Course Title: Photography Studio 4
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Photography Studio 4
Credit Points: 24.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
VART3637 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
340H Art |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 1 2024 |
Course Coordinator: Dr Pia Johnson
Course Coordinator Phone: Please email
Course Coordinator Email: pia.johnson@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Building 6
Course Coordinator Availability: via email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Required Prior Study
You should have satisfactorily completed VART3636 Photography Studio 3 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 finalise your projects, and complete a resolved folio of work for the capstone event of your program – Professional Folio Presentation. This will take the form of a presentation of your work for an external moderator from industry. During this studio course you will consolidate your editing, selection, and determine the most appropriate form of presentation for your work.
Central to this studio is the formal critique of your work with your academic staff and peers. During the critique you will develop advanced presentation strategies to comprehensively exhibit and/or present your work.
This course includes a work integrated learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.
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.
- Independently engage in continued learning to acquire the knowledge, skills and initiative to complete and communicate independent advanced research in one or more fields of photographic practice.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Employ specialised and comprehensive knowledge and skill to realise a photographic project for professional presentation
- Professionally exhibit and/or present your work in a way that is appropriate to the context of your project(s)
- Demonstrate mastery of photographic skills and methods in the creation of a professional level folio of photographic work.
- Articulate the social, historical and theoretical frameworks that have influenced your 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 as through access to online materials, instructional tutorials and readings.
he primary focus of this course is the final presentation of a resolved body of photographic works, presented for external examination.
A series of open critique sessions are designed to support the resolution of your work, as well as facilitate your ongoing skills in analysis and interpretation of photographic works.
During the course you will produce photographic works, with access to photographic studios, editing facilities and printing facilities
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 learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.
You will be expected to submit creative photographic works made during this course, as well as reflective material and analysis papers.
There are three assessment tasks for this course:
Assessment Task 1. Professional Folio Presentation 50% LO1 LO2 LO3
Assessment Task 2. Professional Folio Presentation Report 35% LO1 LO4
Assessment Task 3. Proposal for Folio of Photographic Works 15% LO1 LO4
The Professional Folio Presentation assessment task is designed to formalise your project(s), finalise your intentions, and complete a body of photographic work ready for professional presentation.
The Professional Folio Presentation Report assessment task is a paper analysing your choices for final presentation.
The Proposal is a short document that outlines your proposed artwork for the Professional Folio Presentation describing your concepts, contextual research and methods.
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.
A Student Charter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online: Assessment and Results
Late submission or presentation of assessable work without an approved extension or special consideration will be penalised as follows:
- Completed work submitted 1 to 7 days late will incur a penalty of 5% per day
- Work submitted after day 7 will not be assessed
- Weekends and holiday periods are included in the calculation of the late penalty
How the penalty is calculated:
Example - Work is submitted 6 days late, incurring a penalty of 30% (6 x 5% = 30%). The submission receives a result of 60 out of 100. 60 - 30% = 42. The numerical result for that assessment submission is modified from 60 to 42. The result of 42 is used to calculate the final grade for the course.