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 cpStudents 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:
Year Two of Program
96 cpComplete 96 credit points from your chosen combination.
Year Three of Program
72 cpComplete 72 credit points from your chosen combination. AND Complete 24 credit points from the following:
- VART3599Photography Major Project24 cp
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
- VART3817Documentary Photography12 cp
- VART3596Photographic Lighting and Representation12 cp
- VART3825Picturing Power12 cp
- VART3814Contemporary Photographic Practice12 cp
- VART3815Counter Investigations12 cp
- VART3819Expanded Photographic Practice12 cp
- VART3818Documentary Project12 cp
- VART3039Contextualising Photographic Practice12 cp
- COMM2640Photojournalism12 cp
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
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- 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
Minor: World-centred Photography
Minor: Art-centred Photography
School of Art Minors:
List of School of Art Minors
Minor: Art History & Theory
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
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
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Minor: Asian Media & Culture
Minor: Contemporary Politics & Communication
Minor: Digital Innovation
Minor: Foundations in Sustainability
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- 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
Minor: Cinema Studies
Minor: Media
AND AND
Minor: Regenerative Futures
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- 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