BA (Hons) Photography

at Edinburgh Napier University

What you study ?

Year 1

• Key technical concepts of photography
• Creative techniques of photography
• Research and communication skills
• Introduction to the histories of photography

Year 2

• Studio and environmental portraiture
• Still life
• Constructed photography
• Editorial
• Landscape
• Histories and theories of photography

Year 3

• Individually tailored photography projects to specific briefs
• Advanced methodologies relevant to photography
• Exhibiting, presenting, printing and digital distribution
• Critical and analytical skills required to support research
• International exchange opportunities

Year 4

• You'll research, develop and produce a body of photographic work, your own bespoke portfolio, a dissertation, and engage with core
• professional development skills required for your future career.
• The course and our recent students and graduates have achieved notable successes, including:
• Awarded Widening Access prize at The Herald Higher Education Awards 2017
• Short-listed for Sony Student World Photography Awards, 2017
• Short-listed for the Peaches and Cream 2017 competition and exhibition, Millennium Images
• Selected for Internship at the J Autumn Fashion Show, Paris, 2015
• Achieved Collaboration Award, Creative Edinburgh Awards, 2015
• Winner of the Jill Todd Photographic Award, 2015
• Selected for commissions by the National Galleries of Scotland, 2014
• 'Documentary Photography Residency' at the British School at Rome, 2013
• Accepted for 'Residency Workshops: Creativity and Photography' at FotoFestiwal Lodz, 2012
• Internship in the Curatorial Dept. of Asheville Art Museum, North Carolina, USA, 2012
• Young Photographers' Alliance Best Fashion/Portraiture Series, 'Small Prints', organized by Humble Arts Foundation and Magenta Flash-Forward Awards, 2011

Popular modules

Year 1

• Photographic Reading and Writing
• Creative Practice 1
• Workflow and Creative Camera techniques
• Histories 1: Photography
• Applied Camera Techniques
• Creative Practice 2

Year 2

• Histories 2
• Photography
• Photo: Studio
• Photo: Landscape
• Theory for Photo Practice
• Sequences and Seriality
• Photo: Constructed

Year 3

• Editorial and Documentary Photography
• Collaboration and Investigation: Site and Context
• The Image and The Archive
• Scoping Industry
• Globalising Feminism
• Photo Practice 3

Year 4

• Project Preparation Photography
• Dissertation Photography
• Professional Development Photography
• Portfolio Photography
• Final Project Photography
   

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught degrees 

IELTS (Academic)
6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

TOEFL Internet Based Test
80 overall with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing

Pearson’s Test of Academic English
56 overall with a minimum of 51 in each component

Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)
ISEII, ISEIII, ISEIV with a pass in each component

LanguageCert English language qualification
B2 Communicator Test with overall 39 or above, and 25 or above in all skills

Students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland will be invoiced the tuition fees for 3 years of their 4 years of study. Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by mainland EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here. For EU students who commenced their studies prior to 1 August 2022 or hold pre or settled status in the UK, fees will remain the same as Scottish Students.

If additional compulsory costs other than the tuition fees are applicable, these will be detailed in the course details. 

                   
Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here.

You’ll be prepared for a position in the highly competitive media and creative industries in Scotland and around the world. Students from the course are established in many areas of the industry and internationally.

Graduates enter the fields of freelance photography, including advertising, architectural, commercial, editorial, fashion photojournalism, and social photography. You could engage with public relations, act as a picture editor, work as a curator, pursue roles in creative agencies, or give back through the widening areas of visual education.