporary debates on photography. The module culminates in a substantial piece of academic writing that situates photographic practices within clearly defined theoretical, historical and/or contemporary contexts. Essential skills of research, argumentation, academic writing and referencing are embedded into module delivery enabling you t

The Degree Project: Preparation module enables you to consolidate and extend your creative, technical and theoretical knowledge in order to define, plan and begin the development of your final major photographic project. It is designed to support you in moving from exploratory practice to a clearly articulated body of work grounded in research, reflection and critical context.

The Dissertation module uses the historical awareness, critical engagement and academic skills developed at Levels 4 and 5 to support and enable you in undertaking an extended, self-directed piece of critical research focused on an aspect of photography and/or visual culture. You are expected to define an original research question, situate it within relevant historical and/or contemporary theoretical debate, and sustain a coherent critical argument. The module emphasises rigorous research pract

The Degree Project: Resolution module provides you with the opportunity to realise a resolved and conceptually coherent body of photographic work that demonstrates advanced creative, technical, and critical abilities. Building on the foundations established in Degree Project: Preparation, you will refine your visual language, evaluate your research findings, and bring your ideas to resolution through sustained independent practice. The module encourages you to synthesise your contextual research

This module builds on the level 5 module Professional Practice and will equip you with the professional, strategic, and entrepreneurial skills necessary to advance their photographic careers in the contemporary creative industries.

This module provides you with the opportunity to consolidate your creative practice through the professional realisation, curation, and exhibition of your photographic work. Building upon prior modules focused on concept development and image production, this short, intensive unit centres on the resolution and presentation of a cohesive body of work for your end of year graduate exhibition. You will be expected to critically engage with the practical, aesthetic, and conceptual considerations of