Exciting Electives For Fall

Below there are some new electives and some electives that are not offered very often that will be taught Fall 2011. If you have questions about a particular course please email the faculty of record.

PHOT 440 Corporate Photography
Students develop a portfolio that demonstrates a mastery of the specialized techniques and aesthetics associated with corporate photography. Prerequisite(s): PHOT 319.
TR 5pm Catherine Cardarelli

PHOT 445 Conceptual Photography Studio
A studio course directed to the successful analysis of methods for developing conceptual skills. There is a thorough and deep understanding of creative thinking versus critical thinking, and an investigation of the role of creative thinking in conceptualization, ?brainstorming', and non-linear image making. Prerequisite(s): PHOT 313.
TR 11 Catherine Cardarelli

PHOT 409 Art Direction of Advertising
Experiencing and building on a working relationship with student art directors, very similar to what they will experience in the professional world, photography students will work to an original layout, meet with the art director for pre-production discussions, and participate in the successful resolution of the concept and design of advertising images. Prerequisite PHOT 313
TR 2pm Catherine Cardarelli


PHOT 346 Mixed-media Photography
This course provides students with an overview of a broad variety of visual forms, media, operative concepts and theories that pertain to both historical and contemporary photographic practices. Students explore the impact of many of these issues through individual practices, lectures, assigned readings, class discussions and critiques. The primary practical work consists of a series of studio projects, in addition to an assigned journal/ sketchbook that is maintained throughout the quarter. Prerequisite(s): PHOT 320.
MW 11 Lynn Wright

PHOT 326 Advanced Black-and-white Printmaking
This course examines the issues and materials involved in the evolution of a personal style of expressive black-and-white printmaking. Areas of investigation include paper characteristics, developer choice and fabrication, print size, multifilter printing and chemical after-treatment. Prerequisite(s): PHOT 115
MW 2 Jaclyn Cori Norman