BA in Visual Arts: Photography Emphasis (47.5 hours*)
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the department office for information regarding requirement for admission to this major.
Program Requirements |
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- Complete the following core courses:
VA 111 : Freshman Seminar.
(1.5:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Conceptual and philosophical preparation for visual arts majors. Lecture and guided discussion seminar with weekly labs. Nature and value of visual arts and visual culture. |
VA 114 : Drawing.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into visual arts program. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Observational and conceptual drawing using a variety of media and methods. |
VA 115 : Two-Dimensional Design.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into visual arts program. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Formal and conceptual elements of design, color, and composition, using a variety of media. |
- Obtain acceptance into the photography BA program.
- Complete a minimum three hours from the following:
VAILL 131 : Figure Drawing for Illustrators.
(3:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Figure study for illustrators using a variety of media and methods. Readings, writings, and participation in course work exhibitions required. |
VAPHO 134 : Introduction to Photography.
(1.5:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Blk 1, Blk 2; Winter Blk 1, Blk 2; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 111 & VA 115 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introduction to photography for visual arts majors, including camera operation and digital capture, photographic principles, lighting, and design with limited postproduction editing. No darkroom. |
VASTU 133 : Three-Dimensional Design.
(1.5:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Blk 1, Blk 2; Winter Blk 1, Blk 2; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 111 & VA 114 & VA 115 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Three-dimensional concepts, theories, and issues using a variety of media and processes. Readings, writings, and participation in course work exhibitions required. |
| NOTE: | Fee. |
- Complete the following:
- Complete six hours from the following history electives:
ARTHC 304 : Greek Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 201 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | History and appreciation of Greek art, with consideration of formative cultures. |
ARTHC 310 : Early Christian and Byzantine Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 201 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of Christian art in the Roman and Byzantine Empire from ca. 200 to 1453. |
ARTHC 329 : Renaissance and Baroque Architecture.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ARTHC 201 & ARTHC 202 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | History of architecture in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, and England, 1400?1700. |
ARTHC 330 : Southern Baroque Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 202 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | History of baroque painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy, Spain, and France. |
ARTHC 350 : Modern Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Independent Study also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 202 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Modern European art and theory, 1900--1945. |
ARTHC 360 : Introduction to Museum and Curatorial Studies.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | ARTHC 201 & ARTHC 202 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Duties of museum professionals while applying museum theory to the practical development of a museum exhibit. |
ARTHC 375 : Japanese Art and Architecture.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ARTHC 201 & ARTHC 202 & ARTHC 203 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Japanese art and architecture from its neolithic origins through the dawn of the modern age. Literary, social, and religious contexts considered. |
ARTHC 382 : Southern Mesoamerican Art.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ARTHC 201 & ARTHC 202 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of art and architecture of southern Mexico and central America from antiquity to present. |
SFL 328 : History of Interior Design and Architecture 1.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | History of interior design, architecture, and furnishings from ancient Egypt to beaux arts movement. French, English, and American design. |
VAILL 355 : History of American Illustration 1 (1860-1930).
(3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of illustration in visual communication, emphasizing the birth of publishing and "Golden Age" of American illustration, 1860-1930. |
VAILL 356 : History of American Illustration 2 (1930-Present).
(3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of American illustration in visual communication, emphasizing from 1930 to the present. |
- Complete the following:
VAPHO 170 : Introduction to Black and White Photography.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into visual arts program. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic camera and darkroom techniques emphasizing black and white film processing and printmaking. |
VAPHO 210 : Introduction to Digital Imaging.
(3:6:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 115 & VAPHO 170 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Photography-based digital imaging, including film scanning, digital capture, color management, Photoshop instruction, fine art and commercial print output, and archiving. |
VAPHO 272 : Introduction to Color Photography.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | VAPHO 170 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Color aesthetics, theory, and systems in traditional and digital capture and printmaking. |
VAPHO 275 : Classical Portrait Photography.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | VAPHO 170 & VAPHO 210 & VAPHO 273 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Studio and environmental portraiture as well as traditional approaches to portrait photography, including wedding/bridal. Lab required. |
VAPHO 478 : Fine Art Photography.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | VAPHO 272; BFA acceptance. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Fine art approaches to photography; conceptual, social, and aesthetic values; modern and postmodern values. |
- Complete seven hours from the following emphasis electives:
VAPHO 273 : Advanced Photography.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | VAPHO 170 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Camera and darkroom techniques using the zone system for exposure and development control of large format negatives and prints. |
| NOTE: | Lab required. |
VAPHO 310 : Advanced Computer Application Photography.
(2:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | VAPHO 210 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Specific photography computer applications, including workflow, color management, and personal project work. |
VAPHO 372 : Still Life Photography.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | BFA acceptance. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Camera and studio techniques to produce illustrations for advertising layout and other media. |
| NOTE: | Lab required. |
- Complete three hours from the following supporting courses:
BUS M 371R : Entrepreneurship Lecture Series.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Lectures by successful entrepreneurs on subjects significant to entrepreneur-type opportunities. |
COMMS 365 : Photojournalism.
(3:2:Arr)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | COMMS 321; Admission to news design and new media track; or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Shooting, processing, selecting, and preparing photographs for use in publications. |
Or other courses in filmmaking, business, website production, HTML, etc.
as approved by faculty.
Recommended history courses:
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.