Major: Fine Arts
Concentration: Photography
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Prerequisites (24 credits)
Requires grades of C or above.
Note: Students should continually take art history courses with other art courses to properly prepare for the major.
ARH2050 3 Art History Survey I
ARH2051 3 Art History Survey II
ART1201C 3 Two-Dimensional Design
Acceptable substitute: ART XXXX 2D
ART2203C 3 Three-Dimensional Design
Acceptable substitute: ART X202, ART XXXX Design II, 3D
ART1300C 3 Drawing I
ART2301C 3 Drawing II
Acceptable substitutes: ARTX330, X205, X310, X305
SELECT 2 INTRO MEDIA COURSES
Major Requirements (42 credits)
Prerequisites policy: Courses must be taken in prerequisite order. Please check the catalog course descriptions for prerequisites required for each course prior to registering. Prerequisites are enforced by the faculty and registrar.
First day attendance rule: Any student who misses the first day without advanced notice to the department chairperson will be administratively withdrawn from that course.
All major requirements and major electives must be completed with grades of C or above.
ART2330C 3 Figure Drawing I
Prereqs: ART 1300C & ART 2301C
ARH4710 3 History of Photography
PGY4006C 3 Studies: History of Photo
ARH4801 3 Art Criticism
Prereqs: ARH 2050, ARH 2051, & one 3000/4000 level ARH
PGY2401C 3 Black and White Photography
PGY4643C 3 Personal Documents
Prereq: PGY2401C, PGY3410C and PGY3820C
PGY3410C 3 Intermediate Photography
Prereq: PGY 2401C
PGY3820C 3 Digital Imaging Photo Majors
Prereq: PGY 2401C
PGY3153C 3 Color Photography
Prereq: PGY 2401C, PGY 3410C and PGY 3820C
PGY4443C 3 Alternative Photo Processes
Prereqs: PGY 3410C & PGY 3820C
PGY4205C 3 Advanced Lighting Principles
Prereq: PGY 2401C, PGY3513C and PGY 3410C
PGY3234C 3 Fashion Photography as Art
Prereq: PGY 2401C, PGY3513C and PGY 3410C
PGY4476C 3 Senior Photo Portfolio
SELECT 1 FROM THE FOLLOWING:
- ARH 4800 Aesthetics of Art
- ARH 3410 Modern European Art I
- ARH 3319 Art of Michelangelo
Major Electives (12 credits)
SELECT 4 FROM THE FOLLOWING:
- ARH 3130 The Art & Architecture of Ancient Greece
- ARH 3150 The Art & Architecture of Ancient Rome
- ARH 3302 Italian Renaissance Art
- ARH 3410 Modern European Art
- PGY 4213C Classic Black & White Portraiture
- ART 3707C Sculpture Process
- ART 3786C Ceramics
- ART 3442C Intaglio Printmaking I
- PGY 3930C Special Topics in Photography
Free Electives (6 credits)
SELECT 6 HRS FREE ELECTIVES 3000/4000
This degree requires a minimum of 120 total hours with 48 upper (3000/4000) level hours. Free electives may be courses in any discipline (provided the required prerequisites are met) and they are the hours needed to satisfy the total hour requirement. These hours may vary (consult your advisor about free elective hours needed to graduate).
