ART1340

Meets MN Transfer Curriculum Goal Area 6 - Humanities and Fine Arts. This course is an introduction to photography as a creative medium and focuses on the production of photographs. The digital camera is used as a means for individual creative expression. The emphasis in this course is on aesthetic, technical, conceptual, and historical concerns in photography. A wide range of topics will be covered including creative expression, visual composition, and the history of photography as a creative medium. Production and research will be an integral part of the course as students learn to apply artistic principles to photography.Student Learning Outcomes

• Identify, explain, and demonstrate the ability to perform basic camera and computer functions.
• Show basic technical proficiency in the digital photographic medium.
• Apply the elements and principles of art, design, and photographic structure in a variety of assigned creative projects including portraiture, landscape, and still life.
• Create original photographs that address a variety of formal and conceptual problems and photographic applications.
• Explain one's own aesthetic, conceptual, and technical decision making processes as they relate to creative projects in digital photography.