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Photography - B.F.A.

Requirements (70 credits)

Art History + Criticism (15 credits)

ART-381Art History I

3
ART-382Art History II

3
PHO-261History of Photography

3
ART-286Critical Theory in Art

3
PHO-461Contemporary Issues in Photography

3

Foundations (12 credits)

ART-111OBS/REP 1: Empirical Drawing

3
ART-101Ideation/Interpretation 1

3
ART-131Ideation/Interpretation 2

3
ART-133Color

3

Major Elective (3 credits)

ART-478Art Internship

3 to 9
-
or
ART-492Interior Design Portfolio and Professional Practices

3

Photo Core (40 credits)

PHO-110Photo I

3
ART-245Composition and Storyboarding

3
PHO-220Photo Tech I

3
PHO-290Photo Midpoint Review

1
PHO-270Documentary Photography

3
PHO-310Photo II

3
PHO-360Motion I

3
PHO-320Photo Tech II

3
PHO-370Alternative Photographic Processes

3
PHO-460Motion II

3
PHO-470Concept-Based Photography

3
PHO-480Business Practices for Photographers

3
PHO-490Senior Thesis Project

3
-
Must be taken twice for a total of 6 hours

Workshops (0 credits)

-PHO
Photo Workshop

Must repeat 6 times.

 

6 Hours of Foreign Language

Foreign Language requirement - all students will be required to take 6 hours of a foreign language at the college level (three hours of which will satisfy the intercultural competency requirement). The following exceptions and guidelines will be used to implement the 6-hour foreign language requirement:

  • Students for whom English is a second language will be exempt from the 6-hour foreign language requirement.
  • Students who have completed four years of a high school foreign language with no grade below a "C" will be exempt from the 6-hour foreign language requirement.
  • Students who pass a foreign language competency test at a level equivalent to four semesters of a single language (Intermediate 2) will be exempt from the 6-hour foreign language requirement.
  • Students who pass a foreign language competency test at a level equivalent to three semesters of a single language (Intermediate 1) will be exempt from 3 hours of the 6-hour foreign language requirement and will satisfy the other 3 hours by completing the Intermediate 2 course.
  • Students will be allowed to transfer college credit hours to satisfy the foreign language requirement. 

 

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