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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.

Photography Credit Requirements

The typical photography curriculum is as follows:
Sophomore
6 Introduction to Photography I & II
3 Visual Communication Design, Drawing, Painting, or Illustration
3 Printmaking, Video or Media Arts
3 Sculpture or Ceramics
3 Studio Elective
3 AUC Other Cultures or Academic Requirement
4 AUC Science/Tech. or Academic Requirement
3 Mathematics or Academic Requirement
3 Academic Elective
Junior
3 View Camera: Field and Studio
3 Color Photography I
3 Junior Seminar in Photography
3 Digital Photography
6 Studio Electives
3 Art History or Academic Requirement
3 AUC Western Heritage or Academic Requirement
3 AUC Social Context or Academic Requirement
3 Academic Elective
Senior
3 Senior Seminar in Photography
9 Photography Electives: Color II, Sicily Travel Class Advanced Printing Techniques, Studio Lighting, Documentary, Photojournalism, Experimental Processes
6 Studio Electives
3 History of Photography or Art History
3 Academic Elective
6 Unrestricted Elective

University Requirements (15 credits)

ARAB 201
Introduction to Arabic Language
3 cr

ENG 201
Academic English I
3 cr

GHN 201
General Health & Nutrition
3 cr

COMP 201
Computer Applications
3 cr

CS 201
Cultural Studies I
3 cr

Faculty Requirements (24 credits)

ADF 100
Basic Design I
4 cr
ADF 101 Basic Design II 4 cr
ADF 111 Drawing I 3 cr
ADF 112 Drawing II 3 cr
ADF 113 Color in Design 3 cr
ADF 121 History of Art 3 cr
ADF 214 Photography I 2 cr
ADF 331 Portfolio Presentation 2 cr

Major Requirements (46 credits)
PHO 202 Photography II
3 cr
PHO 203 Color Photography 3 cr
PHO 304 Mixed Media Photography 3 cr
PHO 305 Final Project 6 cr
ART 222 Theories of Visual Communication 2 cr
PHO 223 History of Photography 3 cr
PHO 224 Contemporary Trends in Photography 3 cr
GRA 231 Computer Aided Graphics I 2 cr
PHO 332 Photography Internship 1 cr
PHO 241 Digital Imaging 3 cr
PHO 242 Advanced Digital Imaging 3 cr
PHO 251 Studio Lighting 3 cr
PHO 352 Large-Format Photography 3 cr
PHO 353 Documentary Photography 3 cr
PHO 354 Digital Printing Methodology 3 cr
PHO 355 Business Practice for Photography 2 cr

Major Electives Requirements (12 credits)

PHO 011 Advanced Color Printmaking 3 cr
PHO 012 Digital Imaging for the World W. Web 3 cr
PHO 021 The Picture Story 3 cr
PHO 022 Portraiture Photography 3 cr
PHO 031 Fashion Photography 3 cr
PHO 032 Architectural Photography 3 cr
PHO 033 Corporate Photography 3 cr
4 courses from above 12

Free Electives (6 credits)
- Free Elective from FAD 3 cr
- Free Elective from FAD 3 cr

MINOR: Free Electives plus Major Electives can be taken towards a Minor
Minor in Islamic Design 18
Minor in Furniture Design 18
Minor in Studio Arts 18

Course No. Course Name Teacher Name Semester Time Credits
first year
4042 Basic Photography Lev (Baki)Ora Y Wed 10:00-13:00 4.0
4042 Basic Photography Lev (Baki)Ora Y Wed 14:00-17:00 4.0
4641 Digital Laboratory:lntroduction to digital imaging Moshe. Ken Y Mon 10:00-13:00 2.0
4641 Digital Laboratory:lntroduction to digital imaging Moshe. Ken Y Thu 14:00-17:00 2.0
4700 Drawing Reuven. Kuperman Y Tue 14:30-17:30 2.0
4961 History of Photography A Eyal. Ben-Dov Y Tue 09:00-10:30 2.0
4242 laboratory- tutorial Yosef. Cohen Y Tue 10:45-13:45 2.0
4242 laboratory- tutorial Yosef. Cohen Y Thu 14:00-17:00 2.0
4044 Photography – Fields and approaches Roie. Cooper Y Tue 10:45-13:45 4.0
4044 Photography – Fields and approaches kertzman miki Y Mon 14:00-17:00 4.0
4719 Photography,viewer space Rami. Mimon Y Wed 10:00-13:00 4.0
4719 Photography,viewer space Rami. Mimon Y Wed 14:00-17:00 4.0
54029 studio a Eitan. Shuker Y Mon 09:00-14:00 3.0
54158 studio a Kenneth. Lester Y Thu 09:30-13:30 3.0
second year
54621 Digital laboratory – Advanced Yigal Feliks 2 Thu 14:30-17:30 2.0
54621 Digital laboratory – Advanced Yigal Feliks 2 Thu 11:15-14:15 2.0
4045 Documentary Photography Yosef. Cohen Y Mon 10:00-13:00 4.0
4045 Documentary Photography Yosef. Cohen Y Tue 14:00-17:00 4.0
4962 History of Photography B Eyal. Ben-Dov Y Thu 09:30-11:00 2.0
4618 Introduction to Video Sharon. Balaban Y Mon 14:00-17:00 4.0

Curriculum
First Quarter
ENG101 English I show details
PH101 Principles of Photography show details
RS099 Student Success Seminar show details
RS100 Computer Applications show details
GD102 Fundamentals of Design show details
Second Quarter
ENG102 English II show details
PH110 Photojournalism show details
PH112 Lighting show details
PH113 Photographic Design show details
GD113 Color Theory show details
Third Quarter
MAT101 Quantitative Literacy show details
PH114 Advanced Lighting show details
PH115 History of Photography show details
PH118 Portraiture Photography show details
GD121 Image Manipulation show details
Fourth Quarter
PH201 Large Format Photography show details
PH202 Editorial Photography show details
PH203 Digital Image Illustration I show details
PH204 Color Management show details
PSY101 Psychology show details
Fifth Quarter
PH210 Studio Photography show details
PH211 Location Photography show details
PH213 Photo Essay show details
PH214 Advertising / Art Direction show details
SCI101 Science, Environment and Society show details
Sixth Quarter
PH220 Printing show details
PH221 Special Topics I show details
PH222 Photo Criticism show details
PH223 Business of Photography show details
SCI102 Science, Technology and Society show details
Seventh Quarter
DFP102 Fundamentals of Video Production show details
PH301 Architectural Photography show details
PH302 Photographic Portfolio I show details
PH304 Marketing show details
SCI103 Nutrition show details
Eighth Quarter
COM101 Effective Speaking show details
PH312 Portfolio Exploration show details
PH313 Special Topics II show details
PH315 Digital Publishing show details
Ninth Quarter
ECON201 Economics show details
ENG301 English III show details
PH320 Creative Concepts show details
PH321 Photo Essay II show details
Tenth Quarter
HIS101 World Civilizations I show details
PH401 Corporate/Industrial Photography show details
PH402 Portfolio Expansion show details
PH403 Digital Image Illustration II show details
Eleventh Quarter
HIS102 World Civilizations II show details
IN401 Internship show details
PH412 Portfolio Refinement show details
PH414 Web Photographic Portfolio II show details
RS202 Career Development show details
Twelfth Quarter
MAT102 Statistics show details
PH422 Portfolio / Thesis Exhibition show details
PH423 Business Operations and Management show details
PH424 Exhibition Printing show details
SOC101 Sociology show details

The invention of photography more than 150 years ago furthered our awareness of the power of visual culture. The still photograph has contributed to the images we hold in our personal, cultural and global lives. The 18 credit curriculum of MMC’s Photography minor is designed to compliment and intersect many disciplines within the College’s curriculum. The photography minor will provide a solid foundation in the image-making process. Students will study the rich history of the medium, gain hands-on experience through traditional techniques and cutting edge technologies in the pursuit of a personal vision.

Course Requirements:
Color and Design
Photography I, Photography II
Digital Imaging
The History of Photography
A choice of one elective course in Color Photography, Artist’s Books, Graphic Design II, Internship or Independent study.

The MMC Advantage

Marymount Manhattan College is superbly qualified to launch your career as a professional artist, graphic designer, art historian, art therapist, art teacher, arts administrator, or curator through the extraordinary resources of MMC’s coursework and its non-traditional off- and on-campus experiential learning programs.

Classes are small and provide an academic environment which fosters close relationships among classmates and teachers. Whatever your interests and needs might be, our faculty are willing to spend the time to advise you and help you tailor your studies to meet your academic and career goals. Marymount Manhattan has an excellent faculty which draws on the abundant talent available in New York City. Our art faculty teach students through flexible, non-traditional internships, independent studies and apprenticeship programs in museums, art galleries, auction houses, advertising agencies, design studios, publishing houses and many other exciting professional environments.

These programs provide a bridge from the College to the professional art world. Students benefit by having access to this professional faculty and working closely with them. The unique mix of backgrounds provide valuable connections to the art community. With all of New York City as a campus, taking advantage of the rich resources of the city’s cultural life enlarges the classroom experience.

Where do you go from here?

Located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Marymount Manhattan College is amid one of the richest concentrations of art and photography in the world. MMC is within walking distance of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Frick Collection, the Guggenheim Museum, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and numerous galleries. Art majors and minors at Marymount Manhattan benefit from this wealth of cultural institutions as extensions of the classroom experience.

1st Year | 1st SemesterCURRICULAR UNITS SCIENTIFIC AREA TYPE WORKING TIME
(hours) ECTS NOTE*
TOTAL CONTACT

Studio of Graphic Representation RC ST 320 180 12

Life Drawing RC TP 160 120 6

Science Applied to Photography TC TP 80 60 3

Sound and Image TC TP 80 60 3 Optional

History and Visual Memory HH T 80 40 3 Optional

Space and Imagery PP T 80 40 3

Total: 800 500 30

1st Year | 2nd SemesterCURRICULAR UNITS SCIENTIFIC AREA TYPE WORKING TIME
(hours) ECTS NOTE*
TOTAL CONTACT

Studio of Advanced Representation RC ST 320 180 12

Digital Photography TC TP 160 120 6

Philosophy of Art and Image PP TP 80 60 3

Modernism and Vanguard HH TP 80 60 3 Optional

Anthropology of Image PP T 80 40 3 Optional

Visual Semiotics PP T 80 40 3

Total: 800 500 30

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2nd Year | 3rd Semester
CURRICULAR UNITS SCIENTIFIC AREA TYPE WORKING TIME
(hours) ECTS NOTE*
TOTAL CONTACT

Digital Laboratory TC ST 320 180 12

Digital Studio TC TP 160 120 6

Methods and Theory of Research PP TP 80 60 3

Project Methodology PP TP 80 60 3 Optional

Visual Culture PP T 80 40 3 Optional

History of Photography and Techniques HH T 80 40 3

Total: 800 500 30

2nd Year | 4th Semester
CURRICULAR UNITS SCIENTIFIC AREA TYPE WORKING TIME
(hours) ECTS NOTE*
TOTAL CONTACT

Photography and Advertising PR ST 320 180 12

Photography and Media PR TP 160 120 6

Methodology of the Photographic Project TC TP 80 60 3

Art Direction PP TP 80 60 3 Optional

Advertising PP T 80 40 3 Optional

History of Portuguese Photography HH T 80 40 3

Total: 800 500 30

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3rd Year | 5th Semester
CURRICULAR UNITS SCIENTIFIC AREA TYPE WORKING TIME
(hours) ECTS NOTE*
TOTAL CONTACT

Artistic Project of Photography PR ST 320 180 12

Photography, Fashion and Trends PR TP 160 120 6

Fashion Photography and Production PP TP 80 60 3

Curatorship PP TP 80 60 3 Optional

Sociology of Photography and Art PP T 80 40 3 Optional

Photography and Contemporaneousness HH T 80 40 3

Total: 800 500 30

3rd Year | 6thSemester
CURRICULAR UNITS SCIENTIFIC AREA TYPE WORKING TIME
(hours) ECTS NOTE*
TOTAL CONTACT

Film and Audio-Visual Production PR ST 320 180 12

Photography and Plasticity PR TP 160 120 6

Image and Performing Arts PP TP 80 60 3

Illustration RC TP 80 60 3 Optional

Conservation Methodologies TC T 80 40 3 Optional

Contemporary Portuguese Photography HH T 80 40 3

Total: 800 500 30

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ST – Studio; TP – Theory-Practice; T – Theory.

* This or any other curricular unit of a BA course lectured in IADE with the same credits, type and scientific area.

FA280 Principles of Photography
As an introduction to photography, this course covers principles basic to all forms of photography, with an emphasis on black and white photography and using the 4×5 view camera. Projects encompass camera handling, film exposure and development, darkroom procedures, print finishing, and evaluation. Students investigate depth of field, motion, burning, dodging, spotting, and print presentation. The history of photography from its invention to 1950 is covered in this introductory course. One hour of history lecture is required each week.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: None

FA281 Elements of Digital Photography
Elements of Digital Photography is a computer-based class for photographers. Beginning with the basics of image acquisition, manipulation and output, the course will progress to an in-depth exploration of image manipulation software and the aesthetics specific to electronic photographs. The course provides essential skills for those anticipating a career in photography. Elements of Digital Photography, introduces students to contemporary photographic imagery. One hour of lecture covering contemporary photography and photographers is required. At the same time it provides an opportunity to use the computer as a fine art tool. Consequently, individual creative pursuits are emphasized.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: FA280 or concurrent enrollment with FA280

FA290 Lighting
This introductory course will provide an overview of essential principals, techniques, and tools for lighting a variety of situations. Demonstrations will take place both in the studio and on location. Through demonstration, hands-on practice and assignments, students will learn how to use lighting equipment and accessories and a range of light sources including tungsten, studio strobe, portable strobe, and daylight. Through slide presentations and discussions of printed matter, students will review examples of the direction and quality of light and discuss its function in the photograph. At the end of this course, students will have a repertoire of lighting techniques to heighten the expressive capacity of their work.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: FA280

FA291 Printing Processes
In this course students gain an appreciation for photography�s expressive possibilities so that they may use photography experimentally and creatively. Conventional black and white printing skills will be reinforced and piezographic (digital black and white) printing will be introduced and developed to the highest standard.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: FA280, 281

FA382 Professional Practices
This course is an intensive introduction to the practice of photography as a profession. The course will examine the steps required to work as a professional photographer regardless of discipline. Professional Practices will look at what it takes to become a productive employee whether on location or in the studio or in a post production capacity as well as the issues involved in being self employed. The courses overriding goal is to provide a familiarity with the options available to students in their post graduation world. The class will address personal work versus professional work and will require practicing the communication skills needed to work successfully as a professional.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: FA291

FA390 Photographic Problems
This course investigates aesthetic and technical photographic issues. Themes of complex image-making, still-life and portraits are considered, along with requisite technical issues. Students also explore historical and contemporary aesthetic issues. They will produce photographs that demonstrate artistic intent.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: FA291

FA391 Photographic Voice
The photographic voice is a course that examines the core issues involved in developing personal photographic vision. This course looks at how and why we are different from one another and how that translates into the medium of photography. Specifically this course will explore the impact of subject, format, process and presentation in developing personal vision. The value of traditional and non-traditional forms of presentation and contemporary approaches to image making through other mediums will be examined as part of the development of the individual photographic voice.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: FA280, FA390

FA480 Senior Project
During the first half of this year long undertaking, the student, in consultation with the instructor and others, will define a starting point for the thesis project. The project will be substantial. It will exhibit personal vision and it will be professionally executed. The initial definition will be tested through rigorous examination of the artwork produced. New directions or productive tangents may be identified and pursued as the semester progresses. By the end of the semester, students will have created a substantial body of work reflecting an ever more refined grasp of their thesis project.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: 24 photography credits

FA481 Multidisciplinary Thesis / Photography
During the second half of this yearlong undertaking, the student, in consultation with the instructor and others, will complete a thesis project. The project will be substantial. It will exhibit personal vision and it will be professionally executed. The course divides into two segments: intense work and more intense work. Segment one involves completion of the thesis project. Segment two involves exhibition of the work. Both segments will consist of high caliber, professional quality artwork. The students will have demonstrated an emerging personal direction, further clarified by editing.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: FA480

FA490/FA491 Photography Internship
Photography seniors intern at a number of Milwaukee-area establishments, including commercial studios, community agencies, galleries and museums. This course is tailored to meet the student�s interest and provide a solid base of information upon which to build career plans.
Credits: 3.0

Since the making of images is an intellectual process, the education of the artist should go considerably beyond instruction of technique and media. The artistic process, at its best, is creative intuitive, analytical and highly sophisticated. It requires all the knowledge, discipline, sensitivity and awareness of liberally educated intelligence. Students in the program will gain the technical and intellectual preparation necessary for the development of their own personal creative solutions and the means to make better-informed career decisions.

This program will prepare graduates to:

Master the technical aspects of the medium of photography.
Demonstrate technical mastery in all aspects of the SLR camera, both film and digital.
Demonstrate technical proficiency with medium and large format cameras.
Demonstrate practical knowledge of the medium’s technical applications.
Demonstrate knowledge of a wide range of lighting techniques including studio, environmental, tungsten and electronic strobe systems.
Master practices and techniques of the darkroom and digital lab and demonstrate proficiency in the areas of: film processing, digital capture, black and white printing, Type C color printing, and digital output.

Demonstrate knowledge of photography’s visual history.
Demonstrate knowledge of the history of the visual arts and its impact on social and visual culture.
Demonstrate knowledge of the history of photography, its practices and visual evolution from 1839 to the present.

Demonstrate field-specific critical thinking skills
Demonstrate knowledge of photography’s place in the field of visual communication.
Analyze, discuss and critique photographic images considering technical, aesthetic and conceptual applications.

Apply photographic skills
Demonstrate the ability to engage in various photographic practices, including, but not limited to: portrait photography, studio / product illustration, documentary photography/journalism, digital photography, and fine art photography.

Demonstrate ethical responsibility in use of the photographic medium
Demonstrate ability to examine individual situations, act ethically, and reflect upon the consequences of images in society at large.
Demonstrate knowledge of the impact that visual culture has had throughout history and reflect on photography’s potential to inspire positive change in our global society.

Demonstrate enhanced knowledge, skills and values consistent with the Core Curriculum
Demonstrate information literacu and the ability to use computers and other technology for a variety of purposes.
Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively in a variety of formats.
Demonstrate recognition, understanding, and respect of the complexity of socio-cultural and international diversity.
Develop insight and self-reflection and become resourceful in finding effective strategies for self-management and self-improvement.

Illustrate realistic ideas to implement knowledge, skills, and values in occupational pursuits in a variety of settings.
Formulate portfolios, which will direct them towards their specific career goals or towards the pursuit of a graduate degree in the visual arts.
Demonstrate an ability to adequately prepare their work for exhibition venues.

The Photography Program at the College of Visual Arts embraces the overarching principles of photography, including a comprehensive understanding of darkroom and digital techniques, plus an historic and working understanding of alternative processes in photography.

After completion of the first year Foundation Program, students embrace their photography program with hands on camera and darkroom work, in both black and white and color. The objective is for students to gain an in depth understanding of how an image can be created through careful photographic manipulation.

The advanced photography classes build on this foundation teaching the use of medium and large format cameras, working in the studio on lighting strategies, understanding metering, film choices, and other professional techniques. Simultaneously, students address content, exploring the power of the medium and contemporary issues in photography. These issues are further explored within the history of photography and the art and criticism courses in the Liberal Arts Program.

In the third year, students will examine the techniques and possibilities of digital photography. They will investigate digital capture and film scanning, color management, advanced image editing with Adobe Photoshop, outputting to the web, use of our archival photo inkjet printers with beautiful 100% rag art papers, how to work with service bureaus, and how to best implement a digital work flow into their practice.

In the final year students will explore age-old alternative photographic processes. This will include compounding sensitizers and hand coating beautiful art papers to create cyanotypes, gum bichromate, platinum/palladium, and other hands on processes that will round out an understanding of the old and new of photography.

Through CVA’s internship program, students will have an opportunity to explore the various professional opportunities open to photographers. This experience will be supported by the development of a professional portfolio in conjunction with the capstone Photo Studio and Seminar Thesis courses.