2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Definitions:
Prerequisites: A course that must be taken prior to a given course.
Co-requisites: A course that must be taken at the same time as a given course.
Course textbooks and materials lists are provided in the online catalog as a convenience to students and every effort is made to keep this information up to date, although changes and updates can happen just prior to the start of term or at any time. In general, if there is no required/recommended text listed, the acquisition of a text is not required and information will likely be contained within your course content in the LMS. Some requirements may vary based on course modality or instructor. Your unique course syllabus and course welcome letters will contain the most up-to-date information each term. If you have questions regarding requirements for your particular course and section, please contact your individual instructor(s).
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Music Production |
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MP 3630 - Film + Game Music Production
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this junior-level multimedia course, students learn to compose and produce incidental music for film and video games. Through the applied study of programmatic composition techniques, orchestration of instrumental and synthetic sounds, timing and pictorial cues, and industry-specific workflows, students acquire experience and a comprehensive understanding of both the craft and production process of composing music for multimedia.
Prerequisites: MP 2430 - Recording + Production I and MP 3330 - Sound Design II: Creative DSP
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Apply appropriate harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, and orchestrational devices for a variety of programmatic and visual cues.
- Create leitmotifs, themes, and variations for specific characters, locations, and emotions.
- Demonstrate ability to compose to specific timings, pictorial cues, and in balance with diegetic sound.
- Utilize film and game industry workflows to complete composition, orchestration, recording, and production.
Credits: 3 |
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MP 3650 - Sound for Media I
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this junior-level multimedia recording and production course, students develop the audio industry competency of producing diegetic sound for multimedia projects. Through applied project work focused on the integration of technical, organizational, and creative skills, students learn industry-standard software and sound production practices for dialog, foley, automated dialog replacement (ADR), sound effects, and music sequencing.
Prerequisites: MP 3330 - Sound Design II: Creative DSP
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Apply foley techniques to record and sequence diegetic sound for visual media.
- Utilize synthesis, DSP, and sound effect library to achieve audio effects appropriate to the visual context.
- Apply industry-specific workflows and technical standards in the recording, production, and delivery of audiovisual content.
Credits: 3 |
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MP 3750 - Computer Music Systems
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this junior-level music technology course, students learn to use music programming environments to create audio software systems that synthesize and control sound. Through demonstrations, technical exercises, creative experimentation, secondary research, and composition projects, students learn to apply their existing knowledge of music and digital audio toward the development of custom software instruments, sequencers, audio effects, analysis tools, and interactive performance environments. The course focuses on the acquisition of visual programming skills, understanding of foundational computer science concepts, and creative application of computer programming to realize music beyond the scope of what’s possible using conventional DAWs.
Prerequisites: MP 2230 - Music Composition II
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create stable software instruments, audio effects, and interactive performance tools.
- Demonstrate understanding of abstraction, iteration, control messaging, and signal flow.
- Formulate programmatic structures to represent relevant musical concepts, including tuning and pitch relationships, rhythm, and dynamics.
- Apply music programming concepts and techniques toward the creation of novel sounds, musical patterns, or performance interactions.
- Utilize technical documentation and computer programming resources to debug code and solve implementation problems.
Credits: 3 |
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MP 3840 - Digital Performance I
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this junior-level music performance course, students learn to perform their original compositions and digital productions using a variety of music technologies. Through technical demonstrations, performance studies and analysis, and applied creative projects, students learn to accompany themselves using digital tools, adopt non-linear performance strategies, perform DJ sets, and create improvisational systems. Given the individualized nature of music performance, the course is designed to support experimentation, technical learning, and critical evaluation of performance paradigms to help students craft their own approach to technologically mediated performance. A junior-level performance portfolio review will be conducted at the end of the course. Students must pass the review to pass the course, and to advance in the degree program.
Prerequisites: MP 3430 - Recording + Production II and MP 2230 - Music Composition II
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Perform original music in engaging ways using a combination of hardware and software tools.
- Create live performance tech setups that enable control of multiple instruments, accompaniment strategies for composed music, and improvisation.
- Produce DJ sets.
- Produce a portfolio of music performances that highlights particular creative and technical competencies and shows growth toward an emerging individual style.
Credits: 3 |
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MP 4230 - Music Composition III
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this senior-level composition course, students extend their knowledge of advanced technological practices for composition. The course content delves into the variety of techniques found in canonic and emerging electronic music composition and sound art. Through score study, listening analysis, and performance viewings, students expand their creative and critical thinking skills toward the creation of interactive music, sound installations, generative music, audiovisual works, and other electroacoustic forms. In addition to being an exploration of electroacoustic forms and techniques, the course also connects music to ideas. Students learn to self-evaluate and justify how compositional technique reinforces interpretative meaning. This course is required as the penultimate course in the degree program. A senior portfolio review and graduation project proposal will be conducted at the end of the course. Students must pass both the portfolio review and have their graduation project proposal accepted to pass the course and to enroll in MP 4570, Visual Branding + Music Promotion.
Prerequisites: MP 3840 - Digital Performance I
Notes: This is the penultimate course in the BFA program.
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create original compositions in various electroacoustic forms.
- Demonstrate ability to integrate real-time audio processes into composition and in support of the concept.
- Justify the use of particular techniques in alignment with musical intent and interpretive listening.
- Produce a portfolio that highlights advanced composition, production, and post-production skill sets and demonstrates an emerging individual style.
Credits: 3 |
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MP 4430 - Mixing + Mastering
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this senior-level music production and audio engineering course, students develop professional competencies in mixing and mastering music. Students will learn mixing techniques for a variety of musical styles and instrumentation, including a combination of acoustic and synthesized sound recordings. Through applied projects focused on the integration of technical, organizational, creative, and aural skills, students learn industry-standard approaches to mixing and mastering audio based on style, sound material, and distribution format. Mixing and mastering are addressed from both practical and theoretical perspectives informed by music cognition, auditory scene analysis, and digital audio theory.
Prerequisites: MP 3430 - Recording + Production II
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Control audio spectrum, dynamics, and spatial imaging to produce balanced and emotionally engaging music.
- Justify mixing and mastering decisions based on reinforcement of creative priorities, psychoacoustic principles, and digital audio theory.
- Apply industry-specific workflows, style-appropriate techniques, and technical standards in the post-production and delivery of broadcast quality music.
Credits: 3 |
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MP 4450 - Advanced Audio Engineering
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this senior-level audio production and engineering course, students learn advanced production technologies, emerging techniques, and customized workflows relevant to the increasingly disparate, fluid, and agile ways in which audio industry professionals work. Through technique-oriented demonstrations, applied exercises, and creative projects, students learn to integrate outboard analog hardware, loudspeaker and room correction tools, advanced signal routing, and sound level management. Special attention is given to the production of spatial audio, including stereo, binaural, and ambisonic recording techniques, multi-channel production and mixing, and immersive sound reinforcement paradigms.
Prerequisites: MP 3430 - Recording + Production II
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create immersive audio projects using multiple spatialization and multichannel sound reinforcement techniques.
- Produce audio utilizing analog and outboard signal processing hardware.
- Apply specialized hardware and software tools for loudspeaker and room correction, signal processing, and sound level management.
Credits: 3 |
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MP 4570 - Music Branding + Marketing
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this senior-level interdisciplinary course, students will work with their academic advisers to realize their graduation projects as proposed in MP 4230 - Composition III, while developing a brand and marketing plan for these projects in alignment with their career goals. Through brand audits, presentations, critiques, and applied writing and design exercises, students will develop a strategic brand platform and learn to communicate it through various marketing channels that align with both creative and professional objectives. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to articulate their brand positioning and share a cohesive digital brand presence that includes an online portfolio and the distribution of a completed graduation project through online music platforms or social media content as determined by their strategic marketing plan. Final graduation projects will be presented to and reviewed by a panel of faculty and/or external music experts.
Prerequisites: MP 4230 - Music Composition III
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create a strategic brand positioning statement and a marketing plan for their music or audio projects.
- Demonstrate professional work through the curation and presentation of an online creative portfolio.
- Produce, master, and distribute original creative work in alignment with the faculty-approved graduation project proposal.
- Create a digital brand presence via the channels specified in a marketing plan.
Credits: 3 |
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MP 4650 - Sound for Media II
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this senior-level multimedia recording and production course, students develop professional competencies in sound mixing for multimedia projects. Priority is given to mixing for visual media, with additional exposure to radio and podcast production. Through applied projects focused on the integration of technical, organizational, creative, and research skills, students learn industry-standard approaches to mixing diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. Mixing is addressed from both practical and theoretical perspectives informed by music cognition, auditory scene analysis, and digital audio theory.
Prerequisites: MP 3650 - Sound for Media I
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Control audio spectrum, dynamics, and spatial imaging to produce balanced, realistic mixes.
- Justify mix decisions based on reinforcement of creative priorities, psychoacoustic principles, and digital audio theory.
- Apply industry-specific workflows and technical standards in the post-production and delivery of audiovisual content.
Credits: 3 |
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MP 4840 - Digital Performance II
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this senior-level music technology and performance course, students learn to use real-time audio and video processing tools to create, manipulate, structure, and deliver live musical performances. By focusing on the separation between audiovisual synthesis and effects processing and interactive control paradigms, students learn to use a variety of tools and technologies to create engaging performances that align with both the musical material and their individual performance skills and proclivities. The course is designed to encourage creative collaboration—to leverage individual technical or creative skill sets toward a cohesive performance—and to empower students to thoughtfully incorporate visual materials, environmental sound, multiple loudspeakers, or non-standard music controllers and performance interactions.
Prerequisites: MP 3840 - Digital Performance I
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Produce a musical performance using real-time audiovisual control systems.
- Identify performance strengths and weaknesses and work strategically and/or collaboratively to maximize audience engagement.
- Utilize a non-standard physical object or instrument to control digital music and/or video materials.
Credits: 3 |
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MP 4900 - Special Topics in Music Production
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this advanced music production seminar, students will explore concepts and practices beyond the scope of the core coursework and expand their awareness of the musical, cultural, and technological issues relevant to the field. Each Special Topics in Music Production class will be unique and proposed by RMCAD professors to reflect areas of personal expertise and advanced study. Standard and/or emerging music technologies, applied methods, and theoretical studies are introduced, including but not limited to: electronic composition, music programming, sound synthesis, sound installation, atonal music theory, experimental music, immersive audio, physical computing, and human-computer interaction, audiovisual music, and sound for film, games, and mobile app development
Prerequisites: MP 2230 - Music Composition II and completion of 45+ credits or approval of department chair.
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create work that represents knowledge of the special topic and appreciation for the practical or creative applications of the technologies and methods discussed.
Credits: 3 |
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NS 2030 - Biology
Credits: 3
Course Type: Lecture
In this course, students will explore the basic aspects of life on earth. The course will cover cells, photosynthesis, DNA, genetics, evolution, natural selection, biodiversity, population dynamics, and global climate. Students will explore these topics through field trips, classroom activities, laboratory exercises, and lectures. Upon successful completion of this course, students will understand the biological, chemical, and physical processes living organisms utilize to sustain life.
Prerequisites: none
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the nature of science to critically assess media reports of science, pseudoscience, and non-science.
- Understand the diversity of living things.
- Understand ecological environments local to the student and in a global context.
- Understand the relevance of these ecosystems, as well as the biotic and abiotic components of these ecosystems.
- Understand the structures and purposes of these structures in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
- Understand cell structures to examples of changes in cell function.
- Understand basic structures of living things using concepts of homology.
- Understand the relationship of the structure of living things to their function.
- Understand the observations that lead to the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- Understand different types of selection.
NS 2030 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
ON CAMPUS: Biology Science for Life - ISBN: 9780321767592
ONLINE: Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, 7th Edition - ISBN: 9780321696816
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NS 3100 - Acoustics of Music
Credits: 3
Course Type: Lecture
In this junior-level science course, students learn the physical properties of sound waves— how sound travels through a medium, how objects emit and absorb sound, how sound waves are measured, transduced, and represented, and how musical objects and ideas work to shape acoustic reality. The course focuses on developing a physical understanding of musical phenomena, the characteristics of musical instruments, and sound reflection and absorption in rooms and listening spaces. Through lectures, demonstrations, technical exercises, and applied acoustic and digital audio experiments, students learn to describe, manipulate, and predict the behavior of sound waves in both real and computer-modeled environments. Students learn the physical basis of particular acoustic phenomena in music, including resonance, echo, reverberation, complex spectra, filtering, phase cancellation, Doppler effect, and amplification. Students also develop a scientific understanding of key musical concepts, such as tuning, harmony, and instrument design based on acoustic principles. Upon completion of the course, students will understand the basic science that governs musical practice and technology and be able to apply foundational knowledge of acoustics toward the creation of new instruments and sound manipulation tools.
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Explain how sound propagates through a medium and how musical instruments work to emit sound.
- Formulate sound absorption plans for different rooms and listening spaces.
- Demonstrate an acoustical understanding of tuning, scales, harmony, and common musical effects.
- Create a musical instrument.
Credits: 3 |
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PH 1000 - Survey of Photography
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this freshman-level course, students will begin to explore the possibilities of the photographic industry. A variety of photographic career paths will be explored through lectures, research, writing, and photographic assignments. Students will begin to discover how each genre of photography might direct their work and affect their lifestyles.
Prerequisites: none.
Notes: (Formerly CP 1111 - Digital Photography I)
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct academic research through the writing of research papers and essays.
- Apply an understanding of the photography industry through the creation of images that fit specific genres.
- Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate images, and identify their genre and target audience, through written responses.
PH 1000 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
The Short Story of Photography: A Pocket Guide to Key Genres, Works, Themes & Techniques, I. Smith, Laurence King Publishing, 2018, ISBN: 1786272016
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
Credits: 3 |
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PH 1100 - Photography Principles
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This freshman-level course introduces students to foundational camera operation techniques including proper exposure, composition, observation, and use of available light. Additionally, students will be introduced to industry-standard software and digital workflow. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have gained technical understanding and insight into the medium through instructional lectures, research, and the completion of photographic assignments.
Prerequisites: None
Notes: (Formerly CP 1112 - Digital Photography II)
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Use foundational camera settings with intention, including aperture, shutter speed, ISO, lens selection, dynamic range, and color space.
- Apply basic digital workflow, including importing, archiving, processing, and exporting digital files.
- Apply the principles of photographic design to create compelling narratives.
PH 1100 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age. 3rd Edition, By Robert Hirsch - ISBN: 9781138944398
Required Course Materials:
Basic supplies:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
Credits: 3 |
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PH 1150 - Color Management + Output
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This freshman-level course covers the calibration of devices to produce consistent, predictable color for the output of digital files onto physical media. Students will increase proficiency in their digital workflow including; file preparation, resolution selection, print profiling, paper selection, soft-proofing techniques, and creating editions. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have gained a better understanding of how to format files based on client and vendor requirements when print output is required.
Prerequisites: PH 1100 - Photography Principles
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Apply color calibration standards across multiple devices and software.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of ICC profiling and soft-proofing.
- Create photographic prints that illustrate a full range of tones with accurate color balance.
PH 1150 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
Color Management & Quality Output: Working with Color from Camera to Display to Print, T. Ashe, Focal Press, 2013, ISBN: 9781136086373
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- Photographic Inkjet Paper (Check with instructor)
- Recommended: Monitor Calibration such as a DataColor SPYDER or X-Rite ColorMunki
Credits: 3 |
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PH 1500 - Lighting I: Fundamentals
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This freshman-level course serves as an introduction to the language of light, its characteristics, the interpretation of ideas, and how light is an integral tool in the making of photographs. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have a clear understanding of the qualities of light and their communicative power.
Prerequisites: PH 1100 - Photography Principles
Notes: (Formerly CP 1720 - Lighting I: Fundamentals)
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Apply lighting theory and methods to a variety of subjects.
- Explain the use of various lighting components and their impact on narrative images.
- Demonstrate the ability to intentionally apply the characteristics of light to images.
PH 1500 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
Lighting for Photographers: An Introductory Guide to Professional Photography 2nd Edition, by Joseph Lavine (Author), Brad Bartholomew (Author) - ISBN-13: 978-0815348597
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Entry-level studio strobe kit with two light heads and light stands
- Tethering cable
- External hard drive (1TB or larger)
- Materials and supplies for class photo shoots (props, glassware, and surfaces)
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PH 2100 - Digital Post Production
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In this sophomore-level course, students will explore digital post-production and image manipulation techniques. Upon successful completion of this course, students identify and apply industry-standard tools to refine photographic images.
Prerequisites: PH 1100 - Photography Principles
Notes: (Formerly CP 1710 - Digital Post Production)
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate photographic images to identify opportunities for enhancement.
- Apply software tools to refine retouch and construct digital images.
- Apply digital tools to refine concepts, visual aesthetics, and narrative.
PH 2100 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Course Materials:
Basic supplies:
- Entry-level DSLR of MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Entry-level studio strobe kit with two light heads and light stands
- Tripod
- Portable hard drive
**Materials may vary depending on the instructor, make sure to check with your professor before purchasing.
Credits: 3 |
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Credits: 3 |
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PH 2200 - Portraiture
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This course is an exploration of photographing people, posing, expressions, gestures, and establishing subject rapport. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have used specific learned skills such as posing, lighting, and composition to create compelling portraits.
Prerequisites: PH 1500 - Lighting I: Fundamentals
Notes: (Formerly CP 2321 - Portraiture)
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze and apply specific learned skills such as lighting, composition, and context, to create a portraiture portfolio.
- Demonstrate directorial skills in the areas of posing, body language, facial expressions, and gestures.
- Apply retouching techniques to modify the portrait image.
- Create photographs that illustrate the photographer’s perspective of the subject’s narrative.
PH 2200 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
The Photographer’s Guide to Posing: Techniques to Flatter Everyone, By Lindsay Adler ISBN-13: 978-1681981949
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR of MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Entry-level studio strobe kit with two light heads and light stands
- Tethering cable
- Portable hard drive
Credits: 3 |
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PH 2300 - Darkroom I
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This sophomore-level course explores the craft of traditional black and white film darkroom processes from a historical and contemporary fine-art perspective. Using 35mm SLR cameras, students will learn baseline camera controls and techniques to create narratives that communicate conceptual ideas. The class covers film types, camera formats, the Zone System of photographic tone control, film development, and silver-based printing. Extensive lab and studio time is provided during the class. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have illustrated, through a portfolio of images, an understanding of the technical, creative, and darkroom components of the medium.
Prerequisites: None.
Notes: Photography students must complete PH 1100 - Photography Principles prior to registering for this course.
Campus Only.
(Formerly PH1010 Darkroom I)
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create photographs that demonstrate an understanding of analog film camera functions.
- Chemically develop film-based media and make darkroom prints.
- Use narrative and storytelling to create a portfolio of silver-based prints.
PH 2300 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Course Materials:
- 35mm SLR Camera
- Tripod
- Camera Bag
- Gray Card
- 8+ rolls of 35mm B&W Film
- RC Photo Paper (100 sheets+)
- 35mm Film Storage Pages and Binder
- Darkroom Towel
**Materials may vary depending on the instructor, make sure to check with your professor before purchasing.
Credits: 3 |
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PH 2350 - Digital Black + White
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This sophomore-level course will explore the craft of contemporary digital black-and-white image-making. Through a series of projects, students will apply the digital Zone System of photographic tone control, file processing, color tinting, cross-toning, and black and white digital printing. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have investigated the visual language associated with black and white photography and its connection with objective truth and creative expression.
Prerequisites: PH 2100 - Digital Post Production
Notes: Online Only
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create a portfolio of monochromatic images that applies visual communication and creative expression and is visually cohesive.
- Evaluate the values of a scene and make the appropriate technical decisions to create images that have a full range of tones.
- Create a digital workflow that produces consistent, predictable results from capture to the final edited image.
PH 2350 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
Black and White Photography: The Timeless Art of Monochrome in the Post-Digital Age, by M. Freeman, ISBN: 1781573360
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- Neutral Density Filter (for camera lens)
Credits: 3 |
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PH 2500 - Lighting II: Location
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
Photographers regularly face unique challenges when assigned to make powerful images of individuals in varied locations, often adding light sources and manipulating available light in their creative process. This course will instruct students in the area of creating compelling and clearly communicated photographs while on location assignments. Upon successful completion of this course, students create a portfolio of photographs that communicate a sense of place through their understanding of meaningful composition and effective use of lighting.
Prerequisites: PH 1500 - Lighting I: Fundamentals
Notes: (Formerly CP 2310 - Lighting II: Location)
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Read and evaluate existing interior light and apply supplemental techniques to create narratives.
- Discuss and debate the advantages of light and its role in creating multi and single-image narratives.
- Demonstrate the ability to balance daylight with electronic flash.
- Evaluate locations for lighting, composition, and visual narrative demonstrated by the creation of detailed location scouting reports.
- Create a portfolio of photographs that communicates a sense of place through meaningful composition and effective use of lighting.
PH 2500 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
The Hot Shoe Diaries by Joe McNally, ISBN 9780321719584
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- Studio lighting kit with battery power or speedlight with wireless transmitters for off-camera use.
- 5-in-1 reflector
Credits: 3 |
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PH 3150 - Professional Practices: Marketing
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This studio course prepares students with critical knowledge and practical strategies as they begin to identify their brand and work towards a targeted profession in the field of photography, video, or media arts. The central elements of these efforts are the processes of portfolio synthesis and the use of web-based media platforms supplemented by personal interactions with organizations where marketing and photography professionals interact. This course will guide students through a variety of marketing stages including the development of a professional website using templates, targeted social media, effective marketing collateral, and branding. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have created and presented a brand identity package including business cards, a professional website, utilized multiple social media methods, and involved themselves in client-based professional organizations.
Prerequisites: Students must have completed a total of at least 60 credit hours, of which 30 credits must be PH studio coursework.
Corequisites: PH 3000 - Junior Portfolio Review
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create a business brand and image.
- Evaluate and research potential business markets to create a career development path.
- Create collateral material that reinforces an established brand identity.
- Develop an online and social media strategy that effectively markets each student’s business to a target audience.
- Demonstrate business professionalism through a portfolio presentation.
PH3150 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography, 7th edition, by American Society of Media Photographers. ISBN: 978-1581154979
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- Website host and professional URL
- Professional Social Media Accounts
Credits: 3 |
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PH 3300 - Darkroom II: Alternative Process
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This course introduces students to advanced work in the area of Alternative Processes in darkroom-based work from a contemporary perspective. A variety of historic and contemporary processes are explored and serve as important aesthetics in communicating significant, related conceptual narratives. Emphasis is placed on a variety of image-making techniques including photograms, chemigrams, camera obscura, pinhole, plastic camera, and other forms of hand-made photography. Also covered is the production of digital negatives for contact printing. Upon successful completion of this course, students will apply alternative process aesthetics in the creation of a focused body of work. Extensive lab and studio time is provided during the class.
Prerequisites: PH 2300 - Darkroom I
Notes: Campus Only
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create images using digital and hand processes in relation to conceptual narratives.
- Apply technical skills in historic processes to create a portfolio of images that express a concept or narrative.
PH 3300 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
Jill Enfield’s Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes: Popular Historic and Contemporary Techniques, 1st ed., J. Enfield, ISBN: 9780415810241
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- 50-Sheets 8x10 B&W Darkroom Paper
- 20-Sheets 8.5x11 Pictorico OHP
Credits: 3 |
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PH 3500 - Portfolio Development
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
In the development of a clearly styled portfolio of photographs, it is critical that students have an opportunity to write proposals and create a series of photographs that stays true to that proposal. In this course, students will incorporate technical and logistical skills learned from previous classes such as writing, assignment logistics, lighting, and compelling compositions to develop and articulate a clearly defined portfolio based on their career goals. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have gained insight into project development manifested by the creation of a portfolio of photographs.
Prerequisites: PH 3450 - Advanced Digital Imaging
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct market research on contemporary photographic industry trends.
- Create visual content that illustrates conceptual narratives and/or client needs.
- Produce a professional portfolio designed to meet industry standards.
PH 3500 Course Learning Outcomes Rubric
Required Textbooks:
No Plastic Sleeves: Portfolio and Self-Promotion Guide for Photographers and Designers, 2nd ed., L. Volk, Focal Press, 2014, ISBN: 9780415711180
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- Printed portfolio book & marketing packet
Credits: 3 |
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PH 3725 - Architectural Photography
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
Based on the concept of capturing the built landscape in its most perfect form, architectural and industrial photography is the marriage of photographic skill, technical aptitude, and artistic vision. This course uses contextual lectures, interpretative visioning, and practical experience to guide students through a process of evaluation and understanding of architectural principles. Upon successful completion of this course, students will, through logistical planning and photographic assignments, have a strong understanding of the power of architectural and industrial photographs and how they communicate integrity, credibility, and vibrancy.
Prerequisites: PH 2100 - Digital Post Production
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create an illustrative portfolio of images of defined architectural design.
- Photograph architectural projects which address the creative interpretation of a structure.
- Analyze and apply theoretical and professional practices of architectural form in the creation of photographs.
PH 3725 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
Photographing Architecture: Lighting, Composition, Postproduction and Marketing Techniques, J. Siskin, Amherst Media, 2011, ISBN: 1608953009
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- Studio lighting kit with battery power or speedlight and a wireless trigger for off-camera use.
Credits: 3 |
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PH 3750 - Fashion
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
The hallmark of fashion portraiture is the communication of fashion genres within the context of making editorial photographs. In this course, students will acquire expertise in the area of highly visible photographic assignments, reference the context of working within an editorial environment, and research and discuss the development and evolutionary histories of fashion work as it pertains to photographing fashion models in public spaces. Through assignment-based projects, students will have added important logistical components to their skill sets including relevant fashion strategies; problem-solving unique situations while photographing models in public spaces, and understanding the magazine and publishing industries’ importance in fashion work.
Prerequisites: PH 2500 - Lighting II: Location
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Research, discuss and create a logistical plan for a fashion assignment.
- Apply skills in body language and posing as it applies to fashion photography.
- Create and apply fashion narrative concepts.
- Apply skills in communication within the context of fashion and lifestyle magazines.
PH 3750 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
The Photographer’s Guide to Posing: Techniques to Flatter Everyone, L. Adler, Rocky Nook, 2017, ISBN: 1681981947
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
Credits: 3 |
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PH 3775 - Night Photography
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This class will focus on making images at night and in low-light situations through the use of long exposures and image stacking. Students in this course will create elaborate pre-visualized night images incorporating light painting in populated areas, as well as exploring the night sky away from the light pollution of our urban environment. Astrophotography, planning for movement in the night sky, working in teams over large spaces with no visual contact, and specialized equipment are explained in this course.
Prerequisites: PH 3450 - Advanced Digital Imaging
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate a broader understanding of, and appreciation for, the field of Astronomy and Meteorology through the creation of detailed plans for night photography expeditions.
- Evaluate low-light scenes and make the appropriate technical choices to capture images that contain a full range of tones and low noise levels.
- Demonstrate an understanding of light painting through the creation of images using long exposures in low light.
- Create a portfolio of images using long exposures in low light that express a cohesive concept or narrative using one visual style.
PH 3775 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
Night Photography and Light Painting: Finding Your Way in the Dark, L. Keimig, Focal Point, 2015, ISBN: 0415718988
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- Intervalometer cable/remote release for camera shutter (needed by Week 3)
- Small flashlights (for light painting)
Credits: 3 |
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PH 3825 - Photojournalism
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This is an introductory course for students pursuing a career in photojournalism. A rigorous process of weekly exercises of photographic storytelling coupled with instructional lectures related to working with editors, as well as assessing and defining the news value of visual circumstances, gives students the ethical, historical, and philosophical nature of the profession. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have researched and produced compelling spot news photographs and short photo essays.
Prerequisites: PH 2200 - Portraiture
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Research ethical, historical, and philosophical issues in the area of photojournalism.
- Apply the principles of effective visual storytelling.
- Demonstrate unique points of view in photojournalism.
- Recognize and capture the salient element of the visual story.
PH 3825 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
Photojournalism: The Professionals’ Approach, 7th ed., K. Kobre, Focal Press, 2016, ISBN: 1138101362
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- Notebook
Credits: 3 |
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Credits: 3 |
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PH 3925 - Audio for Video Production
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
Inescapable from the area of creating excellence in the profession of video production is the importance of audio content. The ability to capture sound, create it specifically for film content, and apply it effectively is an enhancive, critical element of compelling video and film narratives, and is the basis for this course. Upon successful completion of this course, having used professional audio equipment and software, students will have captured sounds as they occur in dynamic staged and natural environments, created audio tracks for a short video, and through the use of audio post-production tools, altered sound for both realistic and abstract contexts.
Prerequisites: PH 2150 - Cinematography I
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Apply software skills in audio tracking and enhancement.
- Apply skills in capturing and blending multiple audio tracks.
- Create an audio track using a foley stage.
- Create a narrative film with a focus on audio skills.
PH 3925 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
Producing Great Sound for Film and Video: Expert Tips form Production to Final Mix, 4th ed., J. Rose, Focal Press, 2014, ISBN: 9780415722070
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- External microphone and/or handheld audio recorder
Credits: 3 |
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Credits: 3 |
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Credits: 3 |
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PH 4150 - BFA Senior Portfolio Thesis
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This senior capstone course focuses on preparing students for the transition from an academic context to one of professional practice in photography. Students will examine goals, objectives, and photographic work as they apply to the Graduation Exhibition and professional practice opportunities. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have produced a body of work that addresses their degree focus as well as preparations for professional practice.
Prerequisites: PH 3500 - Project Development Portfolio
Notes: Senior portfolio review is included.
- Must be taken in the final semester of the program.
- Campus students must propose and present a collection of work in the Graduation Exhibition.
- Online students are not required to participate in the Graduation Exhibition but are strongly encouraged to do so.
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create a well-developed body of work that synthesizes students’ degree focus.
- Prepare portfolio marketing materials.
- Produce a professional portfolio meeting industry standards.
PH 4150 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
No Plastic Sleeves: Portfolio and Self-Promotion Guide for Photographers and Designers, 2nd ed., L. Volk, Focal Press, 2014, ISBN: 9780415711180
Required Course Materials:
- Entry-level DSLR or MILC Camera with appropriate memory cards & batteries
- Camera Bag
- Tripod
- External Hard Drive (1TB or Larger)
- Printed portfolio book & marketing packet
Credits: 3 |
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Credits: 3 |
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Credits: 3 |
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Credits: 3 |
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Credits: 3 |
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SBS 1150 - Introduction to Sociology
Credits: 3
Course Type: Lecture
This course provides an introduction to classical and contemporary views of modern society. Topics include the nature of community, social inequality, class, race, gender, and sexuality. Students engage with theoretical texts and case studies. Upon successful completion of the course, students have a greater understanding of social forces, movements, and issues that highlight sociology as a field of study.
Prerequisites: EN 1110 - Composition I
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Understand classical and contemporary views of society.
- Understand behavior among social groups and communities.
- Understand how behavior is influenced by social forces, including social inequality, class, race, gender, and sexuality.
- Understand theoretical texts and case studies.
- Understand the impact of social forces on individual behavior, within relationships, and among communities.
- Understand social movements and sociological theories.
SBS 1150 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Textbooks:
Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World, Brief Edition, v. 2.0 by Steven E. Barkan (Flat World Knowledge, 2017)
Credits: 3 |
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Credits: 3 |
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