Sample Degree Plan
Visual Arts and New Media: Photography, B.F.A. Sample Degree Map
The Visual Arts and New Media: Photography, B.F.A. degree is designed to give students a thorough knowledge of the medium, including historical and aesthetic concerns, as well as experience with conventional, experimental and digital photography. The program relates to all the other areas in the department by emphasizing inter-media applications through the combination of photographic images or electronic output with the traditional materials associated with drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics to encourage communication and understanding across the disciplines. The intent is to conceptualize ideas by using the medium of photography and related practices.
Sample Degree Plan
First Year
Fall Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ART 100 | Visual Concepts | 3 |
| ARTS 102 | Foundations in 2D Form and Content | 3 |
| ARTS 159 | Photographic Explorations | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| TOTAL | 16 |
Spring Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ARTS 105,221,222,225,240, or 270 | 3 | |
| ARTS 156 | Intro to Digital Photography | 3 |
| ARTH 101 | Art in Culture From Prehistory to 1400 | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| TOTAL | 16 |
Second Year
Fall Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ARTH 101 | Art in Culture From 1400 to the Present | 3 |
| ARTS 105,221,222,225,240 or 270 | 3 | |
| ARTS 255 | Color and Light | 3 |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| TOTAL | 16 |
Spring Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ARTH xxx | Art History Elective | 3 |
| ARTS 250 | Lighting Technique | 3 |
| ARTS 105,221,222,225,240 or 270 | 3 | |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| TOTAL | 16 |
Third Year
Fall Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ARTS 155 | Intro to Film Photography | 3 |
| ARTS 352 | Studio Lighting | 3 |
| ARTS Elective | 3 | |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| FF | Course | 3 |
| TOTAL | 16 |
Spring Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ARTS 355 | Digital Imaging (or) | 3 |
| ARTS 356 | Photographic Narrative | |
| ARTS 353 | Photographic Illustration | 3 |
| ARTS Studio Elective | 3 | |
| ARTH xxx | Art History Elective | 3 |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| TOTAL | 13 |
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ARTS 459 | Photographic Inquiry | 3 |
| ARTS Studio Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| TOTAL | 13 |
Spring Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| ARTS 496 | Studio Art Internship | 3 |
| ARTS Studio Elective | 3 | |
| ARTS Studio Elective | 3 | |
| ARTS 400 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| ART 120 | Visiting Artist Program | 1 |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 14 |