Course Outline
DES206 Photomedia Curation
Course Coordinator:Tricia King (tking2@usc.edu.au) School:School of Business and Creative Industries
2024Semester 2
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
What is this course about?
Description
This course will extend your photographic knowledge and communication skills to support the production of a developed portfolio of work. You will explore advanced practical approaches to photography in the context of national and international photomedia practices. This course will explore the discourse around creative portfolio development, and engage multiple platforms of publishing and showcasing your work.
How will this course be delivered?
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
| Blended learning | |||
| Learning materials – Interactive online learning activities. | 1hr | Week 1 | 12 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Scheduled face to face workshops. | 2hrs | Week 1 | 10 times |
| Fieldwork – Scheduled fieldwork | 2hrs | Week 5 | 2 times |
| Online | |||
| Learning materials – Interactive online learning activities. | 1hr | Week 1 | 12 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Scheduled online workshops (Recorded). | 2hrs | Week 1 | 10 times |
| Fieldwork – Virtual fieldwork (Recorded). | 2hrs | Week 5 | 2 times |
Course Topics
Curatorial practice, contemporary photographic practices, industry engagement, genres of photography, presentation and outputs, photobooks, alternative exhibitions.
What level is this course?
200 Level (Developing)
What is the unit value of this course?
12 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Apply the elements and principles of design/photography to create art works for the purpose of self-expression and to a brief which to communicate ideas, information, and/or messages. | Knowledgeable |
| 2 | Describe, analyse and reflect on concepts for the creation of works that address a variety of creative challenges. | Creative and critical thinker |
| 3 | Develop further skills to reflect on the effectiveness of work in progress, and utilise self-reflection to revise the creative work to completion. |
Creative and critical thinker Empowered |
| 4 | Extend skills in working with a range of media for developing/producing a portfolio. | Knowledgeable |
| 5 | Critically analyse and evaluate the historical/contemporary frameworks for the visual language of photographs. | Engaged |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
Not applicable
Co-requisites
Not applicable
Anti-requisites
Not applicable
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
Not applicable
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Details of early feedback on progress
Ongoing early feedback via weekly tasks, student critique of work in progress in class time weeks 4, 8 and 12.
Assessment tasks
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Artefact - Creative, and Written Piece | Individual | 25% | 4 high resolution images plus reflective journal |
Week 5 | Online Submission |
| All | 2 | Artefact - Creative, and Oral | Individual | 25% | 8 minute oral presentation plus written reflective journal |
Week 9 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check and in class |
| All | 3 | Artefact - Creative, and Written Piece | Individual | 50% | Printed and/or online Portfolio, length to be determined in consultation with your tutor. An artist statement and mock up of final presentation is to be provided. |
Week 13 | Online Submission |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Engaging in Style and Genre | |
| Goal: | Goal: The goal of this task is to begin to explore your own work and contextualise it within contemporary photographic practice. You will explore the work of two highly proficient photographers, examining their approach to subject, technique and style. You will create photographic images using a similar stylistic element incorporated into your own work. You will discuss the practice of the photographer and explain your approach to the work in a process journal. |
| Product: | Artefact - Creative, and Written Piece |
| Format: | Identify the stylistic approach of two different photographers and then work to incorporate this element into your own photographic work. You will create two images per photographer (4 images in total). Your journal should provide details about each of the images, include a scholarly discussion of the photographers and the genres your work draws upon and conclude with an overall rationale. |
| Criteria: |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:Presenting the development | |
| Goal: | As you work towards the development of a significant body of work for task 3, this assignment gives you the opportunity to reflect upon the development so far and look towards the final product. |
| Product: | Artefact - Creative, and Oral |
| Format: | For this task you will present your work in progress using Powerpoint (or equivalent) to show images in development and other relevant material. You will provide a reflective journal which critically reflects upon your work in progress in the context of contemporary creative practice and positions the work for an intended audience. Further details can be found on Canvas |
| Criteria: |
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| All - Assessment Task 3:Photographic Portfolio | |
| Goal: | Your goal is to create a coherent body of photographic work which is of a professional standard and in a topic/genre of your choosing. You will position the work within contemporary practice and identify presentation technique and audience. |
| Product: | Artefact - Creative, and Written Piece |
| Format: | You will present a final photographic portfolio of your work. Presentation type and image numbers to be determined in consultation with your tutor. Your mock up can be done in any format (online gallery, PDF, website etc) and the an artist statement will accompany the work. |
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Directed study hours
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
Specific requirements
This course requires a DSLR or mirrorless camera (a camera able to be operated in a fully manual mode). Cameras are available for hire for on campus students
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct
Assessment: Submission penalties
Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.
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For help with course-specific advice, for example what information to include in your assessment, you should first contact your tutor, then your course coordinator, if needed.
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