ART 225 — BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY (CUR-011)

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 225
• 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

• Status: verified_catalog_course (✓)
• Rationale: Appears in the current official DePaul course catalog search.
• Source URL: catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/art
• Last verified: 2026-05-28

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to the aesthetics, processes, and theory of black & white film photography. Techniques of chemical-based film development, darkroom printing, and image editing will be introduced. Strategies of exposure, framing and lighting will be explored as means for developing a meaningful photographic language. Emphasis will be given to understanding and using the camera as a tool for personal inquiry and experimentation. Additionally, this course will focus on the role and impact of the photographic image in both historical and contemporary contexts. Suggested prior course: ART 105 : 2D Foundations. Offered every Quarter.

Hardware relevance

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

Notes

Catalog course key: ART 225. Course offerings and schedules are not verified in this pass.