Photography BA (Hons)
Arts University Bournemouth
Key Course Facts
Student Reviews
Below you can see course specific reviews for 25 graduates of Photography BA (Hons) at Arts University Bournemouth for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in cinematics and photography.
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Salary
Salary of Graduates in cinematics and photography
Important: Salary data below is not course specific, but contains data of all students of cinematics and photography at the university. Due to data collection methodology, salary data is mainly based on data related to undergraduate students.
15 months after graduation | 3 years after graduation | 5 years after graduation | |
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Median salary | £23000 | £20500 | £24000 |
25-75 percentile range | £20000 - £26500 | £13500 - £25500 | £17000 - £30500 |
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Salary of all UK Graduates of cinematics and photography
15 months after graduation | 3 years after graduation | 5 years after graduation | |
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Median salary | £20933 | £18108 | £21051 |
25-75 percentile range | £18375 - £24906 | £13095 - £22569 | £15928 - £26889 |
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Course Description
BA (Hons) Photography at Arts University Bournemouth is a world-renowned, exciting and challenging course that allows you to develop your own ambitious practice in the medium of photography. If you get excited by the material processes of the 19th and 20th Centuries, black and white and colour film processing and darkroom printing, or lean more towards high-end digital photography, VR or moving image and sound, you will gain hands-on experience and guidance by specialists here at AUB. We are well connected and invite a wide range of industry and artworld professionals to lead you in workshops and tutorials; we also take you to practitioners’ studios, which have recently included Lucas Blalock and Erin O’Keefe in New York, and Richard Learoyd in London. With a professional degree, you will graduate with the ability to embrace a range of possible careers: professional photographer (documentary, portrait, still life…), editor, artist, curator, educator, gallerist or progress to postgraduate study. Internationally-recognised practitioners including Nick Knight and Wolfgang Tillmans began their careers here.
What you will learn
The course responds to contemporary photography in a creative and experimental way, embracing and integrating a range of technologies. You are asked to freely explore your individual ideas and impulses within a structured, well-resourced and supportive environment that values a strong visual investigation supported by a contextual awareness of the medium and how it relates to and assimilates into other disciplines. The expansive nature of the course allows you to experience photography in a wide cultural context gaining a comprehensive knowledge of the mediums positions and audiences. This is especially important in helping you to choose a vocational pathway as you define your practice and prepare for employment. The course values the mediums history and recognises the importance of its influence on contemporary practice. It does not impose a house style but encourages you to be spirited and believe in your own modus operandi. The current diversity of photography is both exciting and challenging and the courses commitment to tutorial led learning and teaching ensures that you are well supported and encouraged in your studies. The course ultimately aims to produce well-educated and creative individuals with the knowledge and skills to engage in and navigate the creative industries in a confident and interesting way. As you develop through the course, you will choose from a broad range of vocational pathways and acquire the skills and documentation needed. Across the three years approximately 63% of your time will be contact hours, including scheduled teaching sessions, but also supervised time in the workshop or studio, and the remainder will be independent study. 100% of assessment for this course is coursework based.
By the end of the course you will be able to...
- Demonstrate that you have explored your creativity in an experimental and risk taking way and have developed and applied a range of specialist technical and professional skills.
- Demonstrate that you have developed your awareness of the medium of photography in relation to historical and contemporary photographic practice.
- Demonstrate that you have developed critical skills, advanced problem solving skills, awareness and judgement as well as being engaged in your practice with autonomy and professionalism.
- Demonstrate your awareness of ethical, sustainable, social and cultural issues appropriate to your practice.
- Demonstrate ambition and preparation for your professional career
Studios and resources
Studying BA (Hons) Photography at AUB means you’ll benefit from specialised equipment and state-of-the-art production facilities and studios. We support photography practices from analogue through to high-end digital production.
Jobs & Career Perspectives
15 months after graduation, graduates of this course were asked about what they do and, if they are working, about their current job and their perspectives.
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Current jobs
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Required skill level of job after 15 months
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Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)
Example below based on all graduates of Photography BA (Hons) at Arts University Bournemouth
15% | Caring personal services |
15% | Business and public service associate professionals |
15% | Animal care and control services |
15% | Sales occupations |
10% | Administrative occupations |
10% | Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations |
5% | Administrative occupations |
5% | Business and public service associate professionals |
5% | Managers, directors and senior officials |
5% | Sales occupations |
Grading & Study Time
Grading Distribution
Students of the course received the following grades
Entry Requirements / Admissions
UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for this course
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English language requirements
test | Grade | Additional Details |
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IELTS (Academic) | 6 | 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component (reading, writing, speaking and listening) |
TOEFL (iBT) | 80 | minimum score of 18 in writing, listening, and reading and 19 in speaking. |
Cambridge English Advanced | Overall score of 180 |
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PTE Academic | 54 | A minimum of 51 in each component |
Cambridge English Proficiency | Overall score of 200 |
Costs
Tuition Fees Photography BA (Hons)
EU | £17950 | year 1 |
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England UK | £9250 | year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250 | year 1 |
Scotland | £9250 | year 1 |
Wales | £9250 | year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250 | year 1 |
International | £17950 | year 1 |
Average student cost of living in the UK
Rent | £518 |
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) | £50 |
Supermarket shopping | £81 |
Clothing | £35 |
Eating out | £33 |
Alcohol | £27 |
Takeaways / food deliveries | £30 |
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) | £24 |
Holidays and weekend trips | £78 |
Transport within city | £17 |
Self-care / sports | £20 |
Stationary / books | £13 |
Mobile phone / internet | £13 |
Cable TV / streaming | £7 |
Insurance | £51 |
Other | £95 |
Average student cost of living | £1092 |
London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.
How to apply
Application deadline:
January 1, 2025
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Possible Entry Points:
- year 1 (Default entry point)
- year 2
- year 3
University Rankings
Positions of Arts University Bournemouth in top UK and global rankings.
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About Arts University Bournemouth
Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) was founded in 1880 in the coastal town of Poole, England. Academically, this university’s impressive variety courses covers practically every artistic focus, ranging from Acting and Dance, to Graphic Design and Fashion. First-year students have the possibility of living in modern and spacious residence halls located on-campus, or alternatively in the Lansdowne area in the City Centre - each location being situated less than half an hour away from Bournemouth’s beaches.
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Student composition of Arts University Bournemouth
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Total number of students enrolled at Arts University Bournemouth by level Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
- undergraduates:
- 3435
- postgraduates:
- 170
- Total:
- 3605
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Number of students enrolled in courses of subject “Photography”: 1710 Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
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