MAJOR CURRICULUM
Total credits required for a BFA in Photography: 120.0
If a Studio and Humanistic Studies major, a minor in the Liberal Arts, or the MAT preparatory curriculum is chosen, the total credits would be 126.0.
The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2019 - 20 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
First-Year-Experience Requirements |
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| Forum I | FF 111 | 3.0 |
| Forum II | FF 112 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Tradition and Innovation | FF 161 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Contemporary Practices | FF 162 | 3.0 |
| Color/Design/Process or Color/Design/Pattern |
FF 120A or FF 120B | 3.0 |
| Prototype/Situate/Fabricate or Body/World/Machine |
FF 130A or FF 130B | 3.0 |
| Haptics and Optics or Cartographies |
FF 140A or FF 140B | 3.0 |
| Program Elective | 3.0 | |
Liberal Arts Requirements |
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| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3.0 |
| Modernism and After | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| History of Photography | AH 332 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Frameworks: Themes in Humanistic Studies | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3.0 | |
| Intellectual History I | -IH1 | 3.0 |
| Intellectual History II | -IH2 | 3.0 |
| Science/Math Requirement | NSCI | 3.0 |
| Theory Requirement | -TH | 3.0 |
| Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 3.0 | |
| Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 3.0 | |
photography Major Requirements |
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| Black and White Film Photography I | PH 232 | 3.0 |
| Digital Photography I | PH 262 | 3.0 |
| Black and White Film Photography II | PH 332 | 3.0 |
| Digital Photography II | PH 363 | 3.0 |
| Studio Lighting | PH 335 | 3.0 |
| Contemporary Directions in Photography | PH 345 | 3.0 |
| Junior Seminar | PH 390 | 3.0 |
| Senior Thesis I | PH 490 | 3.0 |
| Senior Thesis II | PH 491 | 3.0 |
| Internship | INT 402 | 3.0 |
| Photography Elective | PH | 3.0 |
| Photography Elective | PH | 3.0 |
| Photography Elective | PH | 3.0 |
| Photography Elective | PH | 3.0 |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |