In the information age, making and understanding photographs is a basic literacy skill. Like other languages, photography is best learned in a supportive environment of total immersion. From that location, students from the entire North Texas area are served in a laboratory that rivals the best teaching facilities in the state of Texas. The teaching facility occupies 7,500 square feet of the communication Arts Building on the Northeast Campus. Printing laboratories provide enlargers for all format negatives.
Students have the opportunity to work with cameras of various formats, both on and off campus.
A studio provides opportunity to photograph subjects under controlled conditions. The laboratory is maintained by a professional staff. The great variety of interests and skills represented in the faculty is reflected in the broad range of course offerings. Comprehensive foundation courses are augmented by a number of advanced courses, ranging from Portrayal to Large Format, and Alternative Processes. A selected topics course, COMM 1316, offers a variety of options, changing each semester.