这门基于实践的课程旨在将您培养为富有创造力的实践者和独立的思想家。将向您介绍一系列研究方法和技术技能，这些方法和技术技能可增进您对摄影的理解并发挥创造力。来访者进行的个人和小组教程，讲习班，研讨会和讲座，将使您掌握成为自信，独特和专业的摄影从业者的技能。您的学习将得到基于讲座的研究的支持，以帮助您培养批判性和历史性意识，以及技术研讨会来发展您的工艺技能，包括模拟，数字和混合实践。毕业生继续学习文学摄影专业，并/或成为摄影师，自由策展人，图片编辑，展览助理，展览艺术家和老师。将有机会与公司进行现场简介，例如
Photography offers an exciting range of career paths and specialisms and this course provides the perfect starting point for them.<br>You will have the opportunity to discover and push the boundaries of current practices and approaches. You’ll discover how photography can be used to tell powerful stories and communicate your personal interests within cultural and industry contexts. You will also have an opportunity to explore a wide range of different subject areas such as fashion, documentary, editorial and commercial photography. Throughout the course you will have the chance to experiment in a purpose-built studio, darkroom and digital facilities.<br>As a Photography student you will be part of the broad, dynamic creative community at the School of Digital Arts (SODA). As such, you will have units and classes taught across all our courses, with the chance to collaborate on projects with animators, sound designers, games developers and a range of other media-focused students. It’s an approach designed to mirror the cross-disciplinary practices you’ll find in the professional world, while giving you the chance to explore the creative directions that interest you most. Matching that professional approach, our purpose-built school provides professional-standard tools – a creative playground for producing photographic work at the cutting edge of emerging digital technologies. It’s a school and a course designed to give you the vital industry and artist networking, technical and creative skills to prepare you for a career in the photographic and related industries.<br>Manchester offers a fantastic backdrop for it all. Studying here puts the country’s second largest media and creative sector on your doorstep, with a globally recognised photographic industry and a substantial animation, film and digitaltech sector. At MediaCityUK, there’s a mix of national broadcasters and independent operators, while the city is home to a wide range of major media businesses. Manchester has a dynamic artistic and cultural scene that houses some of the best public and independent museums and galleries in the UK . So, whatever path you want to pursue in photography – or in the wider media, arts and digital tech industries – Manchester offers all sorts of opportunities for building a network, gaining experience and making a great start in your career.