Photography Courses

This is an introductory photography foundations course that introduces basic concepts in photography. The class focuses on creating photographs and interpreting their meanings. While this course introduces the technical aspects of shooting, editing, and printing photographs, the course’s primary concern is the exploration of ideas. Assignments incorporate a large degree of self-direction as well as opportunities for collaborative reflection with their peers. Students form questions about the world and experiment with photographic form and technique in order to best express individual conceptual explorations.

This course introduces students to photography’s significant role in the construction of social and political narratives through the use of book making and relying on the marriage of digital and traditional methods and skills. Prerequisite: ARTS 1303 with a grade of "D" or better.

This course introduces black and white aesthetics and techniques within a traditional and digital context.

This course introduces students to the aesthetics of current digital imaging technology, including new digital cameras, scanning equipment, Macintosh computers, image-manipulation programs and printing devices. Prerequisite: ARTS 1303 with grade of "D" or better.

This course uses diverse environments to explore issues in controlled lighting in photography. Prerequisite: ARTS 1304 and ARTS 3364 both with a grade of "D" or better.

This course introduces the basic materials, processes, techniques, and aesthetics of large format photography. Prerequisite: ARTS 3364 and ARTS 1304 and ARTS 3361 all with grades of "D" or better.

In this course, students read, write, and create studio projects in reaction to historical and contemporary written accounts of the history, practice, and interpretation of photography. (WI) Prerequisite: ARTH 3306 with a grade of "D" or better.

This course explores advanced concepts and techniques in digital photography. Prerequisite: ARTS 3364 and ARTS 1304 both with grades of "D" or better.

This course introduces students to strategies of artistic research, enabling them to better define, discover, and create collaborative and individual photographic projects. In the first part of the semester, students conceptualize, execute, and evaluate a series of related photographs based on themes suggested by the instructor. Coursework also incorporates collaborative approaches to research and production with exploratory field trips to various departments at Texas State University and beyond. Later in the semester, students choose a field of inquiry to produce a photographic project to be installed in a professional setting. Prerequisite: ARTS 3367 and ARTS 4360 both with grades of "D" or better. Corequisite: ARTS 4200 with a grade of "D" or better.

This course is the Senior Thesis for photography majors, requiring a series of lens-based works and a written creative statement. It culminates in a senior thesis exhibition in the gallery. Prerequisite: ARTS 3367 and ARTS 4360 both with grades of "D" or better. Corequisite: ARTS 4000 with a grade of "CR".