Photography Concentration
- Art, BFA Photography requires at least 120 credit hours.
- 36 of 120 credit hours must be taken at 300 level or higher.
- No more than 6 credit hours of HPE may count in degree requirements.
- 12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH.
- 25% of the major, minor, and overall coursework must be earned at UAH.
- Art majors transferring to UAH must complete at least 12 semester hours of art courses at the 300-level or above at UAH.
- No more than 60 credit hours from a two-year school can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- All double counting of classes must be approved through the AHSS Advising Office.
- All students must pass a portfolio review
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Area I: Freshman Composition | 3-6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
or EH 101S | COLLEGE WRITING I W/STUDIO | |
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| ACCELERATED COLLEGE WRITING | ||
| HONORS ENGLISH SEMINAR | ||
| Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts* | 12 | |
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL | ||
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN | ||
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: WORLD ART | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Literature | 3-6 | |
| READINGS IN LITERATURE & CULTURE I | ||
| READINGS IN LITERATURE & CULTURE II | ||
| LITERATURE WITHOUT BORDERS | ||
| MYTHOLOGY | ||
| PROTEST LITERATURE | ||
| HEROES &/OR MONSTERS | ||
| LOVE &/OR ROMANCE | ||
| SPECULATIVE REALITIES | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 3-6 | |
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
| INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: SPANISH | ||
or WLC 101A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 101F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:FRENCH | |
or WLC 101G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:GERMAN | |
or WLC 101J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 101R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:RUSSIAN | |
| INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 102A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 102F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 102G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 102J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 102R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERM FOREIGN LANG:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 201A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 201F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:FRENCH | |
or WLC 201G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:GERMAN | |
or WLC 201J | INTERM FOREIGN LANG: JAPANESE | |
or WLC 201R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 202A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 202F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 202G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 202J | INTERM FORGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 202R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERNATIONAL CINEMA | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC | ||
| TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES | ||
| ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WORLDS | ||
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL | ||
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN | ||
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: WORLD ART | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Area III: Mathematics and Sciences | 11-12 | |
| Mathematics | 3-4 | |
| NATURE OF MATHEMATICS | ||
| ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
| MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS A | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS | ||
| Natural Sciences (Lab) | 8 | |
| SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY and LABORATORY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY and ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY LAB | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II | ||
| GENERAL, ORGANIC, BIOCHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS II | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS III and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB III | ||
| Area IV: History and Social and Behavioral Sciences* | 12 | |
| History | 3-6 | |
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
| UNITED STATES TO 1877 | ||
| UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6-9 | |
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY | ||
* Take either 1 EH (Area II) + 2 HY (Area IV) <OR> 2 EH (Area II) + 1 HY (Area IV).
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Area V: Pre-professional Courses | 20 | |
| FYE 101 | ||
| Take any WLC 101, 102, 201, or 202 | ||
| The following classes will be shared between the major and the Pre-Professional area: ARS 160, ARS 123, ARS 140, ARS 260, ARH 100, ARH 101, and ARH 103. | ||
| The classes counting in the Pre-Professional area will not also be allowed to count in Area II of the GER. The hours only count once towards overall credit hours. | ||
| Photography BFA Major Requirements: | 78 | |
| Foundations: | 12 | |
| 2D DESIGN & COLOR THEORY | ||
| 3D DESIGN | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| DRAWING: INTRODUCTION | ||
| Select four: | 12 | |
| GAME DESIGN: INTRODUCTION | ||
| ANIMATION: INTRODUCTION | ||
| GRAPHIC DESIGN: INTRODUCTION | ||
| SCULPTURE: INTRODUCTION | ||
| PHOTOGRAPHY: INTRODUCTION | ||
| PAINTING: INTRODUCTION | ||
| PRINTMAKING: INTRODUCTION | ||
| Upper Division Requirements | ||
| ARS 390 | PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT I | 3 |
| ARS 494 | PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES | 3 |
| Select 4 ARS courses at the 300-level in the field of concentration | 12 | |
| Select 2 ARS courses at the 400-level in the field of concentration | 6 | |
| PHOTO: DIGITAL I | ||
| PHOTO: DARKROOM I | ||
| PHOTO: DARKROOM, HISTORIC & EXPERIMENTAL I | ||
| PHOTO: DOCUMENTARY I | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN STUDIO ART 2 | ||
| PHOTO: DIGITAL II | ||
| PHOTO: DARKROOM II | ||
| PHOTO: DARKROOM HISTORIC & EXPERIMENTAL II | ||
| PHOTO: DOCUMENTARY II | ||
| INDEPENDENT PROJECTS 2 | ||
| Art History Requirements: | ||
| ARH 100 | ART HISTORY SURVEY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL | 3 |
| ARH 101 | ART HISTORY SURVEY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN | 3 |
| ARH 103 | ART HISTORY SURVEY: WORLD ART | 3 |
| ARH 309 | CONTEMPORARY ART & ISSUES | 3 |
| Select one of the following 300-level Art History courses before 1800: | 3 | |
| ANCIENT GREEK ART | ||
| MEDIEVAL ART | ||
| RENAISSANCE ART | ||
| ANCIENT ROMAN ART | ||
| COLLAPSE OF CIVILIZATIONS | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART HISTORY 1 | ||
| Select one of the following 300-level Art History courses after 1800: | 3 | |
| TWENTIETH CENTURY ART | ||
| IMPRESSIONISM & POST-IMPRESSIONISM | ||
| NINETEENTH CENTURY ART | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF ART | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART HISTORY 1 | ||
| Major Electives | 12 | |
Select 4 courses ARH/ARS 300-level or above | ||
| Electives | ||
Elective hours vary by program, please see advisor. | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
- 1
Depending on the topic of this course, it may satisfy either the Pre- or Post-1800 requirement, or function as an elective.
- 2
Depending on the topic of this course, it may satisfy a major specific requirement. If the subject matter was not specific to photography, the class will count as a major elective.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Hours | |
| EH 101 | COLLEGE WRITING I | 3 |
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| ARS 123 | 2D DESIGN COLOR THEORY | 3 |
| ARS 160 | DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | 3 |
| FYE 101 | CHARGER SUCCESS | 1 |
| Term Semester Hours: | 13 | |
| Spring | ||
| EH 102 | COLLEGE WRITING II | 3 |
| ARS 140 | 3D DESIGN | 3 |
| ARS 250 | PHOTOGRAPHY: INTRODUCTION | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Science | 3 | |
| ARH 100 | ART HISTORY SURVEY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL | 3 |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| WLC 101 | 3 | |
| ARS 260 | DRAWING: INTRODUCTION | 3 |
| ARH 101 | ART HISTORY SURVEY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN | 3 |
| ARS 2xx introductory course | 3 | |
| 3xx in Photography | 3 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Science | 4 | |
| ARH 103 | ART HISTORY SURVEY: WORLD ART | 3 |
| ARS 3xx in Photography | 3 | |
| ARS 3xx in Photography | 3 | |
| HY 103 or 104 | 3 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ARS 390 | PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT I | 3 |
| ARH 309 | CONTEMPORARY ART ISSUES | 3 |
| EH 207 or 208 | 3 | |
| ARS 2xx introductory course | 3 | |
| Science | 4 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ARH 3xx ancient | 3 | |
| Fine Arts class GER | 3 | |
| ARS 2xx introductory course | 3 | |
| Area II class | 3 | |
| ARS/ARH 300+ elective | 3 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ARS 4xx in Photography | 3 | |
| ARH 3xx Modern | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Science | 3 | |
| ARS/ARH 300+ elective | 3 | |
| ARS/ARH 300+ elective | 3 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ARS 494 | PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES | 3 |
| Area IV class | 3 | |
| ARS 4xx in Photography | 3 | |
| ARS/ARH 300+ elective | 3 | |
| ARS 3xx in Photography | 3 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
| Total Semester Hours: | 120 | |