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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:4 / 6
Course supervisor:Alnis Stakle
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Communication Science
Language:Latvian
Study course descriptionFull description, Full time
Branch of science:Communication Sciences

Objective

To develop the visual language and theoretical and practical knowledge of students about photography as one of the strongest communication tools nowadays.

Prerequisites

Not required.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

• To know the role of documentary photographs in reflecting social, economic and political problems.
• To understand the main tasks of documentary photography and its differences from other genres of photography.
• To analyse and compare the relationship between photography and text in press.
• To discuss and define different narrative techniques in photographs.

Skills

• To independently create photographs on a single topic to communicate any socially, economically or politically important problem.
• To create photographs in accordance with the requirements of photo news agencies.
• To critically analyse the use of photography in media.
• To differentiate different messages and contexts in representation of photography.

Competence

• To evaluate the reality when using information for the creation of a photo story.
• Self-critical attitude to photographs in media.
• Self-critical attitude to the compliance of own photographs with the generally accepted quality criteria.
• To determine the ability of photographs to articulate some message and to evaluate the importance of this message.

Study course planning

Course planning not avalible right now.