摄影与媒体艺术

度计划

主要要求: 
The BA in 摄影与媒体艺术 requires 51 hours of major courses, which include a combination of visual studies and photography coursework.

选修课: 
Students complete 6 hours of elective courses in photography, 关注一系列不同的话题. Past topics include: Installation Strategies, 纪实摄影, 数字暗房, Alternative Processes and Photographic Book Design.

通识教育要求: 
这个学位需要42–学生除了主修课程和选修课外，还要在四年内完成57小时的通识教育课程. 除了专业和通识教育课程外，还有充足的机会辅修其他领域.

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A few examples of courses students in this major take:          

• 中级数码成像: 学生在学习和使用全景图像等技术时建立视觉解决方案, 大规模合成图像打印, image post-production and handmade books.
• 大相机 – This course in black-and-white photography focuses on the use of the view camera, 视景相机光学, metering techniques and basic Zone System techniques.
• 工作室和外景项目 – This course introduces students to the professional use of the studio, studio lighting and studio production techniques.
• Video 本课程介绍视频制作的理论和技术方面，重点是媒体的美学和交流潜力.

For more details and course descriptions, view and download the 本科课程简报(PDF).

你将获得的技能

Upon completing the 摄影与媒体艺术 program, you’ll be ready to …

• 在掌握当代数字成像技术的同时，培养你的思考和创造能力.
• 拍摄和处理黑白胶片.
• Gain experience in the creation of video/film narratives.
• 制作银色的明胶照片.
• Break new ground with contemporary digital technologies.
• Think outside of the box through electives like 纪实摄影, Photographic Book Design and other approaches to the media arts.  
• Photograph and perform professional quality, post-production techniques and DAM (digital asset management) of your work. 

从实践经验中学习

每个摄影和媒体艺术专业的学生都要完成一个学期的实习课程. Students have worked with professional commercial photographers, 媒体制作公司, 国家网络附属电视台, 奥斯汀历史中心, 还是纪录片制片人. 他们还在知名展览场所实习，包括专门从事女性艺术家和拉丁裔/土著有色人种艺术家作品的展览场所. Internships are conducted both locally and outside of Austin.

先进的设施

摄影和媒体艺术专业的学生学习领先的数字成像实践，学习传统的暗房和(模拟)胶片相机技术. 美国各地有许多摄影课程.S. have scaled back or eliminated their wet process facilities. St. 爱德华学院拥有一个设备齐全的摄影实验室，允许学生打印35mm到4x5英寸的胶片. Students also gain experience in the creation of video/film narratives. 

实验室的照片

除了数字捕捉/扫描和大幅面打印设备，你应该期待在任何顶级大学课程, we provide darkroom facilities for film processing, 印刷和替代工艺. Large-format cameras and lenses; studio and location strobe equipment; portable flashes, 三脚, and light meters; and other equipment are available for students to check out at no charge. 

Studio and location skills are also taught in our professional studio facility. 数字工作在Visu打印实验室完成，该实验室配备了专门用于视觉研究部门的扫描仪和大幅面打印机.

艺术画廊

视觉研究系美术画廊是一个教学空间，以校外的展览和在校学生的展览为特色. 绘画, 版画, 安装, video, 雕塑, 陶瓷, 设计和摄影展出, 取决于赛季的日程安排. 

Courses can support any other academic program, 欢迎其他专业的学生辅修摄影和媒体艺术. In addition, several courses may be taken as electives by non-majors.

必修课程:

• 视觉研究I
• 模拟摄影I
• 风格 & 主题(主题因学期而异)
• 中级数字成像
• 摄影史

选修课程:

In addition, students select three elective courses in the major. Courses students can choose from include:

• 风格 and Themes (repeatable when topics vary)
• 工作室和外景项目
• 摄影与媒体艺术主题

Along with personal attention and mentorship from their professors, 我们的学生可以进入办公室和课堂外的项目，支持他们的成功. 我们鼓励学生利用这些资源，帮助他们茁壮成长和超越: Learn more about our student support services.

西比尔米勒, MA, Professor of 摄影与媒体艺术
西比尔·米勒在研究驱动的创造性工作和对跨学科实践的热爱方面为她的摄影工作和教学带来了广泛的背景. She is also committed to animal welfare issues, especially those affecting thoroughbred ex-racehorses, 她拥有两个. 米勒作品的基础是对摄影社会文献和美国文化短暂残余的长期兴趣. 从1995年到2004年, 她完成了一系列在州议会大厦拍摄的照片，名为“政治家——50个州议会大厦的照片”,在那里，她拍摄并重新解读了50个州的前州长的肖像, 建立个人的管理大厅, 一群推销员, 日场的偶像和傻瓜, 以及受人尊敬的普通人. 她最近的作品包括音频/视频装置“放下你的Bandoliers”,” and two in-progress short 纪录片 film projects.

约瑟夫Vitone, MFA, Professor of 摄影与媒体艺术
Joe Vitone is a 纪录片 fine art photographer and educator. Vitone teaches traditional as well as digital photography and electronic media. In 2001 he was a senior Fulbright scholar in Costa Rica. 他曾在中国、法国、日本、马来西亚、泰国和越南举办摄影讲座. 参与国际教育, he has led American students on study programs in China, 法国, 日本, 和泰国. 他的作品被广泛展出，并在包括克利夫兰艺术博物馆在内的众多收藏中展出, 创意摄影中心, 美术博物馆, 休斯顿, and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History.