
***NOTE: for a more detailed copy of specific major requirements, download the Detailed Major Requirements PDF under Related Links.
Studio/Production Courses
Area I: 40 credits (minimum)
Required courses
Freshman Year:
Photography & Imaging Digital (offered fall and spring)
Photography & Imaging Analog (offered fall and spring)
Visual Thinking (offered spring)
Sophomore/Junior Year:
Photography & Imaging Multimedia (offered fall and spring)
Screen-based Projects (optional)
Senior Year:
Senior Directed Projects (offered fall)
Additional courses must be taken to bring cumulative points to a minimum of 40.
Critical Studies
Area II: 24 credits (minimum)
Required courses
Freshman Year:
Culture, History, Imaging & Photography Studies (offered fall)
Sophomore Year:
The Social History of Photography (offered fall)
The Aesthetic History of Photography-recommended (offered spring)
Junior/Senior Year:
Additional critical studies courses to bring cumulative points to a minimum of 24.
Liberal Arts Classes
Area III: 44 credits (minimum)
Required courses
Freshman Year:
Writing the Essay: Art and the World (offered fall)
Writing the Essay: The World through Through Art (offered spring)
Soph/Jr/Sr Years:
Language and Literature: 4-8 points
1 Literature or 2 semesters of the same language
Humanities: 4 points
1 Art History course in the Fine Arts Dept. (History of Western Art 2 is highly recommended)
Social Science: 4 points
1 course (i.e. Anthropology, Economics, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, etc.)
Natural Sciences/Mathematics: 4 points
1 course (i.e. Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Compuer Science, etc.)
Additional Liberal Arts from any of the above to bring cumulative points to a minimum of 44.
Electives
Area IV: Credits to bring cumulative total to 128 points.





















