Students will learn how to process in black and white and color darkrooms, light a studio, and create, edit and print using digital materials. Processes and techniques covered include:
- Business and marketing
- Alternative processes
- Interpretive writing
- Historical and theoretical issues
- 35mm, medium format and 4x5 film camera
- Digital capture and post-production
- Web design
- Gallery and portfolio presentation
The B.F.A. program is constantly redefining the medium of photography. Focusing on both practice and theory, students will gain a broad definition of photography as a lens-based medium open to an endless variety of expressive means.
Course Offerings
- Digital Photography
- Digital Photo Editing
- Experimental Photography & Video
- Contemporary Issues In Photography
- Advanced Photography
- View Camera Techniques
- Senior Thesis
- Black and White Darkroom Photography
- Color Darkroom Photography
- History of Photography
- Alternative Processes
- Business of Photography
- Photographic Art Marketing
- Studio Photography
Photography Facilities
Facilities available to students include:
- Photofinishing room
- 19th Century alternative processes room
- Comprehensive equipment rental service
- Traditional black and white and color darkrooms
- Digital editing labs
- Commercial studios
Career Options
The B.F.A. in photography prepares students to:
- Launch careers as professional artists
- Work creatively in commercial advertising and portrait studios
- Produce compelling work as photojournalists, commercial, editorial and/or fine art photographers
- Apply expertise in museums and galleries and create artwork for public exhibition
- Combine knowledge of image-making with another field
- Write as a professional interpreter and critic
- Engage in graduate studies in fine art programs
Graduates are well-positioned to join a network of alumni who are actively working with local and national media outlets, businesses and organizations, as well as pursuing post-graduate study.