What to expect from this unit?

In this unit, we will be learning how photography connects with other disciplines and how those relationships shape meaning, methods, and outcomes. Interdisciplinary inquiry is an approach to studying and addressing complex problems and/or issues that allows us to explore new perspectives and advance critical thinking.

By drawing on knowledge and skills from different fields, you will enhance your ability to synthesise ideas, develop diverse applications of photographic practice, and deepen your understanding of chosen topics of study. We will examine how photography can work with areas such as science, history, design, technology, and literature, and explore how photographic works can also incorporate or respond to other mediums.

Through inquiry, you will:

• Critically analyse the relationship between photographic practice and other disciplines

• Apply interdisciplinary approaches to the creative process

• Conduct creative inquiries into complex problems and issues

• Develop new perspectives and applications of photographic practice

• Explain and reflect on how combining disciplines enhances both meaning and method

Class Website

• The class website can be accessed by clicking on the link on the Google classroom banner on the home page.

• The QR code will also take you to the class site

• Content will be listed under three headings:
  Make -  stuff we will do to take good photos
  Respond - stuff we understand to take good photos
  Assessment - stuff we get graded on

• On the class site, there are tabs related to our specific unit. On the top right, there is also a resources tab with pages that are generally helpful, like camera settings and APA referencing.

College Expectations

• You will need to complete 70% of your assessment per unit in order to pass (avoid voiding your grade)

• You will need to attend 90% of your classes in order to pass (avoid voiding your grade)

• If you miss school due to understandable reasons (e.g. sickness, mental health, family reasons etc..), have your parents contact your year coordinator to cover your absences

• If you arrive after the first 5 minutes of class and do not hear the roll called, assume it has already been called and tell your teacher your arrival time so they can log this so that your parents do not receive an absence text.