Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

In-depth study of color photographic techniques. Processing, printing, and historical and contemporary models.

Art Photography students explore the applications of digital and electronic photography as an art form. Using their own scanned photographs and digital camera images, students will utilize the computer to construct new art work.

Introductory course explores how contemporary artists use photography. Various approaches to art photography are presented to describe, critique or mediate on modern life. Working with digital cameras, students experiment with equipment, techniques and strategies to make their own original work. Course is for art photography majors only.

In-depth study of analog and digital photographic techniques. Printing and output from digital and film sources, color control and calibration. use of flash and simple lighting techniques.

Designed to give students the skills to employ the latest techniques in digital imaging. Topics covered include: digital workflow, advanced color corrections, compositing techniques, color management and color profiling.

An overview of lenses, settings and exposure control. Photoshop software is used as a digital darkroom, with an emphasis on curves, levels, color adjustment, scanning and printing. Offered only in Florence.

This introductory class explores the ways contemporary artists use analog black and white photography as an approach to describing, critiquing or meditating on modern life. Students learn to use analog cameras, develop film and make gelatin silver prints to create their own original work.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Topics selected before registration by the department and specified in the time schedule.

Development of a personal style and an extended body of work. Use of contemporary and historical models to explore technical, critical, and aesthetic issues.

Continuation of APH 341. Presentations, issues, and assignments based on the work of contemporary and historical photographic artists to explore the visual issues raised by these artists.

Lighting techniques for the photography studio and on location. Students use digital, medium and large format cameras on group and individual assignments. Critical study of the interaction between fashion, cinema and fine art photography.

Wide range of contemporary photographic practices. Students are encouraged to experiment with assignments that address specific conceptual issues, such as how artists formulate their self-identity, inspiration and attitude.

Introduces skills and techniques to help majors develop independent, research-driven photographic projects. Students will be exposed to a wide array of ideas that form the foundation of contemporary, image-based practices.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Students propose and develop their own projects which will be reviewed in individual and group critiques. Working closely with faculty, students, utilize technical, conceptual, and visual tools to evaluate and expand their own work. Preq: APH 362

Students refine their own projects which will be reviewed in individual and group critiques. Development of skills to create a professional quality exhibition, portfolio, and artist presentation.

Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Contemporary artists working with photographic images are studied through slides, readings, lectures, and discussions.

Recent and contemporary critical theories and applications studied through readings, lectures, and discussion. Emphasis on student research papers.

Exploring the possibilities and reasons for producing work outside the parameters of traditional practice, looking at artists whose work co-opts, challenges and eschews the gallery system, using those artists as models for their own production.

Theoretical and critical discussion of photographs in series, sequences and books. Software for editing and layout introduced to produce photo-based artist books. Specific attention paid to how the photo-book expands the meaning of individual images.

This course introduces the concepts, techniques, and variations of performance art. Special emphasis on performances made expressly for the camera will be considered. Many examples of performance art are analyzed.

Students explore the interplay between contemporary photography and cinema. By constructing sets, scouting locations, studying images and films, and appropriating cinematic language, students will create photographic works influenced by moving images.

This course explores an alternative photographic history and methods introduced by digital technologies such as photoshop, scanners, AI and mobile phones. We will explore image-making that can be done with and without cameras on a tabletop, in a darkroom, on a scanner, or entirely online.

Students will learn and experiment with a wide variety of collage techniques and production tools. This is also an Art + Ecology course, and will be taught in the context of ecology, or the study of relations. We will think with and through key ideas in contemporary ecological thought using collage as a mode of articulation.