Curriculum
Suggested Course Map
Download the Requirements Sequence Chart for a suggested sequence of courses that applies to students matriculating in fall 2011 and spring 2012.
Core Studio
- Drawing 1
- 3 units
- 2D, 3D & 4D
- 9 units
Photography Major Requirements
- Tools 1: Black & White
- 3 units
- Tools 2: Intro to Digital
- 3 units
- Investigations 1: Materials & Methods
- 3 units
- Tools 3: Inter/Adv Digital
- 3 units
- Tools 4: Large Format & Lighting
- 3 units
- Investigations 2: Sequence & Context
- 3 units
- Media History: Contemporary Issues & Images
- 3 units
- Investigations 3: Process, Practice, Production
- 3 units
- Advanced Workshops*
*Rotating topics include: documentary, narrative, installation, and alternative processes. - 3 units
- Junior Tutorial
Internship strongly recommended during Junior year - 3 units
- Senior Project: Photography
- 6 units
Additional Studio Requirements
- Interdisciplinary Critique
- 3 units
- Interdisciplinary Studio
- 3 units
- Diversity Studies Studio
- 3 units
- Studio Electives
- 18 units
75 total units
Humanities & Sciences Requirements
- English 1: Language Dynamics
- 3 units
- English 2: Literature and Writing
- 3 units
- Introduction to the Arts: Antiquity to Early Modern
- 3 units
- Introduction to the Modern Arts
- 3 units
- Visual Studies Seminar (300 level)
- 3 units
- Media History: Photography
- 3 units
- Visual Studies Elective
- 3 units
- Science
- 3 units
- Mathematics
- 3 units
- Philosophy/Social Science
- 3 units
- Foundation in Critical Studies
- 3 units
- Cultural History
- 3 units
- Methods Of Knowledge Seminar
- 3 units
- Literature Seminar (304 level)
- 3 units
- Diversity Studies Seminar
- 3 units
- Humanities & Science Electives
- 6 units
51 total units
These are degree requirements for students matriculated in fall 2011 and spring 2012.