COURSE STRUCTURE
This course is designed as a foundation for a career in either electronic or print media publishing. The course aims to provide a broad cross section of skills which are of value in a publishing organisation. Research has shown that graduates with broad based knowledge such as this have enhanced career prospects.
Study Modules
Choose eight (8) modules from the list below (click on each course for more detail) plus 100 hours industry/work experience:
- 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
- Publishing III BWR303
- Editing I BWR106
- Editing II BWR202
- HTML (Writing A Website) VIT102
- Visual Basic .NET BIT101
- ASP .NET BIT200
- E-Commerce BIT100
- Children’s Writing BWR104
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.
