For the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography
The curriculum in photography requires 122 credit hours; its purpose
is to encourage the study of photographic media for personal expression,
to explore the social implications of pictures, and to develop the
skills needed for careers in photography. General art requirements
and electives provide a broad foundation in the visual arts, and photography
courses provide a strong background in the history, theory, and practice
of photography as art.
Foreign Language Requirement
Students entering the University of Illinois as freshmen in Fall 2000
or later need to complete the foreign language requirement in order
to graduate. To satisfy this requirement, students must complete a
third level college foreign language course. This requirement may
also be satisfied by three years of the same foreign language in high
school. Students entering the University of Illinois without three
years of the same foreign language in high school must take a foreign
language placement test to determine the courses in which to enroll.
| Hours |
General Education
Requirements |
| 4 |
RHET 105
or 108—Composition I |
| 3 |
Advanced
Composition |
| 21 |
Six hours in each of the following areas: humanities
and the arts, natural sciences and technology, social and behavioral
sciences, and Western and non-Western culture. ARTH 112 satisfies
half of the humanities requirement. |
| 0-12 |
Foreign language |
| 6 |
Quantitative
reasoning, I and II |
| 34 |
Total |
| Hours |
Art History |
| 4 |
ARTH 111—Ancient
and Medieval Art |
| 4 |
ARTH 112—Renaissance
and Modern Art (General Education-Humanities & the Arts) |
| 6 |
Advanced
art history |
| 14 |
Total |
| Hours |
General Art and
Design |
| 2 |
ARTF 101—Contemporary
Issues in Art |
| 6 |
ARTF 102
and 104—Drawing, I and II |
| 6 |
ARTF 103
and 105—Design, I and II |
| 14 |
Total |
| Hours |
Photography |
| 3 |
ARTS 260—Basic
Photography |
| 3 |
ARTS 261—Photography,
II |
| 3 |
ARTS 360—Photography,
III |
| 6 |
ARTS 460—Advanced
Photography |
| 3 |
ARTS 393—Contemporary
Art and Ideas |
| 3 |
ARTH 257—History
of Photography |
| 21 |
Total |
| Hours |
Photography Electives |
| 15 |
Select from: |
1-4
|
ARTS 391—Independent Study |
3 |
ARTS 361—Alternative Processes |
3 |
ARTS 440—Image Studio |
3 |
ARTS 262—View Camera and Studio |
3 |
ARTS 263—Color Photography |
3-9
|
ARTS 362—Photography Workshop |
| 15 |
Total |
| Hours |
Electives |
| 18 |
Professional
electives (art and design courses other than photography) |
| 6 |
Open electives
(see college list, no art courses) |
| 24 |
Total |
|
|
