Art Studio Major

Photography Track

Degree Requirements

Students choose from two options in the photography track; the Fine and Applied Arts Option or the Photographic Imaging Interdisciplinary Option, which incorporates courses from studio art, electronic media and film, mass communication, and theatre.

Photography: Fine and Applied Arts Option

Art majors in the Fine and Applied Arts Option of the photography track complete 66 units, including 36 units in foundations courses, 21 units in required courses and 9 units in electives.

First Level Foundations (18 units)
ART 103 Design I (3)
ART 104 Design II (3)
ART 111 Drawing I (3)
ART 211 Drawing II (3)
ARTH 221 Survey of Western Art I (3)
ARTH 222 Survey of Western Art II (3)

Second Level Foundations (18 units)
ART217 Introduction to Computer Media (3)
ART229 Painting I (3)
ART234 Photography I (3)
ARTH 3xx Any 300-level Art History Course (3)
ARTH 351 History of Photography (3)

Choose one
ART 241 Sculpture I (3)
ART 2xx/3xx Any 200-300-level Crafts Course (3)

Required Courses (21 units)
ART 334 Photography II (3)
ART 335 Photography III (3)
ART 359 Digital Photography I (3)
ART 357 Photographic Formats (3)
ART 435 Photography IV (3)
ART 459 Digital Photography II (3)
ART 497 Senior Project (3)

Electives
9 units in studio art (6 of which must be 300-400-level)

Photography: Photographic Imaging Interdisciplinary Option

Art majors in the Photographic Imaging Interdisciplinary Option complete 69 units, including 36 units in the foundations courses, 24 units in required courses and 9 units in electives.

First Level Foundations (18 units)
ART 103 Design I (3)
ART 104 Design II (3)
ART 111 Drawing I (3)
ART 211 Drawing II (3)
ARTH 221 Survey of Western Art I (3)
ARTH 222 Survey of Western Art II (3)

Second Level Foundations (18 units)
ART 217 Introduction to Computer Media (3)
ART 234 Photography I (3)
ARTH 351 History of Photography (3)
EMF 267 Film Making I (3)
EMF 271 Television Production I (3)
THEA 225 Lighting Design I (3)

Required Courses (24 units)
ART 334 Photography II (3)
ART 335 Photography III (3)
ART 359 Digital Photography I (3)
ART 357 Photographic Formats (3)
ART 459 Digital Photography II (3)
ART 436 Photography IV (3)
ART 497 Senior Project (3)

Choose one
EMF 363 History of Film (3)
EMF 364 Aesthetics of Film (3)

Electives (9 units)
9 units in studio art, mass communication, electronic media and film, theatre (6 of
which must be 300-400-level)

Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education
Center for the Arts, Room 3103 (map)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Phone: 410-704-2808
Fax: 410-704-2810
E-mail: artdepartment@towson.edu