AHT3440 Photography: History and theory
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
AHT3440 Photography: History and theory is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before AHT3440
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After AHT3440
No unit lists AHT3440 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: CLS2440, CLS3440, TAD2440, TAD3440, VSA2440, VSA3440
Prerequisite: 12 credit points at second year level in Art history and theory, or Theory of Art and Design, Visual Culture or permission from Unit Coordinator.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
The unit traces the history of international and Australian photography from the medium's invention to the 21st century. The unit will investigate the concept of analogue reproduction, especially photography's promise to represent the 'real' world, and consider practices in which the real is consistently manipulated. Photography will be considered across a range of disciplines: art, ethnographic and anthropological photographs; documentary photography; and the use of photography by the legal and medical system. Finally, the unit will address the changes in the production and circulation of images evident in digital modes of reproduction.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Weekly critical responses20%
- Critical analysis25%
- Final research essay55%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate a broad knowledge of the history of international and Australian photography;
- 2
Demonstrate critical skills that enable you to identify and analyse a broad range of photographs and contexts;
- 3
Demonstrate an understanding of the critical and theoretical debates related to photography in society;
- 4
Demonstrate an understanding of two different modes of reproduction: the analogue and the digital;
- 5
Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which technologies of reproduction change modes of representation.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours and 9 hours of independent study, or equivalent.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Mr Luke Smythe
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Luke Smythe
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for AHT3440?
AHT3440 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is AHT3440 offered?
In 2020, AHT3440 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.
Does AHT3440 have an exam?
No. AHT3440 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.