The Photography program is rooted in visual literacy. Visual literacy is presented to intellectually and critically study various types of images and to creatively develop a personal response and direction. This is facilitated, beginning at the intermediate level and carried throughout the program, by exposure and an examination of a variety of photographers, both historical and contemporary. Our students are trained in traditional photographic skills; exposure, development and printing competencies, as well as, the exploration of cultural ideologies from a personal to various global views.

Commencing the academic year, 2005-2006, the Department will transfer from traditional printmaking methods and practices to a large format, digital format. By this initiative, we expect to offer a teaching/learning environment through which every concentration we currently offer may collaborate and contribute serial imaging from a cross-disciplinary perspective.