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Photography Curriculum

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The Photography Department offers a flexible, interdisciplinary curriculum that is highly attuned to the needs of each of its students. Courses are offered in all areas of photographic expression and are designed to inspire and nurture individual creativity, as well as promote visual and conceptual risk-taking. Our diverse faculty represents an outstanding variety of viewpoints, techniques, and approaches to photographic practice and expression. The department's state-of-the-art facilities complement your course work, help you realize your personal vision, and prepare you for a professional life in photography.

Photography BFA

Semester One 15 Credits
IPHOT 1200 Foundation Lecture / Lab I 3
IPHOT 1300 Foundation Seminar I 3
IAHIS 1200 Art in the Western World I 3
CWRIT 1101 English Composition 3
IFNDN 1615 Drawing Fundamentals 3
Semester Two 15 Credits
IPHOT 1210 Foundation Lecture / Lab II 3
IPHOT 1310 Foundation Seminar II 3
  General Elective 3
IAHIS 2200 20th Century Photography 3
CLITR 1100 Writing & the Literary Arts 3
Semester Three 18 Credits
IPHOT 2150 Large Format 3
IPHOT 2320 Intro to Documentary 3
IPHOT 2410 Sophomore Seminar I: Concepts 3
  Studio Elective 3
IAHIS 1210 Art in the Western World II 3
  Liberal Arts Elective Studio 3
Semester Four 15 Credits
IPHOT 2670 Intro to Commercial / Studio 3
IPHOT 2330 Contemporary Trends 3
  General Elective 3
IPHOT 2420 Sophomore Seminar II: Projects 3
  Liberal Arts Elective 3
Semester Five 15 Credits
IPHOT 4888 Internship 3
IPHOT 3600 Advanced Printing (or) 3
IPHOT 3610 Advanced Printing II: Digital Processes 3
IPHOT XXXX Photo Major Elective 3
  Studio Elective 3
  Liberal Arts Elective 3
Semester Six 15 Credits
IPHOT 3160 Junior Portfolio 3
  Studio Elective 3
IPHOT XXXX Art History Elective 3
CMATH XXXX Math Requirement 3
  General Elective 3
Semester Seven 15 Credits
IPHOT 4150 Senior Portfolio I 3
IPHOT XXXX Photo Major Elective 3
  Studio Elective 3
IPHOT XXXX Advanced Art History Elective 3
  Science Requirement 3
Semester Eight 15 Credits
IPHOT 4160 Senior Portfolio II 3
IPHOT XXXX Photo Major Elective 3
  Studio Elective 3
  Social Science Elective 3
  Liberal Arts Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED 123 Credits

Please note: The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University reserves the right to unilaterally add, withdraw, or revise any course offering in the above-mentioned program of study, including policies, provisions, requirements, and fees. Current students may visit the Academic Advising Office to obtain the official program requirement sheet that corresponds with their year of enrollment. 

IPHOT 1190

Spring Photography Foundation
6 credits
Spring Photography Foundation is a unique and intensive introduction to the techniques and conceptual, critique based concerns of photographic and interrelated media image making. The intent of the course is to prepare the student to deal with a vast palette of photographic techniques and materials and to serve as a beginning combination lab and seminar experience emphasizing professional technical instruction in black and white, color, and digital imaging; conceptual and perceptual awareness; and critical thinking in a contemporary and historical context. Within this framework, students will begin defining their relationships to photography and related image making. This 6 credit course is the prerequisite to Lecture / Lab II and Seminar II.

IPHOT 1200

Foundation Lecture & Lab I
3 credits
Photography studies begin with this Photography Foundation course. The intention of Lecture & Lab I is to prepare students to deal with a vast palette of traditional, 'wet lab' black and white and color photographic materials and to serve as the technical complement to the conceptual and critique based Visual Seminar I. In Lecture & Lab I, students learn the basic workflows of black and white and color; properties of light, camera, and lens functions; control of exposure and development, including basic exposure index testing and 'pushing' and 'pulling' of film stocks; split filter printing and print toning; working with available light; and presentation options of the final imagery. The emphasis of this course is to add to and refine the tools needed to produce high quality work in black and white and color.

IPHOT 1210

Foundation Lecture & Lab II
3 credits
This second semester Photography Foundation course is designed to build on the skills developed in Lecture & Lab I and to serve as the technical complement to the conceptual and critique based Visual Seminar II. This course emphasizes the relationships of concept, context, materials, and techniques and greater overall control of process. Specific areas of study include hand-held metering, working with 'flash,' introduction to medium format cameras, introduction to basic Zone System principles, and an introduction to digital imaging, workflow, and printing. Prerequisite: IPHOT 1200 permission of instructor.

IPHOT 1220

Introduction to Photography: Non-Majors
3 credits
This course is a basic, hands-on introduction to the photographic arts. It addresses both technical and aesthetic areas of photographic concern. Beginning with the basic properties of light, this course covers camera and lens functions, basic black and white printing processes, and presentation of the final image. Aesthetic concerns of space, composition, point of view, image rendering, manipulation, and the intentions of the artist are covered in class critique.

IPHOT 1240

Introduction to Photography: Digital for Non-Majors
3 credits
This course explores the traditional concepts, techniques, and language of photography via the use of contemporary digital technologies.

IPHOT 1300 / 1310

Foundation Visual Seminar I and II
3 credits each
Foundation Visual Seminar I & II are introductory (I) and intermediate (II) level seminar courses in the contemporary, historical, and personal aesthetics of photography. Foundation Seminar is primarily a critique experience but will incorporate readings, films, and writing. The intention of Visual Seminar is to investigate the personal, interdisciplinary, and subtle aspects of the medium, to help students become actively engaged with their own creative abilities, vision, and practice, and to cultivate and support artistic risk within a nurturing and demanding environment.

IPHOT 2100

Intro to Alternative Photo Processes
3 credits
Intro to Alternative Photographic Processes is a hands-on and dynamic group learning experience. In this course you will investigate an extensive range of alternative photographic processes, from the historical birth of the medium through digital negative production. You will be introduced to a variety of processes, including salted paper, gum bichromate, Argyrotype, kallitype, cyanotype, Van Dyke, platinum/palladium, Ziatype, albumen, as well as options such as pinhole, Lazertran, and hand applied emulsions. Working in our dedicated alternative process labs, you will see how these concepts, techniques, experiments, and shared ideas will result in new directions for each individual's vision and portfolio. Prerequisite: IPHOT 1300/1310 or permission of instructor.

IPHOT 2120

Color: Digital
3 credits
This course explores the potential of digital capture and output to transform the medium of color photography both aesthetically and technically. With the creation of the camera raw file format, the traditional pre-exposure concerns of color balance and exposure have now become post-exposure choices for the artist. Color: Digital investigates the artistic implications of this malleability of image capture. The course follows through to improved controls and archival quality attainable in digital color photography.

IPHOT 2150

Large-Format Photography
3 credits
A thorough investigation of the view camera, with emphasis on solving particular technical problems. Students create their own technical resource notebooks as they experiment with the many artistic and technical options available to the photographer. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1300 and IPHOT 1310.

IPHOT 2215

Taking In: The Best of AIB Photography
3 credits
Taking In will introduce students to the "professional publishing world." This class focuses on the organization, production, and printing of a photographic magazine. You will learn all the preparatory steps, including digital scanning, book layout, how to communicate with commercial printers and binders, advertising, distribution, and exhibition. In addition, the class will organize: a jury to select artwork, a gallery showcase, and gala opening to celebrate the release of the Taking In publication. The publishing process includes: submission recruitment and coordination, jury organization, digital input and retouching, layout, design, proofing, prompt deadline awareness, and professional interaction with printers, binders, and paper suppliers. The class will prepare for the gallery showcase which includes: advertising, framing coordination, curating, hanging of the juried artwork, food and wine specifics, and the final presentation of Taking In: the Best of AIB Photography at the opening release party. Open to all majors.

IPHOT 2320

Intro to Documentary
3 credits
This core course examines the practices and philosophies of photojournalism and documentary photography. Areas of study include: freelance magazine and newspaper work, creation and execution of a documentary essay, editing, business practices, and portfolio preparation and presentation. There is a strong emphasis on shooting. Students meet in groups and individually with professors to work towards incorporating the language, skills, and practice of the photojournalist/documentary photographer. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1300 and IPHOT 1310.

IPHOT 2321

Documenting Village Life
3 credits
Students will be placed with families in the villages of San Bartolo, Coyotepec, and Sapata in the outskirts of Oaxaca City, Mexico. Students will be given access to photograph family life, farming, and the parties that inevitably happen! Options include documenting the process of making black pottery or making tortillas, always with a chicken or child underfoot. This course will demonstrate how to gain access to subjects in foreign cultures, how to photograph the daily moments of life in a new way, and how to make strong and intimate documentary photographs. Students will learn how to deal with cultural differences and will have the option of living in the village. This course truly offers an unforgettable experience and portfolio of images. For additional travel costs and information contact Julie Stanwood at 617.585.6722.

IPHOT 2330

Contemporary Trends
3 credits
This course surveys major contemporary trends and their evolution in fine art, documentary, and commercial photography since World War II. Individual photographer's styles are examined within an historical context. Slide lectures and class discussions are supplemented by guest lectures and visits to galleries and museums in the Boston area. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1200/1210.

IPHOT 2340

Photo History & Process: 19th Century
3 credits
This course introduces students to the work of major 19th century fine art and documentary photographers. The relationship between the concepts driving innovations and the practical, if often elegant, technical solutions arrived at by photography's practitioners is emphasized. Technique demonstrations are also included with various topics of discussion. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1200 and IPHOT 1210.

IPHOT 2410

Sophomore Seminar I: Concepts
3 credits
This course presents the wide variety of ideas and concepts currently used by photographers. This class will place emphasis on reading, writing, and discussion of ideas, as well as visits to museums and galleries and presentations on the topics that are explored. Assignments are structured to encourage a broad understanding of the ways in which these ideas can be incorporated into your working methods. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1310.

IPHOT 2420

Sophomore Seminar II: Projects
3 credits
Sophomore Seminar is an examination of the ideas behind photography and art making. This class places an equal emphasis on creative projects, readings on photography and art, visits to museums and galleries, and responses and presentations on the ideas brought forth by our investigations. Assignments are structured to encourage thoughtful, individual responses. The intent of this course is to encourage critical thinking about attitudes towards photography and art. Prerequisites: IPHOT 2410 or permission of instructor.

IPHOT 2625

Seeing: Photography and Science
3 credits
This course is a dynamic survey of scientific principles and the photographic works they energize, ranging from macroscopic considerations of the nature of space and time, to microscopic issues of the chemistry of human emotions. Students will gain confidence in their own abilities to think about science, will learn basic principles underlying scientific inquiry and modes of knowing, and will directly connect those to their own work as photographers. They will demonstrate this understanding through photographic work, collaborative "art/science experiments," and in-class discussions and projects. Prerequisites: IPHOT 2410 or IDESN 2560 or permission of the instructor.

IPHOT 2660

Real Life Fashion I: The World is your Studio
3 credits
This class explores how the line between fine art photography and commercial fashion is slowly disappearing. Students are encouraged to find their own personal style through examining contemporary fashion photography and its impact on culture. History of the genre and its influences from other media are explored. Class time is divided between lectures, critique, visiting artists, field trips, and location shooting. Prerequisite: IPHOT 1310. Lighting is not taught in this class, therefore IPHOT 2670, or equivalent, or permission of instructor is recommended.

IPHOT 2670

Introduction to Commercial Photography
3 credits
This core course introduces students to the materials, techniques, and practices of professional, commercial, and advertising photography. Focus is on the fundamentals of the studio and the conceptual aspects of professional, commercial, and studio work. Prerequisites: IPHOT1300 and IPHOT 1310.

IPHOT 3110

Visual Books I
3 credits
Students explore the nature and possibilities of artists' books as a medium for photographers. Sequencing, theme, techniques for binding books, and various forms will be considered. Using photographic images and words, students will create their own artists' books. Open to non-photo majors.

IPHOT 3120

Visual Books II
3 credits
This course is for students who have taken Visual Books I or who have had previous experience in making books. It will give students the opportunity to develop further the skills and techniques learned in Visual Books. There will be an emphasis on individual projects, furthering the exploration of using the book as an art form. We will explore the use of text, experimenting with journal writing, narrative, interviews, word collage, and found text. These will be combined with images. We will learn new binding structures and book formats. We will examine the use of text in contemporary art and the connection to the book form. This course is useful to students in developing their own writing skills, using writing with other mediums, and as a way to continue creating and inventing their own unique books. The course will include field trips to important collections, as well as visits from book artists in the Boston area. Prerequisites: IPHOT 3110 or permission of instructor, open to non-photo majors.

IPHOT 3160

Junior Portfolio
3 credits
Photography students meet together as a class to produce an integrated portfolio and to develop technical expertise, insight into their media, and personal vision. Finished portfolios are evaluated by faculty members and other photography professionals.

IPHOT 3201

Color Photography
3 credits
This course is an introduction to the theoretical and practical fundamentals of color photography. Through the use of traditional and digital color materials, students will explore the special problems and possibilities color presents for the contemporary artist/photographer. Designed for the first or second year student, the course prepares students to choose among various techniques and color concepts in order to creatively enrich their work. Color prepares students to create meaningful color imagery within an ever-changing medium. Participants complete a portfolio that examines and foregrounds their increasing mastery of exposure, color-balancing, and conscious use of color in the fulfillment of concept. Class time includes lecture, discussion, critique, and lab work. Prerequisite: IPHOT 1200 and IPHOT 1210.

IPHOT 3310

The Portrait: Traditional & Contemporary
3 credits
This course extends the concept of portrait to include narrative fiction, formulist interpretation, fashion, and conceptual approaches. Participants examine portraits of individuals, groups and subcultures, and self-portraits. The way in which portraiture has been realized by artists and documentarians in fine art, cinema, and multi-media is considered.

IPHOT 3365

Journalism: Photojournalism
3 credits
This course involves a critical inquiry into the origins, evolution, and contemporary practice of photojournalism. The emphasis is on working methods of major photojournalists; alternative approaches to covering events; synergy of image and text; logistics and ethics of reporting; bias (cultural, national, personal) versus point of view; and the extended reach of contemporary photojournalism into the realms of broadcast news and the world wide web.

IPHOT 3370

Documentary Projects
3 credits
This is an advanced level course designed to allow each student to work on a single documentary. Students are introduced to the techniques, planning, and practical decisions involved in a successful documentary project. There are visits by working photojournalists, viewing and discussion of documentary films and exhibitions, articles to be analyzed, and critiques of documentaries. Prerequisite: IPHOT 2320.

IPHOT 3390

Photography and Power
3 credits
Photography and Power examines the influence and power of the image in our contemporary life. Through critical readings and deconstruction of photographs in the contexts of political, social, and commercial campaigns, spreads, and monographs, we will explore how photographers, editors, and curators use the image to encourage viewers to ask questions, to shape public opinion, to make choices, to buy a product, or to conduct their lives differently. This class is intended to look beyond the surface of images to address the decisions that were made when a photograph was taken and put to use. We will look at the history of images as well as current events to understand the influence and power of images in the past and our present. Discussions on readings will invite critical writing and thinking skills. This class is open to all departments.

IPHOT 3440

Contemporary Concepts: The Constructed Image
3 credits
The Constructed Image concentrates on conceptual portraiture and self-portraiture, still life, and tableau. The evolution and evolving perceptions of photographic subject, from objective description to subjective depiction in contemporary image making, are explored. Prerequisite: IPHOT 1310.

IPHOT 3460

Cinema and Visual Reaction
3 credits
This course examines and explores varied approaches to the art of cinema and the translation of literature into film, as well as narrative and analytic writing and creative visual response. The intention of the course is to provide the student with an understanding of how creative responses to art, in a variety of media, can be a source and a resource for personal work. Using the translation of literature into film as a basis, this course introduces and illuminates literary and cinematic methods of analysis and resynthesis. Over the course of the semester, the class views films and is assigned to read or see the original source in conjunction with written and visual assignments. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1310, IPHOT 2420.

IPHOT 3470

Photo Noir
3 credits
For serious intermediate/advanced documentary photographers who wish to participate in an experimental course that, using the still photography camera, will draw upon and expand the styles, conversations, and themes of Noir, as found in the work of such film directors as Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Edgar Ulmer, Roman Polanski and the writing of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Edgar Allan Poe, and Charles Bukowski.

IPHOT 3480

The Critical Eye
3 credits
A reading and discussion oriented course for advanced students interested in photography, video, and digital media. Selected readings offer participants an expanding frame of reference for developing concepts and creative work. Contemporary themes and ideas are examined and explored in the work of photographically based media artists. Prerequisites: IAHIS 2200 and IPHOT 2330.

IPHOT 3510

Digital Media I
3 credits
Digital Media I is an intermediate level requirement/elective dedicated to on-screen digital image manipulation. This course serves as an introduction to digital media options for expression of creative ideas. Tools such as Flash, streaming media, audio clips, and Photoshop are used to produce screen-based fine art. Students develop fundamental web-based skills by creating an uncomplicated web gallery of work. Individual creative intentions and processes, through digital media experimentation, are strongly encouraged. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1310 or IPHOT 1220.

IPHOT 3560

Digital Printing I
3 credits
The potential of the computer to transform the medium of photography has become an issue as central to craft as to aesthetics. Blending traditional and digital processes can provide remarkable flexibility, control, and expressive freedom. This course explores the interaction of old and new in a variety of key areas. The full range of photographic modalities can be addressed. There are no restrictions on format, style, or intent. Classroom sessions provide opportunities for exploration, evaluation, and discussion of the implications of digital technology within the individual student's aesthetic. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1310.

IPHOT 3565

Fine Digital Photography
3 credits
Fine Digital Photography builds the foundation of skills for taking Photography into the 21st century. The course emphasizes developing fast, efficient, and consistent work in the digital darkroom, adapting concepts originating from film based shooting to a "data management" strategy. We explore, in depth, the nature of the camera RAW file and build a powerful way of working with these files while seeing how it changes our individual photographic vision. Using the best equipment available and a deep understanding of the process, we define and explore the future of photography. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1310, IPHOT 1210, or permission of instructor.

IPHOT 3580

The Web as an Art Form
3 credits
Web art, a uniquely dematerialized art form, is among the newest of new media art. The class explores precursors to web art, various web art genres, past and current trends in web art, and web technology 'for newbies.' The unique aesthetics, limitations, and social contexts associated with web art are investigated. The impact on this innovative art form resulting from the recognition by art 'authorities' of the internet as a viable art venue is explored. Prerequisite: IPHOT 3500.

IPHOT 3585

Exploring New Genres
3 credits
An investigation of alternative and non-traditional art processes and concepts, this class is designed to encourage you to explore the limitless possibilities of the world of materials to enhance your curiosity and develop your perceptual skills, and to foster fluency in the language of making art out of unconventional materials and space. Through readings, field trips, group discussions, guests, and slide lectures, students will be introduced to a wide variety of new media, including sound, video, digital, robotics, installation, and performance work. Students are free to choose the materials best suited to express their concerns and will be encouraged to strengthen their capacity for inventive expression.

IPHOT 3600

Advanced Printing
3 credits
This course focuses on developing mastery of black and white printing techniques and processes in order to explore the potential for expressive interpretation of the negative. Once sufficient mastery is attained, students are asked to pursue the direction best suited to their own goals for fine art, commercial, or documentary photography. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1210.

IPHOT 3610

Advanced Printing II - Digital Processes
3 credits
Blending traditional and digital processes can provide remarkable flexibility, control, and expressive freedom. This course explores this interaction of old and new through digital proof-sheets and archives; high quality negative scanning techniques; creating digital masks for conventional processes and enlarged negatives for non-silver and alternative process printing; and printing both black and white (Piezography quadtone) and color via inkjet media. There are no restrictions on format, style, or intent. This class is designed to increase awareness and explore opportunities of a rapidly expanding digital world. Prerequisite: IPHOT 3560 or permission of instructor.

IPHOT 3680

Conceptual Editorial Photography
3 credits
An intermediate level course which explores areas of professional photography outside of advertising, such as magazine covers and editorial illustrations; compact disc and cassette covers; brochures, calendars, and posters; fashion, food, industrial, travel, and stock photography. Students are encouraged to create innovative as well as traditional solutions. Prerequisite: IPHOT 2670. Open to non-photography majors who have completed IIDPH 1220, equivalent, with permission of instructor.

IPHOT 3700

Landscape and Architecture
3 credits
This course examines the techniques and expressive possibilities in photographing landscapes, cityscapes, and interior environments with the large format camera. Field trips, classroom critiques, and presentations by outside photographers are included. Prerequisite: IPHOT 2150 or permission of instructor. Offered every other year.

IPHOT 3715

Landscape of Memory: Histories
3 credits
Landscape of Memory: Histories is a portfolio seminar that discusses the significance of past events in the context of individual and collective memory. Ruins, landscapes, and the urban environment will serve as platforms for investigating experiences that are of historical, political, socio-economic, environmental, or cultural importance. Students will be encouraged to situate themselves within the work of artists who have dealt with these themes such as Shimon Attie, Alfredo Jaar, An My Li, Sophie Ristelhueber, Richard Misrach, Kara Walker, Mark Klett, Sally Mann, W.G. Sebald, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter, Claude Lanzmann, and Susan Meiselas. Students will be encouraged to verbally and visually articulate the significance of an experience of the past and its impact on understanding the present in order to enable students to understand the complexities of cultural and individual inheritance. Video, installation, photography, fine art, or mixed media are encouraged. Prerequisites: IPHOT 1310, IPHOT 2410, and IAHIS 2200.

IPHOT 3740

Art in Context
3 credits
This team taught course is designed for more advanced students interested in exploring the contemporary art scene in Boston, New England, and New York. Established guest artists from Boston and beyond will visit the class over the semester to discuss their careers, talk with us about current projects, provide students with critiques, and make suggestions about future directions, which will provide students with new ways of thinking about their work and will be the basis for in depth discussion about a variety of ways they can present their work. Students will be encouraged to see and assess their work from the viewpoint of those they will be approaching after graduation (curators, dealers, agents, etc) and to consider a variety of possibilities for their career in the arts. The course will include trips to studios, galleries, and museums to see work, visit collections, and meet artists, curators, and collectors. This class is structured like a seminar to allow for trips to Brown and RISD, as well as one major trip to New York for visits to MoMA, the ICP, Whitney, Metropolitan, and selected galleries. For more information visit: www.aibartincontext.blogspot.com Prerequisites: IPHOT 2420.

IPHOT 4100

Advanced Alternative Processes: Projects
3 credits
Advanced Alternative Processes: Projects is an intermediate/advanced level project based experience. The intent of the class is to provide a workshop-like environment in order to facilitate the creation of new and personal directions utilizing alternative photographic processes. Students will be encouraged to investigate and refine specific techniques such as albumen, salted paper, cyanotype, gum bichromate, platinum/palladium, Ziatype, kallitype, Argyrotype, Van Dyke, carbon, hand applied emulsions, combination processes, and interdisciplinary media, leading to a fully realized portfolio, book, technical investigation, or personal project. Invention, experimentation, and risk will be strongly encouraged. Prerequisite: IPHOT 2100 or permission of instructor.

IPHOT 4120

Professional Directions
3 credits
For advanced students interested in the publication and exhibition of their work. Photographers have a semester of visits to publishers of fine art books, curators of galleries, book and portfolio designers, and two of the finest printing firms dedicated to reproduction of images for books, posters, cards, and catalogues. Students design their work, publish a fine art postcard or poster, and collaborate by designing and mounting an exhibition.

IPHOT 4150 / 4160

Senior Portfolio I/II
3 credits each
This class is a concentration requirement providing a pivotal base for the entire senior year. Students whose primary focus incorporates fine art, commercial and editorial, and photojournalism/documentary meet together in a single, yearlong critique seminar. The primary concern is developing and refining a personal vision and style to produce a strong, finished portfolio. At the end of each semester, student work is evaluated by visiting faculty and outside guest critics and jurors. Senior Portfolio I & II run each semester, and students from both levels are integrated into all sections. Prerequisites: IPHOT 3160.

IPHOT 4180

Horror In Photography & Film
3 credits
This class investigates both real and fictional horror as portrayed in film and photography. Films and photographs will be reviewed weekly: classic horror films, films documenting atrocities, and the photographs of both fictionalized and documented horror. The differences in medium, artist's intent, and viewer participation are examined and discussed. Students are required to write two in depth analyses of work shown in class during the semester and create body of work that depicts an actual or metaphorical horror.

IPHOT 4200

Color Photography: Special Projects
3 credits
This studio/lecture course offers students an in-depth opportunity to explore color as content. Through lecture, discussion, and reading, we will consider color from a broad variety of physical, theoretical, and aesthetic perspectives. We will also study the work of artists, both current and historical, whose work actively engages color concepts. Students will devise semester projects that may be wide-ranging in both concept and technique. These might include digital, alternative, or C-print portfolios as well as installations, papers, presentations, books, or time-based pieces. Prerequisite: IPHOT 3201.

IPHOT 4500

Digital Imaging II
3 credits
This course is a continuation of Digital Imaging and Manipulation I IPHOT 3500 and assumes an upper intermediate level of experience in the field of digital imaging. This course commences with projects and digital imaging instruction that incorporate advanced techniques in Adobe Photoshop. Students utilize their own artwork in the development of their projects, with a goal of a finished digital portfolio. Prerequisite: IPHOT 3500 or permission of instructor.

IPHOT 4530

E-Projects with Dreamweaver & Flash
3 credits
As a relatively new form of public media, e-projects are electronic works made to be viewed on the world wide web. This type of art is typically subversive and usually timely. This course focuses on the methods and ideologies of current web artists in combination with demonstrations of the tools needed to begin creating an e-project. Course does not include making a commerce site or portfolio showcase. Prerequisite: IPHOT 1180.

IPHOT 4660

Advanced Commercial Projects
3 credits
This course covers the practical, professional, and business aspects of a functioning, professional photography studio through individual and group projects and jobs. Through simulated and actual jobs and projects, students will collaborate to make a variety of work that draws inspiration from current marketing and trends. Practical topics to be examined include: basics of studio photography equipment, materials, facility, personnel; portfolio; supportive and self-employment: pros & cons; bookkeeping/computer databases; law and ethics, and other subject matter. Included in the various discussions are guest photographers and people in the industry. Prerequisite: IPHOT 2670 permission of instructor.

IPHOT 4880

Variable credits
3 credits
The internship program provides photography majors with experience in a professional environment, helping to prepare them for entry into the job market. Interns put their technical and creative knowledge to work and have the chance to make professional connections within the photography community. Students must formally apply; positions generally last 15 weeks. See Department Chair for approval.

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