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Bachelor's Degree

three year program in photography

Bachelor's Degree in Photography and New Media

President's introduction (from virtual open day of 2/5/2020)

Video presentation of photography course (from virtual open day of 2/5/2020)

The objective of this three-year program is to provide students with professional training in t photography and video production to meet the current needs of the global labor market. In the first year, students will build a technical-theoretical foundation in the various types of photography, which will be expanded upon in the second year, during which students will begin to develop their own artistic language. In the last phase, students will concentrate on the development of their portfolios and professional profiles.

The Bachelor's degree in Photography and New Media is an artistic course of study at the university level that offers practical experience as well as cultural and technical knowledge that students apply to various areas of photography, from fashion to still life and from photojournalism to photo shoots in the studio and outdoors.
Students will graduate with the professional skills required to work with images on a global level, the knowledge to work on integrated and complex projects and specific technical expertise for various sectors: fashion, advertising, journalism, sports and publishing.
Students work in the Accademia's laboratories in individual and group projects under the guidance of professors who are specialists in the field.
During the program's three years, students are invited to participate in exhibitions, conferences and workshops. Interdisciplinary projects that involve the Fashion Design and Interior and Product Design departments are encouraged.
The driving philosophy of the program is one of global experimentation with visual languages and techniques to prepare students to enter the working world not only as photographers but as creative workers who know how to communicate with images and who can respond in an individual way to the needs of a society and market in continuous evolution.

Campus: Florence Rome
Language: Italian/English
Mandatory attendance: The program provides about 600 lesson hours.

Duration: 3 years (6 academic semesters)
Degrees awarded: Italian* and International Program

Rome course starting date: October
Rome application deadline: October 14th (according to availability)

Florence course starting date: October
Florence application deadline: October 14th (according to availability)

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Course objectives

Demonstrate their knowledge of digital and analog photography techniques;
Demonstrate an understanding of graphic and visual art as it relates to their own work;
Design and implement video works for artistic and commercial use;
Develop their own visual language from the theoretical foundations acquired during the course;
Create personal projects in different areas of applied photography (portraits, fashion, photojournalism, still life,architecture and landscape);
Work with the latest editing and digital processing techniques;
Create a photography and video portfolio for professional promotion;
Demonstrate an understanding of the professional world of photography and the skills required for its various fields.

Admission Requirements

Requirements for admission and documents to submit for enrollment

Costs

The Accademia Italiana enrolment fee (paid only once for the three year course) is 1.300 Euro.
The yearly tuition fee is 7.620 Euro (payable in two instalments of Euros 4.200 each).
The yearly registration fee for the bachelor degree program is 850 Euro (for the Italian course accredited by M.I.U.R. this also includes the fee of 140 Euro that the student must pay directly to the regional authorities responsible for university education - Azienda Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario).

Students can obtain the double academic award upon the payment of an additional fee (to be paid once) of 550 Euro.

Educational path

First Year

History of Photography
Project Design Methodology (Basic Design, Basic Computer Design)
Technology of New Materials
Photography I (Traditional Photography, Digital Photography)
Visual Communications
Applied Art History
Iconography and Anatomical Drawing (Life Drawing)
Chromatology
Theory of Perception and Psychology of Forms
Elements of Information Technology
Foreign Language (Italian – English)

Second Year

Contemporary Art History I
Web Design I
Computer Graphics (Internet Lab, Computer Graphics)
Digital Elaboration of the Photographic Image
Photography II (Portraits, Landscape Photography, Photography of Interiors and Exteriors, Still Life)
Elements of Video Design
Graphic Lay-out (Technical Drawing and Planning)
Lighting Techniques
Foreign Language (Italian – English)
Graphic Design

Third Year

Contemporary Art History II
Theory and Method of the Mass Media
Photography III (Photojournalism, Video Design)
Photography Management (Portfolio)
Fashion Setting
Web Design II
Aesthetics
Workshops and participation in academic events
Final Exam (Thesis)
Law, legislation and Economics of Show Business
Foreign language (Italian – English)