Program Overview

Major in Art (B.F.A.), Photo Image Making Concentration

The Major in Art (B.F.A.), Photo Image Making Concentration, is designed to enable students to explore artistic, personally-driven, and conceptual aspects of the photographic medium. Projects and assignments encourage each student to explore individual directions, with equal emphasis given to intuitive and intellectual concerns. Student work is evaluated for aesthetic qualities, technical excellence, and conceptual development.

Program Overview

The curriculum is designed to help students build a strong foundation in the fundamentals of contemporary photographic practice, while emphasizing the medium's expressive potential and underscoring its connections to the contemporary art world. Interdisciplinary and experimental work is encouraged, as are more traditional approaches and conventional processes. Facilities are available to enable offerings in a wide range of processes and techniques, from silver-based image production and digital capture/output methods to alternative processes such as cyanotype and palladium printing.

Program Requirements

• A minimum grade of C (2.000) or better is required in ART 330, ART 331, ART 430, and ART 431.
• The program consists of 120 credits, with at least 42 upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.
• Students must complete the following courses:
  • ART 105: Issues and Practices in Art
  • ART 110: Global Art History I
  • ART 111: Global Art History II
  • ART 120: Foundations--Time and Structure
  • ART 135: Foundations - Form and Observation
  • ART 160: Foundations - Color and Composition
  • ART 170: Foundations - Materials and Space
  • CO 150: College Composition (GT-CO2)
  • ART 212: Global Art History III
  • ART 230: Photo Image Making I
  • ART 330: Photo Image Making II
  • ART 331: Photo Image Making III
  • ART 430: Advanced Photo Image Making I
  • ART 431: Advanced Photo Image Making II
  • ART 400: BFA Portfolio

Upper-Division Art History Courses

Students must select 6 credits of Upper-Division Art History Courses, with at least 3 credits satisfying AUCC categories 4A and 4B. The following courses are available:

• ART 309: Pre-Columbian Art of the Andes
• ART 310: History of American Art to 1945
• ART 311: Art of West and Central Africa
• ART 312: Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica
• ART 313: Art of East and Southern Africa
• ART 314: Gender and Feminisms in Art History
• ART 315: United States Art
• ART 316: Art of the Pacific
• ART 317: Native North American Art
• ART 320: Global Encounters in Art
• ART 409: Museum Collections--Storage to Exhibition
• ART 410: Greek Art
• ART 411: History of Medieval Art
• ART 412: History of Italian Renaissance Art
• ART 414: History of Baroque and Rococo Art
• ART 415: History of 19th Century European Art
• ART 416: History of European Art, 1900 to 1945
• ART 417: Roman Art
• ART 418: Contemporary Artists and Art Critics
• ART 420: Travel Abroad-Art History in Italy
• ART 492A: Seminar: Art History
• ART 496H: Group Study: Art History

Major Completion Map

The Major Completion Map outlines the recommended course sequence for the program:

• Semester 1: ART 105, ART 110, ART 135, ART 160, CO 150
• Semester 2: ART 111, ART 120, ART 170, CO 150
• Semester 3: ART 212, select two courses from the following: ART 235, ART 240, ART 245, ART 250, ART 255, ART 256, ART 260, ART 265, ART 270
• Semester 4: ART 230, select one course from the following not previously taken: ART 235, ART 240, ART 245, ART 250, ART 255, ART 256, ART 260, ART 265, ART 270
• Semester 5: ART 330, ART Elective, Upper-Division Art History, Advanced Writing, Arts and Humanities
• Semester 6: ART 331, Upper-Division Art Elective, Upper-Division Non-Art Elective, Elective
• Semester 7: ART 430, Upper-Division Non-Art Elective, Non-Art Electives (any level)
• Semester 8: ART 400, ART 431, Upper-Division Art Elective, Upper-Division Non-Art Electives

Program Total Credits

The program requires a minimum of 120 credits, with at least 42 upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.