Overview

Visual activism is photojournalism for the 21st century. Our students in this Documentary Photography and Visual Activism course embrace contemporary strategies to develop a socially engaged lens-based practice, often challenging fake news, inherent bias in our media platforms and power structures.

Students are encouraged to pursue their own areas of interest; previous successful projects have included explorations of identity, family relationships, documenting local football teams and the climate crisis. As well as working with local community groups supporting refugees, asylum seekers and BAME youth groups, our students have also worked with Women’s Aid, Race Council Cymru and LGBTQ+ charities to develop collaborative projects addressing contemporary social issues.

At The University of Wales Trinity Saint David we have a regular programme of visiting lecturers and specialist workshops that provide our students with invaluable networking opportunities with professional organisations, such as Canon, Getty, Sunday Times and galleries, museums and archives that equip our graduates with essential skills to progress in their careers.

Career opportunities

As well as working as freelance photographers, our graduates go on to a wide range of successful careers, including jobs in documentary, editorial and commercial photography, picture editing and research, curating, publishing, journalism, community work and teaching.

Programme Structure

Course include:

Learning in the Digital Era
Contemporary Documentary Practice
Visual Studies
Ways of Thinking
Re-thinking Photojournalism
Contemporary Challenges: Making a Difference
Ways of Perceiving
Visual Activism: Location & Curation
Changemakers: Creativity and Value Creation
Visual Enquiry
Research in Context
Publication and Protest
Changemakers: Building your Personal Brand for Sustainable Employment
Research in Practice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-14 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

72

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Lampeter, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Media Studies & Mass Media Photography View 363 other Bachelors in Media Studies & Mass Media in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

72

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

The Documentary Photography and Visual Activism course is open to those with an interest in the media, politics and social change; some previous knowledge of photography is advantageous but not essential.
We are interested in creative people that demonstrate a strong commitment to art and/or design, and therefore we welcome applications from individuals from a wide range of backgrounds.
To assess student suitability for their chosen course we arrange interviews for all applicants at which your skills, achievements and life experience will be considered as well as your portfolio of work.
Our standard offer for a degree course is 120 UCAS tariff points. We expect applicants to have a grade C or above in English Language (or Welsh) at GCSE level, together with passes in another four subjects. Plus we accept a range of Level 3 qualifications including an International Baccalaureate score of 32.

Tuition Fees

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15525 GBP / year

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9535 GBP / year

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Living costs

Lampeter

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

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