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Photography Program | Fredonia.edu
Photography Program | Fredonia.edu
Photography
Program at Fredonia
Important:
Students are no longer accepted into this program as of June 5, 2024.
Students currently enrolled in this program are asked to contact their department chair for a teach-out plan.
Fredonia’s photography program nurtures creativity through photographic expression.
The Fredonia Difference
The BFA photography degree covers various studio media foster a broad range of artistic knowledge with the intent to conceptualize ideas by using the medium of photography with related practices.
Career Opportunities for Photography
Arts Educator
Brand Manager
Studio Owner/Operator
Photojournalist
Web Developer
Art Director
Commercial Photographer
Photo Archivist
Photo Editor
What does a 4-year degree look like?
Visual Arts and New Media: Photography, B.F.A.
Sample Degree Map
Important:
Students are no longer accepted into this program as of June 5, 2024.
Students currently enrolled in this program are asked to contact their department chair for a teach-out plan.
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.
The State University of New York at Fredonia is committed to doing our part to provide each student a clear path to graduation. This four-year degree plan is a sample map for fulfilling requirements in the major, the Fredonia Foundations (FF), and other supporting courses. The pathway that you take to your degree may differ somewhat from this illustration, depending on where you start and the detours and side trips you may take along the way. If you are committed to completing your degree in four years, we encourage you to consider signing up for the Fredonia in 4 program. For complete information about this degree program, please consult the university catalog at
www.fredonia.edu/catalog
Sample Degree Plan
First Year
Fall Semester
Course
Title
Credits
ART 100
Visual Concepts
ARTS 102
Foundations in 2D Form and Content
ARTS 159
Photographic Explorations
FF
Course
FF
Course
ART 120
Visiting Artist Program
TOTAL
16
Spring Semester
Course
Title
Credits
ARTS 105,221,222,225,240, or 270
ARTS 156
Intro to Digital Photography
ARTH 101
Art in Culture From Prehistory to 1400
FF
Course
FF
Course
ART 120
Visiting Artist Program
TOTAL
16
Second Year
Fall Semester
Course
Title
Credits
ARTH 101
Art in Culture From 1400 to the Present
ARTS 105,221,222,225,240 or 270
ARTS 255
Color and Light
ART 120
Visiting Artist Program
FF
Course
FF
Course
TOTAL
16
Spring Semester
Course
Title
Credits
ARTH xxx
Art History Elective
ARTS 250
Lighting Technique
ARTS 105,221,222,225,240 or 270
ART 120
Visiting Artist Program
FF
Course
FF
Course
TOTAL
16
Third Year
Fall Semester
Course
Title
Credits
ARTS 155
Intro to Film Photography
ARTS 352
Studio Lighting
ARTS Elective
ART 120
Visiting Artist Program
FF
Course
FF
Course
TOTAL
16
Spring Semester
Course
Title
Credits
ARTS 355
Digital Imaging (or)
ARTS 356
Photographic Narrative
ARTS 353
Photographic Illustration
ARTS Studio Elective
ARTH xxx
Art History Elective
ART 120
Visiting Artist Program
TOTAL
13
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
Course
Title
Credits
ARTS 459
Photographic Inquiry
ARTS Studio Elective
General Elective
General Elective
ART 120
Visiting Artist Program
TOTAL
13
Spring Semester
Course
Title
Credits
ARTS 496
Studio Art Internship
ARTS Studio Elective
ARTS Studio Elective
ARTS 400
Senior Seminar
ART 120
Visiting Artist Program
General Elective
TOTAL
14
GRAND TOTAL:
This Sample Degree Map is based on the requirements published in the
University Catalog
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What are all the required and elective courses offered to obtain this degree?
2023-2024 Program Requirements
ARTS 255 Color and Light
Explores aesthetic and technical knowledge necessary to understand the art of color photography including color perception, materials and processes, and aesthetics of color.
ARTS 350 Experimental Photography
Students will study the working methods of early pioneers of photography, as well as examine present-day software development that fabricates and alters these processes. Historical working methods and contemporary mimicking approaches will be discussed.
ARTS 356 The Photographic Narrative
The course will focus on the art of visual storytelling through the medium of photography. All aspects of photographic narrative and image sequencing will be explored, from documentary to tableau vivant.
More to Consider
Related Programs
Animation/Illustration
Art History
Ceramics
Drawing/Painting
Film/Video
Graphic Design
Photography
Sculpture
Minors
Art History Minor