Art Degrees Online

The Bachelor of Art degree is less comprehensive then the B.F.A but still contains the essential core photography courses in both studio and history. This degree permits students with strong interest in other subject areas to pursue multiple minors without extending their four year college residency. Upon completion of the B.A. degree students will posses a basic vocabulary and technical proficiency in using both analog and digital technologies. This degree includes the study of a variety of processes and genres of photography. Students receiving this degree will be conversant in the history photography, its major artists and movements and contemporary issues and ethics.

Both Photography degree paradigms share the same basic courses in studio and history. The liberal arts core remains the same as well. The B.F.A degree requires application for admittance at the end of your sophomore year. By working closely with your advisor your freshman and sophomore years you can make an informed decision in on which degree path is the best fit for you to pursue.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the initial professional degree in art. The primary objective is the development of skills, concepts and historical awareness essential to the professional artist. Students in the B.F.A. program concentrate on in-depth study through studio instruction, practicum experiences and internships with artists, museums, galleries and for/nonprofit arts organizations. Extensive study of history of photography, theory and ethics as related to the past and contemporary issues is a focus of our curriculum as well. The development of each student’s expressive abilities, ethical judgment and professional standards is central to our B.F.A. degree.

PRINTMAKING
The scope of printmaking is rich in artistry and history spanning detailed designs on fabrics and wall-coverings, intricate wood-block prints to hand-engraved intaglio prints. CVA printmaking is a fine arts study that bridges time and the fields of graphic design, illustration, and book arts.

The print shop provides a generous range of printmaking facilities in a condensed space allowing students to pursue traditional and alternative techniques in screen-printing, intaglio, plate lithography, relief, monotype, collagraph, collage, and the book arts..

After solid grounding in basic printmaking techniques, materials, safety, and shop practices from the introductory course, students may elect to explore contemporary methods using digital and photosensitive materials. In all print classes, emphasis is placed on students developing a cohesive portfolio of work that reflects a clear concept and knowledge of producing multiple prints as well as unique one-of-a-kind variations. The successful combination of alternative with traditional processes, and presenting the prints publicly in book, box, portfolio, or unusual formats is encouraged.

The print experience is enhanced by the book arts courses where successful small press entrepreneurs teach students both traditional and experimental approaches to constructing and making books. The letterpress studio offers an important link between typography and fine art, and continues students’ education in the rich traditions and contemporary issues of printmaking.

PAINTING
Students who choose painting as their concentration begin by strengthening their powers of observation while exploring the many ways which painting can capture perception. Materials and methods are explored as relationships between form and content are developed. Students become familiar with the theory and practice of painting through extensive studio exploration, visiting artists, readings on contemporary issues and working with experienced faculty, who are accomplished within their fields. Students are exposed to contemporary issues in painting, and explore the relationship between painting and drawing and other media such as video and photography.

The advanced drawing/painting students are challenged to create bodies of work for exhibition in the community and will learn about the broad range of professional opportunities to pursue—from maintaining a studio practice, working in set design, creating public murals, working on commissions, illustrating, teaching, and preparing to exhibit and sell their work.

3 – ART 121 Design I 2D (gen ed)
3 – MCOM 265 Basic Photography
3 – MCOM 266 Photojournalism
3 – MCOM 350 Computer Aided Photography
3 – MCOM 365 Advanced Photography
3 – MCOM 367 Color Photography
3 – MCOM 465 Contemporary Issues in Photography
3 – MCOM Internship

Major Requirements

Required Core for a Major in Mass Communication
3 – MCOM 151 Intro to Mass Communication (gen ed)
3 – MCOM 161 Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing
3 – MCOM 210 Basic Newswriting
3 – MCOM 430 Media Law
3 – MCOM 492 Topics: Mass Media Issues

Emphsis in Photography
3 – ART 121 Design I 2D (gen ed)
3 – MCOM 265 Basic Photography
3 – MCOM 266 Photojournalism
3 – MCOM 350 Computer Aided Photography
3 – MCOM 365 Advanced Photography
3 – MCOM 367 Color Photography
3 – MCOM 465 Contemporary Issues in Photography
3 – MCOM 494 Internship
3 – MCOM 300/400 level Elective

This page introduces the research of The European Centre for Photographic Research (eCPR), Newport School of Art, Media and Design.

Established in 2000 as the Centre for Photographic Research and designated as European Centre for Photographic Research in 2008, eCPR provides a focus in Wales for high quality research in photography that builds on both its institutional heritage and internationally renowned scholarship. It aims to develop work that addresses both the cultural histories of photography and the contemporary issues and debates informing photographic and film-based art and documentary practices. Based within the School of Art, Media and Design, eCPR builds on an initial pedagogical dynamic between art and documentary that grew out of the teaching of Keith Arnatt and David Hurn in the 1970s. The School has evolved in order to have greater relevance to the shifting relationships and inter-dependencies between art and documentary.

The development of a thriving postgraduate research culture within eCPR has led to the current lively, experimental and contemporary engagement with photography, photography understood not as a fixed discipline but an expanding, multi-faceted field of research, drawing upon a broad range of other academic disciplines, ranging from Art History to Politics. eCPR seeks to be at the forefront of photographic research— research that can be undertaken through practice as well as history and theory. Indeed, with the forthcoming introduction of practice-based Doctorates, eCPR will seek to challenge the existing hierarchies that tend to exist between ‘practice’ and ‘theory’ within the study of photography.

The Centre’s staff, Visiting Fellows and associated research students, cover a range of critical interests in photography and these have been concentrated into four areas and:

Art Since Lunch
Art Since Lunch: A Postmodern Debate on What Is the Next “Ism”? Unlike a traditional art history class focused on the past, this class tries to predict and shape the future, critically analyzing the current debate about photography and the images being produced at the dawn of the 21st century and examining the role of technology in photographic production and dissemination and how that affects the global visual marketplace.

Foucault’s Pendulum
Foucault’s Pendulum investigates aspects of contemporary photographic practice and theory. Students examine the relationship between theory and praxis, and, more specifically, how practitioners use theory in making their work. We read and discuss writings by both practitioners and theoreticians as a response to and indicator of visual theory. Strong emphasis is placed on applying this knowledge to individual practice within the context of contemporary art and photographic discourse.

Graduate Seminar I,II,III
This three-part series course utilizes the artistic and intellectual wealth of the New York City to explore contemporary issues in art and photography.

History of Representation
History of Representation explores historical trends in pictorial representation and representational media to better understand contemporary practices.

Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property in the Digital Age explores this rapidly changing field through readings, lectures, and panel discussions. Students examine current copyright, trademark, and art laws as they relate to photography.

Teaching Methods
In the second summer term students will take a special course in new methods and pedagogy for incorporating technology effectively in the classroom and understanding how technology fosters new learning models.

Thesis and Exhibition
Thesis and Exhibition prepares students for their thesis exhibition. Working closely with their advisory and graduate committee, students compose a written statement about their exhibit and complete their oral exam with the Graduate Advisory Committee.

Wired Studio
Wired Studio is a skills acquisition course that introduces participants to new photographic technologies and working methods.