The department offers no courses in commercial photography. Instruction is by lecture, demonstration, and assignment along with individual and classroom critique. Usually 15 sections of photography are offered each semester at the undergraduate level with an average enrollment of 18. F acilities include beginning and advanced darkrooms for printing and film processing in both black and white and color, a non-silver printmaking area, and a computer lab for digital imaging. The department provides a limited number of special cameras and lighting equipment for advanced students.
Students furnish their own primary camera, film, and paper.
S uccessful completion of this undergraduate program requires a firm commitment to work vigorously and intensively at the highest levels of creative and intellectual capacity. Self-discipline is crucial, standards of achievement are high, and substantial additional time is required beyond scheduled classroom activity. Learning is reinforced by extensive library holdings and one of the largest collections of fine arts photographs in any University Art Museum. The faculty are a diverse group and students are encouraged to work with each of them.