BA Photography
Bath, United Kingdom
BA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2026
TUITION FEES
GBP 18,380 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* International full time
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Key Summary
Engage with photography in an experimental, creative and critical environment.
- Hands-on, experiential approach with the emphasis on developing your interests and abilities.
- Opportunities to work on live briefs and a range of professional workshops with our industry partners.
- Great links, including the Royal Photographic Society and Association of Photographers.
Photography at Bath Spa University gives you space to explore, actively enquire, challenge and define the role of the photographic image.
We’re committed to teaching the craft of photography. Analogue techniques are thoroughly explored and equip you to engage more proficiently with digital methods. We explore the ways in which digital technological change impacts on photography, and we also fully utilise new technologies.
The curriculum is broad, with an emphasis on practical learning. Content is delivered by a team of full-time and visiting specialists who are active practitioners and researchers in the field.
This course offers or includes the following modules. The modules you take will depend on your pathway or course combination (if applicable) as well as any optional or open modules chosen.
Year one (Level 4) moduels
- Photographic Practice 1: The Photographic Image
- Photographic Practice 2: Identity and the Camera
- Photographic Practice 3: Image and Context
- Photographic Practice 4: Perception of Place
- Professional Contexts 1
- How Did We Get Here?: Contexts of Photography
Year two (Level 5) moduels
- Photographic Practice 5: Narrative: Fact
- Photographic Practice 6: Narrative: Fiction
- Photographic Practice 7: Object, Figure, Space
- Professional Contexts 2
- We Are Here: Photography in the 21st Century
- Professional Placement Year
Year three (Level 6) moduels
- Individual Practice: Portfolio 1
- Individual Practice: Portfolio 2
- Individual Practice: Major Project
- Professional Contexts 3
- Situating Practice: Final Project
You’ll develop your creative ability and technical skills through a range of set and self-directed projects. Modules cover broad contexts of photography including fashion, documentary, landscape, portraiture and editorial.
Graduates of Photography at Bath Spa University have entered careers in:
- photojournalism
- fashion photography
- product photography
- portrait photography
- photo editing
- editorial design
- advertising
- curation
- art direction
- marketing
- studio management
- teaching
Teaching takes place through critiques, tutorials, presentations, lectures, self-directed learning and peer review.
Throughout the course you’ll develop your craft and individual photographic interests through practical project work. You’ll explore the contextual framework of photography through Historical and Critical Studies modules and gain industry awareness through Professional Practice modules.