BFA in Photography (65.5 hours)
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the department office for information regarding requirements for admission to this major.
Program Requirements |
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- Complete the following core requirements:
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 115 : Two-Dimensional Design.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Pre-visual arts status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Formal and conceptual elements of design, color, and composition, using a variety of media. |
VAPHO 116 : Introduction to Photography and Digital Workflow.
(3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic camera techniques and digital capture, developing entry-level skills in digital imaging workflow, developing skills with industry-related software and working methods. Lighting two-dimensional work for portfolio documentation. |
- Obtain acceptance to the Photography BA program.
- Complete the following additional core requirements:
VAPHO 120 : Introduction to Digital Imaging.
(3:6:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | VAPHO 116; BA major status. |
| 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. |
- Obtain acceptance into the photography BFA program.
- Complete nine hours from the following:
TMA 315R : Special Projects 2.
(.5-3:Arr:Arr)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Theatre and media arts major status. By application only. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Intermediate projects in theatre or media arts. |
: Special Projects 2: Media.
: Special Projects 2: Theatre.
: Special Projects 2: Assistant Stage Managers.
: Special Projects 2: Young Company Teaching Artists.
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 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. |
- Complete the following:
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. |
VAPHO 376 : Editorial Photography.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance to BFA photograhy program. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Use of photography in magazines, newspapers, annual reports, etc. Creating and publishing picture stories. |
VAPHO 475 : Advanced Location Photography.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | BFA acceptance. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Lighting and photographing architecture, products, people, and concepts in environmental settings for the editorial, corporate, industrial, and advertising industry. |
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 five hours of the following:
- Complete the following history requirement:
- Complete one course from the following history requirements:
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. |
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 two hours from the following:
- Complete eight 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 230 : Introduction to Advertising.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Principles of advertising; critical evaluation of its role and value in American society. Experience in writing and creating ads for all media. |
COMMS 365 : Photojournalism.
(3:2:Arr)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall On Demand; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | COMMS 321; or COMMS 322 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Shooting, processing, selecting, and preparing images for use in various news platforms. |
COMMS 398R : Projects in Communications.
(.5-4:Arr:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Junior standing and sequence coordinator's consent. Project approval required before registration. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Projects in communication studies. |
TMA 102 : Introduction to Film.
(3:4:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Analytical studies for understanding and appreciating media forms and messages, as well as basic history, theory, and aesthetics. Lab required. |
VAGD 245 : Introduction to Graphic Design.
(2:1:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Communication problems and solutions through visual interpretations of images, type, and symbols. Comprehensive study of printing, binding methods; manufacture and uses of printing papers. |
VAPHO 410R : Computer Applications Studio for Photographers.
(2:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | VAPHO 310 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Individual photography project using high-end hardware and software. |
VASTU 225 : Printmaking Fundamentals.
(3:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 111 & VA 114 & VA 115 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introduction to the basic materials, techniques, history, and aesthetics of intaglio, lithography, and other printmaking processes. |