Level 3
Photography A Level
A Level Photography will teach you to look at the world in a creative way. The creative potential stimulated in this course will enable you to apply creative, analytical and critical thinking and problem solving…
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Course overview
A Level Photography will teach you to look at the world in a creative way. The creative potential stimulated in this course will enable you to apply creative, analytical and critical thinking and problem solving to communicate ideas through photography. You will develop critical analyses of artists’ work helping to develop your own ideas through reaction, practical application and written reflections.
How to apply
Find out more about our A Level pathways and how to apply
Who is this course for?
This course will enable you to work independently and learn how to be experimental. You will learn a range of skills and techniques but also to be able to problem solve and think outside of the box. You are encouraged at all times to be creative with your thought processes and to come up with concepts and ideas that you can respond to and develop.
What you’ll learn
You will be introduced to a range of photographic media, techniques and processes. You will explore relevant images, artefacts and resources relating to a range of art, craft and design, from the past and from recent times, including European and non-European examples. This will be integral to the investigating and making processes. Your responses to these examples will be shown through practical and critical activities that demonstrate your understanding of different styles, genres and traditions. You may use traditional methods and/or digital techniques to produce images.
You will be required to work in one or more area(s) of Photography, such as those listed below. You may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas:
- portraiture
- landscape photography (working from the urban, rural and/or coastal environment)
- still life photography (working from objects or from the natural world)
- documentary photography, photojournalism
- fashion photography
- experimental imagery
- multimedia
- photographic installation
- moving image (video, film, animation)
Entry requirements
5 x GCSEs at grade 4 and above including GCSE English and Maths at grade 4 and above plus grade 4 in Art or another creative subject plus portfolio.
We will invite you to a course information meeting event where you will receive information, advice and guidance about the course you have applied for. This will be an opportunity for you to gain valuable information about the course and give you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
You will provide a copy of your last school report and / or a reference from an employer or relevant professional other this will include attendance. This is to ensure we can support to be able to achieve well on the course. Applicants with 85% or below attendance will have been deemed not to have met this criteria. All applicants are given an opportunity to discuss any evidence based mitigating circumstances that may have affected the reference / school report.
At course information meeting you will be able to discuss the Pathways for A Levels and look at combinations. We will ensure you are of the specific entry requirements at GCSE grade per A Level subject as some subjects will require higher than grade 5.
Future career and study
Following successful completion of the programme, next steps could be an Art Foundation, Art/Photography Degrees, Creative apprenticeships or build a creative portfolio for future interviews in the creative sector.
Additional costs
This course is free to anyone aged 16-18. There is no formal list of additional costs. However, if you are on a limited income, you may be eligible to receive help with these costs from our Learner Support Funding Bursary.