Art Degrees Online

The Mass Communication Photography Department at BHSU offers many opportunities to students interested in photojournalism, commercial or fine art photography. The program offers both basic and advanced black and white photography, color photography, digital imaging, photojournalism, and contemporary issues classes. For photography majors, other courses include studio lighting, the history of photography and alternative
Photography Department

BHSU will give you the chance to learn and excel in the world of photography.
processes.
Photography Department

BHSU will give you the chance to learn and excel in the world of photography.

BHSU has among the finest darkroom and digital imaging facilities in South Dakota and surrounding region with black and white and color labs, film developing area and imaging lab. The digital imaging lab is complete with multiple Mac computers, scanners, and various large format and desk-top printing stations.
Basic Black and White Photography– The introductory course in photography for students wishing to major in the area or for those who just have a general interest in photography. Basic camera functions and darkroom techniques, including processing, printing, and digitalizing black and white photographs are discussed in this course. Weekly critiques help students sharpen compositional and aesthetic skills.
Photojournalism– In this course you will discuss photography as it relates to the media and the public. Learning to tell a story using both still and video imagery is also stressed. The course emphasizes the content and design of photo essays and legal and ethical aspects of photography.
Digital Photography– This course will introduce you to techniques and software used to produce digital imagery. A variety of photo manipulations and graphics software will be used with digital and conventional cameras.
Advance Black and White Photography– This course expands on basic photography knowledge and introduces you to alternative techniques and processes in the black and white area. This course allows you to develop your own style of photography and helps you to create your portfolio. As with most photography courses there are weekly critiques.
Color Photography– This course is an introduction to basic color photography. In this course, you will learn darkroom and digital techniques for printing color images as well as alternative processes, such as Polaroid transfers.
Contemporary Issues in Photography-- This course changes from year to year. It is designed to allow you to further expand on areas that interest you and build your portfolio. You are encouraged to use and experiment with a variety of photographic processes and mediums, such as digital, black and white, color, or alternative processes.
Studio Lighting-- This course is designed to give you an overview of studio and commercial lighting. In this course you will learn how to use a wide range of studio lighting equipment and lighting techniques. This is a great course if you are considering studio product or portraiture photography as a career.

What is Narrative Video?
The minor in Narrative Video explores digital video as a medium for storytelling.

How will the Narrative Video minor enhance my career?
The minor will introduce you every aspect of video production, including:
• Script writing
• Storyboarding
• Editing
• Sound design
• Directing
• Producing

What’s the Narative Video curriculum like?
You’ll develop your skills as you advance from scene exercises through a short film to a final year-long project. Here are some typical classes:
• Narrative Video Production Workshop
• Senior Cinema Production I
• Writing for Film
• Sound Communication

What video and film facilities are available?
• Three AVID digital video editing systems
• Digital Imaging Lab
• A specially built and acoustically isolated film shooting studio
• Two fully equipped digital sound studios
• Digital audio sound studios
• Dub room

How will the Studio Photography minor enhance my degree?
This minor is designed to give you mastery of the full range of camera formats – from a 35mm format up to a 4×5 studio view camera, including digital capture.

What technical training in Studio Photography is covered?
• Electronic flash, quartz qalogen studio lighting
• Digital capture, color, and black-and-white films
• Color photographic print materials and techniques
• A full year of studio photography, with use of various light shaping tools and techniques, digital and traditional capture, coupled with introductory courses in photography
• A high level of technical achievement and competency with professional tools

What does the coursework cover?
Studio courses are technically rigorous, with extensive use of professional photographic tools and equipment. Advanced-level classes concentrate on design and creative approaches to staged and directed shooting.

What kind of facilities will I have access to?
You’ll learn in one of the best-equipped facilities in the county. Facilities also include:
• Dedicated photography shooting studios
• Four state-of-the-art black-and-white darkrooms (with 55 Beseler 4×5 enlargers)
• Color darkroom (with 14 individual stations with Beseler 4×5 enlargers and a 32-inch Colex RA-4 color processor)
• Dedicated Apple G5 Digital Imaging Lab (with 16 G5 systems, with dual LCD displays, scanners at every station, and a variety of input and output devices)
• A well-equipped Equipment Room, featuring a wide variety of professional industry-standard equipment available for checkout by students

What is Animation?
Animation is a discipline that includes everything from traditional, character-based narrative to experimental work. It is an increasingly malleable and sophisticated art form that is well-positioned to take full advantage of ongoing technological development.

Why study Animation at UArts?
The University of the Arts offers a broad base in traditional hand-drawn animation, computer animation, and under-the-camera animation (clay, puppet, cut-out, paint-on-glass, etc). The UArts Animation degree program encourages the development of well-rounded artists in possession of a strong sense of personal vision and solid, technical competencies in all aspects of content creation.

What’s the Animation degree program like?
• Sophomore year: an introduction to the techniques of drawn and under-the-camera animation, 2D and 3D computer animation, and live-action film via a series of exercises and two final projects.
• Junior year: creation of a short personal piece, as well as client-based and interdisciplinary group projects.
• Senior year: studies culminate in a thesis project that demonstrates the ability to successfully complete a longer, festival-worthy piece.

What Animation facilities are available?
You will have access to excellent facilities for 2D, 3D, stop-motion, and other animation techniques, including:
• State-of-the-art 2D/3D computer animation lab
• Animation classrooms equipped with iMac workstations
• Digital audio sound studios
• Multi-format dub room
• Digital imaging lab
• AVID digital video editing systems
• Master Series Oxberry animation stand

Are the faculty practicing animators?
Yes. They include award-winning artists whose animation work has screened both nationally and abroad, notably at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; New York’s Museum of Modern Art; the Philadelphia, Ottawa, and Hiroshima International Animation Festivals; and many others. Our instructors come from a diverse mix of fine-art and commercial backgrounds, combining technical expertise with a strong sense of personal vision.

What is Animation?
Animation is a discipline that includes everything from traditional, character-based narrative to experimental work. It is an increasingly malleable and sophisticated art form that is well-positioned to take full advantage of ongoing technological development.

Why study Animation at UArts?
The University of the Arts offers a broad base in traditional hand-drawn animation, computer animation, and under-the-camera animation (clay, puppet, cut-out, paint-on-glass, etc). The UArts Animation degree program encourages the development of well-rounded artists in possession of a strong sense of personal vision and solid, technical competencies in all aspects of content creation.

What’s the Animation degree program like?
• Sophomore year: an introduction to the techniques of drawn and under-the-camera animation, 2D and 3D computer animation, and live-action film via a series of exercises and two final projects.
• Junior year: creation of a short personal piece, as well as client-based and interdisciplinary group projects.
• Senior year: studies culminate in a thesis project that demonstrates the ability to successfully complete a longer, festival-worthy piece.

What Animation facilities are available?
You will have access to excellent facilities for 2D, 3D, stop-motion, and other animation techniques, including:
• State-of-the-art 2D/3D computer animation lab
• Animation classrooms equipped with iMac workstations
• Digital audio sound studios
• Multi-format dub room
• Digital imaging lab
• AVID digital video editing systems
• Master Series Oxberry animation stand

Are the faculty practicing animators?
Yes. They include award-winning artists whose animation work has screened both nationally and abroad, notably at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; New York’s Museum of Modern Art; the Philadelphia, Ottawa, and Hiroshima International Animation Festivals; and many others. Our instructors come from a diverse mix of fine-art and commercial backgrounds, combining technical expertise with a strong sense of personal vision