PHOT 401
Senior Seminar
Columbia College Chicago · Fall 2026
Catalog description
This course teaches students how to develop and shape a rigorous self-directed, long-term photography project relevant to their photographic interests and professional ambitions. This course is designed to encourage students to work in a more independent manner and increase their expertise in seeing, editing and problem solving. Students will also engage in a long-term research project that relates to and informs their photographic work. Students learn to create work based on personal concerns and values as well as increase their capacity to speak and write articulately about their work. Students will also engage with professional practitioners in the field through lectures, writings, and in-class visiting lecturers to develop career strategies, discuss professional challenges, and place themselves in relation to contemporary photography practices. This is the capstone course for the BFA in Photography.
Sections
Current meeting, instructor, credit, and enrollment details
01
6 openSeats: 9/15 seats Last recorded: Jul 27, 2026, 7:07 AM- Days & times
- Fr · 8:30 AM – 12:20 PM
- Meeting dates
- Sep 8 – Dec 19
- Location
- 600 S Michigan 905
- Instructor
- Peter Fitzpatrick
02
FullSeats: 18/18 seats Last recorded: Jul 27, 2026, 7:07 AM- Days & times
- Fr · 8:30 AM – 12:20 PM
- Meeting dates
- Sep 8 – Dec 19
- Location
- 600 S Michigan 913
- Instructor
- Ross Sawyers