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BP117 · RMIT University · Bachelor degree

Bachelor of Photography

College of Design and Social Context

Minimum ATAR
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Full time
3 years
Part time
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Credit points
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Campus
Melbourne City
Mode
On campus

Overview

We approach photography as a practice that impacts all aspects of society.

Master the art of photography. Learn in state-of-the-art facilities, and utilise the creative and practical tools to hone your talent behind the camera.

Course structure

Open a major, minor or specialisation to see its units.

Year One of Program

72 cp

Students must complete a series of compulsory onboarding modules during their first semester or study period. Complete 72 credit points from the following: AND Complete 24 credit points from your chosen combination:

  • VART3824Photography Foundation12 cp
  • VART3592Fundamental Photographic Techniques12 cp
  • VART3794Place and Context12 cp
  • VART3765Digital Materialities in Creative Practice12 cp
  • VART3594Photography Histories and Theories12 cp
  • VART3816Digital Skills for Photography12 cp

Year Two of Program

96 cp

Complete 96 credit points from your chosen combination.

Year Three of Program

72 cp

Complete 72 credit points from your chosen combination. AND Complete 24 credit points from the following:

Program Majors:

List of Program Majors:

Major: Client-centred Photography

  • VART1710Editorial Photography12 cp
  • VART3596Photographic Lighting and Representation12 cp
  • VART3828Translating Spaces: Architectural and Interior Photography12 cp
  • VART3814Contemporary Photographic Practice12 cp
  • VART3827Transforming Objects: Contemporary Product Photography12 cp
  • VART3819Expanded Photographic Practice12 cp
  • VART3820Fashion Photography Futures12 cp
  • VART3039Contextualising Photographic Practice12 cp

Major: World-centred Photography

Major: Art-centred Photography

  • VART3822Photographic Material Thinking12 cp
  • VART3596Photographic Lighting and Representation12 cp
  • VART3823Photography and Environment12 cp
  • VART3814Contemporary Photographic Practice12 cp
  • VART3826The Performed Image: Photography and Identity12 cp
  • VART3819Expanded Photographic Practice12 cp
  • VART3821Photographic Exhibition Practice12 cp
  • VART3039Contextualising Photographic Practice12 cp

School of Art Majors:

List of School of Art Majors

Major: Expanded Media Arts

AND

  • OART1121Expanded Media Arts Studio 112 cp
  • OART1122Expanded Media Arts Studio 212 cp
  • OART1123Expanded Media Arts Studio 312 cp
  • OART1124Expanded Media Arts Studio 412 cp
  • OART1118AI for Creative Practice12 cp
  • OART1120Digital Dimensions: 3D Modelling and Extended Reality (XR)12 cp
  • VART2022Experimental Animation12 cp
  • VART3822Photographic Material Thinking12 cp
  • VART3825Picturing Power12 cp
  • VART3801Projection, Light and Optics12 cp
  • VART3808Sound Art, Composition and Installation12 cp
  • VART3464Video Art12 cp

Program Minors:

List of Program Minors:

Minor: Client-centred Photography

  • VART1710Editorial Photography12 cp
  • VART3828Translating Spaces: Architectural and Interior Photography12 cp
  • VART3827Transforming Objects: Contemporary Product Photography12 cp
  • VART3820Fashion Photography Futures12 cp

Minor: World-centred Photography

Minor: Art-centred Photography

  • VART3822Photographic Material Thinking12 cp
  • VART3823Photography and Environment12 cp
  • VART3826The Performed Image: Photography and Identity12 cp
  • VART3821Photographic Exhibition Practice12 cp

School of Art Minors:

List of School of Art Minors

Minor: Art History & Theory

  • HUSO2453Art Theory: Society and Environment12 cp
  • HUSO2452Art Theory: Materiality and Technology12 cp
  • HUSO2455Twentieth Century Art: Global Modernisms and Beyond12 cp
  • VART3749Art and Social Practice12 cp

Minor: Expanded Media Arts

  • OART1118AI for Creative Practice12 cp
  • OART1120Digital Dimensions: 3D Modelling and Extended Reality (XR)12 cp
  • VART2022Experimental Animation12 cp
  • VART3822Photographic Material Thinking12 cp
  • VART3825Picturing Power12 cp
  • VART3801Projection, Light and Optics12 cp
  • VART3808Sound Art, Composition and Installation12 cp
  • VART3464Video Art12 cp

Minor: Public Art & Social Practice

  • VART3749Art and Social Practice12 cp
  • OART1125Working Collaboratively: Forms for Encounter and Exchange12 cp
  • VART3627Creative Practice in Place: Working with unceded lands12 cp
  • VART3753Blue Sky Lab: Expanding Art Practice through Fieldwork12 cp
  • VART3504Performance and Live Art12 cp
  • VART2027Public Art Projects12 cp
  • OART1119Creative Enterprise12 cp

Minor: Contemporary Art

  • VART3480Artists' Books12 cp
  • VART3478Photographic Screenprinting12 cp
  • VART3793Photographic Etching: From Unique to Multiple12 cp
  • VART3797Print (Re)Generations12 cp
  • VART1325Life Drawing and Observation12 cp
  • VART3505Capture, Translate and Synthesise12 cp
  • VART3768Drawing, Perception and the Body12 cp
  • VART3809States of Abstraction12 cp
  • VART3763Contemporary Figuration12 cp
  • VART3752Art, Culture and Bio-materiality12 cp
  • VART3791Painting: Migration and Global Mobilities12 cp
  • VART3757Ceramics Skills 1: Hand Forming and Surface12 cp
  • VART34733D Printed Objects12 cp
  • VART3784Jewellery and Material Skills 1: Additive Technologies12 cp
  • VART3804Sculpture Skills 1: Constructing Ideas12 cp
  • VART3807Soft Sculpture12 cp
  • VART3780Installation Art12 cp

Interdisciplinary Minors

List of Interdisciplinary Minors:

Minor: Gender Studies

  • COMM2925Introduction to Gender12 cp
  • HUSO2092Gender, Development and Globalisation12 cp
  • HUSO2388Global Feminisms12 cp
  • COMM2926Rethinking Masculinities12 cp
  • COMM2879Feminist and Queer Perspectives12 cp
  • COMM2927Gender, Communication and Social Change12 cp

Minor: Digital Communication

  • COMM2906Introduction to Digital Communication12 cp
  • COMM2913Precision Writing for Digital Engagement12 cp
  • COMM2872Social Media Communication12 cp
  • COMM2916Digital Audiences and Analytics12 cp
  • COMM2917Communication Platforms and Industries12 cp
  • COMM2914Managing Digital Challenges12 cp
  • COMM2915Content Creation for Digital Engagement12 cp

Minor: Advertising

Minor: Journalism

AND

Minor: Asian Media & Culture

  • COMM2871Asian Media and Communication12 cp
  • COMM2873Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts12 cp
  • COMM2253Sex, Politics & Social Change in Asia12 cp

Minor: Contemporary Politics & Communication

Minor: Digital Innovation

Minor: Foundations in Sustainability

AND

  • ENVI1153Sustainable Futures12 cp
  • ENVI1211The Science of Climate and Biodiversity12 cp
  • ENVI1049Environmental Management and Assessment12 cp
  • ENVI1048Building Relationships with Country12 cp
  • ENVI1137Communicating Sustainability12 cp
  • ECON1259Development Economics12 cp
  • PHYS2066Energy and Earth's Environment12 cp
  • ENVI1179Environmental Policy Project12 cp

Minor: Branding

Minor: Typography

Minor: Foundations in Teaching

  • TCHE2624Introduction to the teaching profession12 cp
  • TCHE2702Inclusive Teaching12 cp
  • TCHE2701Student and Teacher Well-being12 cp
  • TCHE2456Engaging with Indigenous Perspectives for Responsible Teaching Practice12 cp

Minor: Cinema Studies

  • COMM2880Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age12 cp
  • COMM2875Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences12 cp
  • COMM1036Uses of Film Theory12 cp
  • COMM2881Film Genre12 cp

Minor: Media

AND AND

Minor: Regenerative Futures

AND

  • ENVI1241Regenerative Fundamentals12 cp
  • ENVI1242Regenerative Challenge12 cp
  • ENVI1243Systems Thinking for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1244Eco-Literacy6 cp
  • ENVI1245Regenerative Design6 cp
  • ECON1629Regenerative Value Systems6 cp
  • HWSS2262Social Equity and Regeneration6 cp
  • BUSM2779Regenerative Business Models6 cp
  • ECON1630Design for the Circular Economy6 cp
  • COSC3158AI Ethics for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1246Regenerative Design for Built Environment6 cp
  • PERF2076Storytelling for Speculative Futures6 cp
  • PROC2131Biomaterials and Biofabrication6 cp
  • COMM3024Reimagining Futures in Media and Culture6 cp
  • ENVI1247Regenerative Supply Chain Management6 cp
  • EMPL1008Linking Life and Learning6 cp
  • BUSM2777Leading Regenerative Action6 cp
  • ENVI1248Regenerative Futures Incubator6 cp
  • ENVI1249Reworlding for Creative Place Keeping6 cp
  • HUSO2459Planetary Pedagogies and Civics6 cp

Program Options

List of Program Option Courses:

  • VART3627Creative Practice in Place: Working with unceded lands12 cp
  • HUSO2455Twentieth Century Art: Global Modernisms and Beyond12 cp
  • HUSO2453Art Theory: Society and Environment12 cp
  • HUSO2452Art Theory: Materiality and Technology12 cp
  • VART3749Art and Social Practice12 cp
  • OART1125Working Collaboratively: Forms for Encounter and Exchange12 cp
  • HUSO1072Art Global Intensive 112 cp
  • VART3668Art Global Intensive 212 cp
  • VART3669Partnered Studio Project24 cp
  • VART3481The Photographic Fine Print12 cp
  • VART3510Internship12 cp
  • OART1119Creative Enterprise12 cp