Program Overview
The Photography Studio Art Minor fosters students' proficiency in digital and film photography through practical hands-on and theoretical training. Led by renowned faculty and guest artists, the program focuses on enhancing creativity, technical skills, and visual language. Graduates are primed for the growing photography job market, leveraging their newfound artistic versatility and critical thinking abilities in diverse fields.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Photography Studio Art Minor is a 18-credit hour program designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of digital and film photography. It is offered on campus and can be completed in 2-3 semesters. The program aims to immerse students in their creative, professional, technical, and intellectual growth, enabling them to engage in complex, rich, and multifaceted approaches to image-making.
Teaching:
The program is taught by accomplished active faculty and staff, and students have opportunities to interact with internationally acclaimed visiting artists. The program emphasizes hands-on learning through assignments, lectures, demonstrations, and critiques.
Careers:
The job outlook for photographers is expected to grow 17% through 2030, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2020 Occupational Outlook Handbook. Photography is integral to many professions, including artist, design, marketing, advertising, and others.
Other:
- The program provides students with the opportunity to develop visual literacy, critical thinking, and creative expression skills.
- The College of Visual Arts and Design is one of the nation's most comprehensive visual arts schools and one of the best in the Southwest.
- The college's resources include large format digital printers, state-of-the-art computer labs, a lighting studio, and black-and-white, color, and alternative processes wet labs.
- Students have opportunities to exhibit their work in on-campus galleries through a juried application process.
- Faculty members are accomplished artists and scholars whose work has been exhibited in museums and biennials both nationally and internationally, and their scholarship has been recognized with Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowships.
- UNT's proximity to Dallas and Fort Worth provides students with a wealth of resources, such as renowned art museums and galleries.
