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ART 224 — BEGINNING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (CUR-010)

Summary 🟢 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • Owner Unit: Art, Media, and Design
  • College/School: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Curriculum section: Art, Media, and Design
  • Catalog: ART 224
  • Last Verified: 2026-05-28

Course access

  • Level: green (Open Enrollment)
  • Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
  • Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the digital camera (DSLR) and editing platforms as tools for creative and expressive use of the photographic medium. Proper use of camera functions and file management will be learned in tandem with editing strategies using adobe software. Lighting strategies and inkjet printing will be introduced in a fully equipped Mac lab. This course emphasizes the concepts, theory, and history of the photographic medium within the context of contemporary art. Students will produce their own photographs by digital means and engage in discussion and critical analysis of images and image aesthetics. Suggested prior course: ART 101 : Digital Foundations. Offered every Quarter and Summer Session.

Hardware relevance

Hands-on labs, fabrication, instrumentation, or physical production technology described in the official catalog course description.

Notes

Catalog course key: ART 224. Course offerings and schedules are not verified in this pass.