Program Overview

Photography and Digital Studio BFA Option

The Photography and Digital Studio BFA option is offered within the Art major in the College of Liberal Arts. This option concentrates on digital and traditional photographic processes and approaches to making contemporary art, as well as related technological arts such as video, sound, installation, and computer-based arts.

Overview

The primary objective of offering the BFA is to provide professional education in visual art at the undergraduate level and to enable graduates to enter professional, studio-based careers and within the creative industries.

Requirements

• Art (BFA) majors taking the Photography and Digital Studio BFA option may not take required art courses on an S/U graded basis.
• Students may not use courses in which they have earned less than a C to satisfy BFA requirements.
• A minimum 3.00 grade-point average must be maintained in all art courses used to meet BFA requirements.
• The core curriculum studio courses must be completed before taking upper-division studio courses for a major program.
• All students seeking a major or a minor must see a departmental advisor on a yearly basis.

Course List

The following courses are required for the Photography and Digital Studio BFA option:

Studio Art Core Curriculum

• ART 100: Art Orientation (1 hour)
• ART 117: 3-D Core Studio (4 hours)
• ART 121: Digital Core Studio (4 hours)

Lower-Division Art Electives

• Select one studio art elective at the 200 level (4 hours)
• Select two art history electives at the 200 level (6 hours)

Photography and Digital Studio BFA Requirements

Required Photography and Digital Studio BFA Courses

• ART 222: Introduction to Time-Based Art (4 hours)
• ART 263: Digital Photography (4 hours)
• ART 340: Darkroom Photography I (4 hours)
• ART 345: Intermediate Photography (4 hours)
• ART 347: Photograph: Studio Lighting (4 hours)
• ART 456: Portfolio-Photography/Video Art (To be taken in Winter term in the senior year. Repeatable to 8 credits) (4 hours)

Photography and Digital Studio BFA Electives

• Select eight courses from the following list, with at least two at the 400-level (32 hours):
  • ART 339: Professional Practices for Artists
  • ART 341: Darkroom Photography II
  • ART 346: Photo Illustration I
  • ART 348: Concepts in Digital Imaging
  • ART 349: Video Art (Repeatable to 8 credits)
  • NMC 349: Video Art
  • ART 350: Photography on Assignment
  • ART 354: Alternative Processes in Photography
  • ART 359: Photography: Activism, and Social Change
  • ART 409: Practicum Student Media (Repeatable to 4 credits)
  • ART 422: New Media: Interactive
  • ART 432: Gender, Sexuality, and the Photographic Image
  • ART 441: Photography III
  • ART 443: Combined Media: Photo Installation
  • ART 444: The Constructed Image
  • ART 446: Documentary Photography
  • ART 447: Advanced Studio Lighting
  • ART 454: Alternative Processes in Photography II
  • ART 456: Portfolio-Photography/Video Art (Repeatable to 8 credits)
  • NMC 383: Field Production

Required Art History Courses

• ART 264: Photography: History, Technology, Culture and Art (3 hours)
• ART 366: Art Since 1945 (3 hours)
• ART 368: History of Photography (3 hours)
• or ART 411: Art in Context Historical and Critical Approaches
• ART 462: Directions and Issues in Contemporary Art (3 hours)

Additional 300/400 Art Electives

• Select 21 credits of art electives, which may be any combination of Art History or Studio Art courses. One class may be at the 200 level, and at least two classes must be at the 400 level.

Option Code

The option code for the Photography and Digital Studio BFA option is 831.

Total Art Credits

Total Art credits must equal 120 credits.