BFA.PHOTO.120 - BFA: Photography (120)
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Following the first-year program in Experimental and Foundation Studies, in your sophomore year you begin the Photography BFA program by exploring analog and digital processes and techniques via various camera formats, traditional darkroom print production and digital workflows. Through close examination of photographs, you engage in deep critical thinking to develop a visual literacy informed by the history of photography, as well as seminars focused on the impact of photography in visualizing difference in class, race, gender and identity.
During junior year you expand on this knowledge, focusing on experimentation within the photographic medium and others, as well as materials, subjects and approaches to making. At this time you begin to produce self-directed projects, areas of inquiry, methods of research and articulation of conceptual and abstract ideas through group critiques, writing assignments and public presentations.
Your senior year is focused on developing work that will map a trajectory for an artistic practice that sustains itself beyond the bounds of the BFA and into a professional practice. The capstone degree project is a written thesis composed of critical reflection, influence and a definition of the scope and evolution of your own work, complemented by self-designed solo and two-person exhibitions in the Red Eye Gallery, the department’s dedicated exhibition space.
Degree Requirements
FIRST-YEAR | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
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15 | Studio Elective | 3 | 15 | |||
SOPHOMORE | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
PHOTO 5302 - Sophomore Lab | 3 | Major, Non-major Studio Elective or Liberal Arts | 3 | PHOTO 5303 - Sophomore Studio | 3 | |
LAEL 1034 - Histories of Photo I | 3 | LAEL 1039 - Histories of Photo II | 3 | |||
Major, Non-major Studio Elective or Liberal Arts | 9 | PHOTO 5308 - Digital Imaging I | 3 | |||
PHOTO 2183 - Topics: The Image & Difference | 3 | |||||
Total Credits | 15 | 3 | 12 | |||
JUNIOR | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
PHOTO 5305 - Junior Studio | 3 | Major, Non-major Studio Elective or Liberal Arts | 3 | PHOTO 5306 - Junior Studio | 3 | |
PHOTO 5311 - Advanced Digital Imaging I | 3 | Major, Non-major Studio Elective or Liberal Arts | 9 | |||
Non-major Elective | 3 | |||||
Liberal Arts | 3 | |||||
Total Credits | 12 | 3 | 12 | |||
SENIOR | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
PHOTO 5307 - Senior Studio | 3 | Major, Non-major Studio Elective or Liberal Arts | 3 | PHOTO 5398 - Degree Project | 6 | |
Major, Non-major Studio Elective or Liberal Arts | 9 | PHOTO 5360 - Undergraduate Seminar | 3 | |||
Major, Non-major Studio Elective or Liberal Arts | 3 | |||||
Total Credits | 12 | 3 | 12 |
Total Program Credits: 120
Notes:
Photo majors receive art history credit for LAEL 1034 - Histories of Photo I. Students receive liberal arts elective credit for LAEL 1039 - Histories of Photo II.
Registration into required elective courses is done by students using web-registration in Workday.