Photography: Advanced Topics. (0-9) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: ART 2313 and ART 3513 . Emphasis on the development of a personal artistic voice through exploration of advanced photographic techniques and concepts, as well as self-defined projects. Students will build knowledge and understanding of photography as a fine art medium. Topics may include: Non-Silver and Alternative Processes; Controlled Lighting; Advanced Black and White; Image-Based Performance, Intervention, and Installation; Advanced Color and Digital Darkroom; Primitive Technologies–Pinhole and Toy Cameras. While each offered topic may be repeated once for credit, students who chose photography as their emphasis area should take a minimum of four of the offered topics. ART 4533 may be repeated for credit. Specific School of Art degree plans require students to take this course multiple times up to 9 credit hours (including Internship and Independent Study where the work falls primarily in the discipline of Photography) and allow students to take this course up to 18 credits if used toward electives as well as their area of study. Students are introduced to new processes and expected to experiment with and refine processes used in previous semesters of ART 4533. This process of developing a refined skill set is time-consuming and individualized to each student, as are the benchmarks of material, process, and conceptual success that characterize each student’s work. Students taking ART 4533 for additional credit will be evaluated on an increased mastery of the skill sets defined above in the learning outcomes of this course. Increased mastery of skills will include but not be limited to: the exploration of an additional material(s) not used in prior semesters; the experimentation with, and the refinement of an additional processes(s) not used in prior semesters; improved personal standard of quality demonstrated by a refinement in the sophistication of conceptual, material, and process success that characterize the student’s work; a demonstrated improvement of the student’s ability or skill to formulate and verbally articulate their developing artistic direction measured against performance in prior semesters, as well as over the course of the semester; an increased and more specific understanding of the history of photography especially directed towards the interests and investigations of the student. (Formerly titled "Photography.") May be repeated for credit. Generally offered: Fall, Spring. Summer. Course Fee: LRLF $10.27; SAF1 $45; SAF2 $150; STLF $18.48.