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Curriculum in Art
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art
Concentration in Photography

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ART 111 Basic Drawing 3
††ART 151 Basic 2/D Design 3
††ART 105 Survey of World Art History I 3
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
LS 102 Introduction to Information Research 1
*SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ART 112 Intermediate Drawing 3
††ART 154 Foundations in Visual Language II 3
††ART 106 Survey of World Art History II 3
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors                		 3
MathematicsG   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ART 122 Photography I/Photojournalism 3
††ART 153 Basic 3/D Design 3
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking                               3
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature		 3
Mathematics or
Analytical
ReasoningG		   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ART 124 Basic Darkroom Photography 3
††ART 231 Sculpture I  3
††ART 117 or
ART 281		 Printmaking I
Basic Painting		 3
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature                                                            		 3
HIST 101 or
HIST 201G		 Western Civilization to 1500
American History to 1877		 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ART 220 Intermediate Photography 3
††ART 443 Contemporary Art, Theory, and Criticism 3
††Art Studio2   3
Foreign Language
101		 CHIN 101, SPAN 101, FREN 101, ITAL 101, LAT 101, or GERM 101 3
Natural Science3,G   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ART 321 Advanced Photography 3
††ART 347 or 
Art History
(300-400 level)		 History of Photographic and Electronic Imaging 3
HIST 102 or
HIST 202		 Western Civilization since 1500
American History since 1877		 3
Foreign Language
102		 CHIN 102, SPAN 102, FREN 102,  ITAL 102, LAT 102, or GERM 102 3
Natural Science3,G   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ART 4216 Senior Project Photography                               3
††Art Studio
or Art History
(300-400 level)		   3
††Art Studio2   3
Social Science
Elective4,G		   3
Natural Science
Elective3,G		   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ART 4216 Senior Project Photography 3
Humanities Elective
(200+ level)5		   3
Social Science
Elective
(200+level)4,G
                                          		 3
Music 151 or
Theatre 131G		 Introduction to Music
Introduction to the Theatre		 3
††ART 492 Senior Seminar in the Visual Arts 2
††ART 4997 Thesis Exhibition 1
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

*Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
††Major course. Requires a grade of "C" or better in all courses in the major.
1Must be in a two-semester sequence (i.e. 101-102 or 201-202).
2A two-semester sequence (beyond the core courses) is required in a studio area other than that of the concentration.
3Natural Sciences to include both Physical and Biological Sciences, at least 6 hours of which must be in a two-semester sequence.
4Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
5To be selected from Foreign Languages (including Mythology), Philosophy, History, Speech Communication, or Literature.
6Must have nine hours in a single artistic area before attempting Senior Project.
7All degree candidates must present an ambitious body of art work, approved by the Visual Art + Design Faculty, for exhibition in the Graduating Seniors' Exhibition. Students must submit a CD of these works, which will be retained by the department.