Short Course on Advanced Digital Photography

A need was identified in the market for a short course in advanced digital photography that can provide participants with the basic skills and knowledge to capture professional digital photographs.

Purpose of the course

After successfully completing this Short Course participants will be able to capture professional digital photographs.

Admission requirements

Admission requirements
Participants should have successfully completed the short course in Basic Digital Photography. Participants should have a DSLR (digital single lens reflex) camera.
Learning assumed to be in place
Short Course on Basic Digital Photography

Course outcomes and assessment criteria

Course outcomes and the associated assessment criteria

 

Study Unit

Outcomes

Assessment Criteria

  After completion of this course, participants will: Participant will be assessed on the following criteria:
  • The ability to show an informed understanding of the key concepts, principles, rules and theories of advanced digital photography;
  • The ability to select and apply the appropriate advanced methods, procedures and/or techniques as the situation requires by choosing appropriate tools for the task and using it with well-informed and trained skills;
  • The ability to identify, evaluate and solve routine problems as well as new problems in the context of advanced digital photography

For outcome 1:

Paricipants must be able to define key concepts of advanced digital photography; discuss and apply advanced principles and rules relating to digital photography practices; distinguish and critically explain different theories relating to digital photography practices.

For outcome 2:

Participants must be able to discuss, distinguish and implement appropriate advanced methods, procedures and techniques in different contexts with a view to effectively use all the available tools when taking photographs.

For outcome 3:

Participants must be able to use the knowledge they have mastered in order to solve different contextual problems as will be experienced with digital photography

 

Assessment
It should be noted that participants are obliged to attend at least 70% of the contact classes to successfully pass the course. Furthermore, a participant must attain an average mark of 50% for all the relevant assessments in order to pass the course. Assessment will be supervised and conducted by the course presenter (see a method of assessment for a breakdown of assessment). Any statement (“transcript”, letter of attendance, receipt, or any other document bearing an NWU emblem) must be treated in the same manner as a certificate – i.e. issued ONLY via the approved NWU system/route/protocol. The final assessments of this short course are to be moderated.
Method of assessment
Assessment will be carried out in the form of five genre-based practical assignments (one-third of final mark) and one portfolio submitted upon completion of the course (two thirds of final mark).

Additional information

Mode of delivery
Contact
Target group
Working adults living in Potchefstroom or surrounding areas, local businesses and full-time students at NWU Potchefstroom campus.

Contact us

Contact person name
Me Lindi Cameron
Contact person e-mail
Lindi.Cameron@nwu.ac.za
Contact person telephone number