Photography Curriculum
Freshman Year
First Semester = 15-16 Credit Hours
| SLP 007 | CCS First Year Experience | 1 |
| DFN 117 | 2D Design | 3 |
| DFN 119 | Digital Techniques | 3 |
| DFN 101 | Foundation Drawing I | 3 |
| DPH 111 | Photo Practice: From Halide to Pixel | 3 |
| DET BY PATH* | DEN 107 | Composition I | 3 |
| DLE --- | General Education Elective | |
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Second Semester = 15 Credit Hours
| DFN 116 | 3D Techniques | 3 |
| DFN 118 | 3D Design | 3 |
| DPH 151 | Black & White Photography | 3 |
| DPH 155 | Digital Imaging for Photographers | 3 |
| DEN 108 | Composition II | 3 |
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Sophomore Year
Third Semester = 18 Credit Hours
| DFN 141 | Fundamentals of Imaging | 3 |
| DPH 209 | Intermediate Photo Digital Methods* | 3 |
| DPH 211 | Studio Lighting I | 3 |
| DPH 214 | Color Theory & Practices I | 3 |
| DAH 200 | Western Art History/Visual Culture | 3 |
| DFS 101 | Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study | 3 |
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Fourth Semester = 18 Credit Hours
| DPH 210 | Photo Fine Arts Concepts* | 3 |
| DPH 251 | Studio Lighting II | 3 |
| DPH 254 | Color Theory & Practices II | 3 |
| DAS 213 | Business Practices | 3 |
| Choose | DAH 201 | Visual Narration: Asia | 3 |
| One | | Visual Narration: Africa/America | |
| DEN 239 | Survey of World Literature | 3 |
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*Students may alternate between DPH 209 and DPH 210 in the Fall/Winter semesters
Junior Year
Fifth Semester = 15 Credit Hours
| DPH 311 | Advanced Studio Lighting I | 3 |
| DPH 353 | Advanced Photo Fine Art Forms | 3 |
| DPH - - - | Photo Elective | 3 |
| DAH 313 | History of Photography | 3 |
| DVC 200 | Concepts & Methods/Visual Culture | 3 |
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Sixth Semester = 15 Credit Hours
| DPH 351 | Advanced Studio: Art and Commerce | 3 |
| DPH 313 | Advanced Photo Fine Arts Concepts | 3 |
| DPH 358 | Advanced Digital Photo Media | 3 |
| DNS 300 | Natural Science | 3 |
| DLE --- | General Education Elective | 3 |
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Senior Year
Seventh Semester = 15 Credit Hours
| DPH 411 | Photo Thesis Project I | 3 |
| DPH - - - | Photo Elective | 3 |
| DPH - - - | Photo Elective | 3 |
| Choose | DAH** --- | Art History | 3 |
| One | DVC** --- | Visual Culture Elective | |
| D - - - - - | Elective | 3 |
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Eighth Semester = 15 Credit Hours
| DPH 451 | Photo Thesis Project II | 3 |
| DPH - - - | Photo Elective | 3 |
| DLE --- | General Education Elective | 3 |
| DLE --- | General Education Elective | 3 |
| D- - - - - | Elective | 3 |
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*DEN 107 is placed as a Gen Ed elective. English path is determined by High School English scores or the English Placement Exercise (EPE).
**DAH/DVC must be taken at the 200 level or higher
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| Catalog Year 20/21 |
Total Credits |
126-127 |
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| Total credits: 127: First Year Experience=1; Foundations=18; Major=60; Liberal Arts=42; General Elective=6 |
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Photography Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)
Upon graduation, students in the BFA Photography program will be able to:
- Examine the many roles and opportunities that are present in today’s image creation industries for photographers, and demonstrate through class assignments the development of creative problem solving skills to meet the challenge of these diverse career and image production opportunities.
- Develop their individual photographic style through class assignments that explore the application of traditional photographic processes and contemporary digital still and video techniques.
- Demonstrate in the final senior portfolio the ability to create work based on an informed social, historical, and cultural awareness combined with the creative application of technical photographic techniques, including lighting, camera control and printing.
- Create and professionally present a coherent body of work and articulate a cogent artist statement for the senior portfolio.
- Reflect and respond to changes in culture and society from their position as an ethically responsible artist.
