COURSE STRUCTURE
This diploma course is made up of eight (8) modules (900 hrs total) PLUS 100 hours of work experience or industry meetings (100 hrs), plus Research Projects I and II (2 x 100hrs).
Study Modules
Choose eight (8) modules from the list below (click on each course for more detail):
- Digital Photography BPH202
- Hobby Photography BPH001
- Introduction To Photography BPH100
- Landscape Photography BPH203
- Photographic Lighting
- Photographic Practice BPH101
- Photographic Technology BPH201
- Photographing People BPH102
- Photoshop (Beginner To Medium Level) VIT202
- Travel Photography BPH005
- Freelance Writing BWR102
- Advanced Freelance Writing BWR201
- Publishing I BWR107
- Publishing II BWR202
- Editing I BWR106
- Introduction To Psychology BPS101
- HTML (Writing A Website) VIT102
- Visual Basic .NET BIT101
- Project Management BBS201
- Business Studies BBS101
- Marketing (Foundations) VBS109
Research Project I BGN102
Research Project II BGN201
To fulfill the requirements of the diploma, the student must complete all course Set Task and Assignments, and pass an exam for each study module (7 exams).
Industry Meetings
This involves participating in at least 100 hrs of seminars, workshops, committee meetings, meetings of local journalists or photographers.
Photojournalists work in publishing (electronic or print media) either self employed (freelance) or in house (employed by a publisher); contributing images and (in smaller enterprises), writing as well to published work. Opportunities are relatively strong and lierse for skilled photographers, but for the person who can also wrtite text and process images using software, demand for this mix of skills has been very high.
