This course introduces the basics of photography through its historical lens, visual aesthetics, and critical language as a visual tool for communication, from its analogue roots to contemporary digital platforms. Students will explore photography’s history as an art form and examine its major influential photographic styles. Students will be encouraged to analyze and critique photographic images within their cultural context. Students will learn fundamental techniques and how to operate SLR-style cameras for proper exposure. They will use both film and digital capture, learning appropriate workflows from capture to print. The course includes lectures, presentations, demonstrations, lab work, readings, photographic shooting assignments, and critiques. Students may work with their own cameras or check-out cameras through the department.

This course surveys photographic and video techniques using digital cameras. Students will research and experiment in digital photography and video, which includes history, theory, production, presentation, and contemporary practices. Topics include digital camera operation (photo and video capture) and editing; photographic printing; basic lighting; artistic compositions, including an understanding of the elements of art and principles of design; scanning techniques; file compression and formatting; and use of related software. Emphasis is on technology, content, and theory for creative and commercial applications. New innovations in photography, video, and digital technology will be presented as they are developed.

This course is an extension of the techniques learned in beginning photography, with an in-depth study of control and analysis of light and its use and application in studio and commercial photography, and contemporary photographic practices.

This course is an extension of the techniques learned in intermediate photography. Students will solve photographic problems utilizing procedures and equipment commonly used in the profession. Lectures and demonstrations will address traditional and contemporary photographic methods. This course will specifically teach the techniques of studio, environmental, and product photography, including large format image making. Students will also participate in professional printing, lighting procedures, and post-production techniques.

This course introduces the student to the principles of color as they relate to photography. Students will explore the principles of lighting, color theory and temperature, with an emphasis on the artistic aspects and techniques applied to color photography, post production, and printing.

This course provides continuing instruction and exploration of the cultural, historical, technical, and artistic aspects of color photography. Students will interpret color for their own formal and conceptual ends, and an emphasis will be placed on the artistic merit of color photography and portfolio development.

This course is a survey of the history of photography from 1839 to present. Emphasis will be placed on the 20th and 21st centuries in order to explore the historical, technological, and cultural contexts of photography. We will trace how photography profoundly influenced culture and a sense of ourselves.

This course is an introduction to formal and informal portraiture in the studio and on location. From photography’s inception to the present moment, the human form and body language have captivated, repelled, and engaged us; the body in photography continues to intrigue. Students are encouraged to think broadly about the human figure and to consider how the tradition of photographing the human form has shifted. This course will place an emphasis on both studio and location lighting, posing, composition, and workflow.

This course is designed for the professional photographer who wants to refine conceptual and interpretive photographic skills. Students will explore personal photographic styles and prepare work for exhibition. Topics will also include: the artist statement; packaging; pricing; marketing; presentation; contemporary media; and, career opportunities.

Students will plan, shoot, develop and print a body of work that is both conceptually motivated and technically proficient. Emphasis will be on developing both traditional and electronic portfolios, and accessing local, national and worldwide delivery systems. Professional opportunities will be explored.

In this course, students will survey contemporary photographic works of art from the 1950’s to the present and explore narrative solutions in still and moving imagery. Techniques for editing and sequencing that consider the role of text, and the use of allegory and symbolism in photographic practice will be emphasized. Students will respond by producing their own visual projects, working within a personal biographical, social documentary, or commercial marketing context.

This course will provide an in-depth semester in the black and white darkroom. Advanced film exposure and development control, along with fiber printing techniques including pre-flashing, bleaching and toning will be covered. Printing a series, window matt cutting, archival presentation and storage, and writing an artist statement will also be presented. Photographic shooting assignments will stress concept and personal vision.

In the midst of dramatic changes in how we represent our visual world, this course will introduce the student to historical techniques in photography and consider how these approaches can augment contemporary vision. Students will explore the classic concepts of light and time as they work with the properties of hand coated emulsions. Students will work in an advanced analog lab space and develop a command of the lumen, lith, cyanotype and van dyke processes, and will receive an introduction to platinum and palladium printing. The use of historic photographic materials and an understanding of historical processes will add context to students' own image making processes.

This course provides students the opportunity to explore controlled lighting for video and still photography - either analog or digital. Students use continuous light sources, electronic studio flash equipment, and natural light to photograph, from small to large setups. In the studio and on location, still-life and models, using background seamless, sweeps, and found environments.

This course is designed for students who desire hands-on experience in industry-standard digital image processing software. The image correction and manipulation software gives students an understanding of the tools and techniques needed to produce professional quality results for print and Web images. Students will complete technical tutorials, create a CD-ROM cover, Web banners, and a final print or Web project.

This course is designed as a hands-on, intermediate course in the technical and artistic aspects of Adobe Photoshop. Students will learn intermediate tools and techniques needed to produce professional quality results for print and Web images. The course will include independent creative projects comprised of written proposals, timelines, and storyboarding.

This course offers specialized study opportunities for students who wish to pursue projects not included in the regular curriculum. Students are accepted only by a written project proposal approved by the discipline prior to enrollment.