Learn to apply traditional and digital photography tools to cultivate your creative voice, hone your skills and investigate cultural questions.
Our program stresses conceptual development and social awareness aligned with the integration of professional techniques and strategies in developing a dynamic career in image-making.
Curriculum is subject to change.
For students entering Fall 2025
| TERM 1 | |
| Writing Studio OR Writing Studio: Intensive | 3 |
| HHIS course | 3 |
| Intro to Photo: Analogue + Digital | 3 |
| Concept and the Art of Observation | 3 |
| Design 1: Comp, Light, Color | 3 |
| TERM 2 | |
| Art of Research | 3 |
| The Long Term Experiment 1 | 3 |
| Photographing Others: Global Perspective in Portraiture | 3 |
| Object Form and Meaning | 3 |
| The Color and Alternative Darkroom | 3 |
| TERM 3 | |
| History of Photo 1 | 3 |
| Basics of Video Production | 3 |
| The Long Term Experiment 2 | 3 |
| 3rd Term Review | 0 |
| Found, Built and Imagined Worlds | 3 |
| Art + Tech | 3 |
| TERM 4 | |
| Business & Professional Practices | 3 |
| What Makes a Book Work | 3 |
| Subject Photo courses | 6 |
| TERM 5 | |
| Professional Presentation | 3 |
| Lighting Seminar | 3 |
| Subject Photo courses | 3 |
| TERM 6 | |
| History of Photo 2 | 3 |
| 6th Term Review | 0 |
| Advanced Time-Based Seminar | 3 |
| Idea Collage: Interdisciplinary Collaboration Lab | 3 |
| Photo elective | 3 |
| TERM 7 | |
| Concept and Context 1 | 3 |
| Vision and Voice 1 | 3 |
| Experimental Futures 1 | 3 |
| TERM 8 | |
| Concept and Context 2 | 3 |
| Vision and Voice 2 | 3 |
| Experimental Futures 2 | 3 |
| ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS | |
| Humanities and Sciences electives: | |
| Humanities | 3 |
| Social Sciences | 3 |
| Science and Technology | 3 |
| Business and Professional Practice | 3 |
| Any of the above | 12 |
| Studio electives | 0 |
| TOTAL | |
| Total H&S units | 45 |
| Total Studio units | 75 |
| Total Required Units | 120 |
There’s so much art and design in this school—take it step-by-step.
Ron Gutierrez Photography & Imaging Student