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 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM CALENDAR 2003-2004 |
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Photography Courses
MPS 016 MPS 017 MPS 021 MPS 022 MPS 024 MPS 025 MPS 026 MPS 032 MPS 033 MPS 042
MPS 016 Photography: Photography Produc-tion Lect: 3 hrs. This course introduces students in Photo-graphy Studies to the fundamentals of photogra-phic and lens-based imaging. It includes an overview of view camera, hand camera and electronic photographic practices, image processing and print production, and exploration of meaning through images in relationship. Short, topic-orientated production assignments lead to work on more extended photographic forms during the second term, with an emphasis on understanding these forms in relation to other media. Corequisite: MPS 017.
MPS 017 Photography: Tools & Applications Lect: 3 hrs. This lecture/laboratory course introduces students to the tools, applications and creative methods used in the making and interpreting of photographic images, as well as to film and electronic imaging, digital applications and sound. The emphasis is on cross-disciplinary instruction in an inter-media working environ-ment. Students will initially explore methods of photographic imaging relative to other media forms; this exploration will be continued in the context of understanding time-based and moving-image systems, digital imaging, electronic sound and image formation, and recording and sequencing. Corequisite: MPS 016.
MPS 021 Photography: History of Photography Lect: 3 hrs. A study of photographic imagery from early experiments with silver halides up to the present. The course provides an historical overview of the medium’s development. Special consid-eration will be given to understanding photography’s development within the context of the traditional picture-making systems, to its evolution as a medium in its own right. Photographic theory will be introduced to provide a critical context for both current and historical ideas concerning photography. Prerequisite: MPC 013.
MPS 022 Photography: Photography Production Lab: 5 hrs. This course continues the practical skill and concept development begun in first year but at a more advanced level. Students are encouraged to develop self-reliance, risk-taking and initiative through the production of directed and self-directed projects. Both traditional and experimental image-making techniques are explored and students are exposed to a broader range of photographic equipment, materials and processes. The course includes lecture, studio, laboratory and critique sessions. Course Weight: 3.00. Prerequisite: MPC 011. Corequisite: MPS 025.
MPS 024 Photography: Digital Applications Lab: 2 hrs. This course is an in-depth exploration of digital production techniques. Subjects covered include image retouching, image processing and making effective use of software tools. Special attention is paid to the problems and considerations of shooting for and producing image assemblies, publications and multimedia productions. Some issues of accurate infor-mation transfer are explored. Prerequisite: MPC 011.
MPS 025 Photography: Technology Lect: 2 hrs. This course continues the technology studies begun in the first year but with emphasis on hands-on laboratory applications. Assignments explore the products, processes and materials of photochemical, electronic and digital media. Prerequisite: MPC 012.
MPS 026 Photography: Theories of Representation Lect: 1 hr./Lab: 2 hrs. This course will comprise two components: a one-hour combined lecture in critical theory, focussing on selected 20th century thinkers who have made important contributions to modern through post-modern understandings of culture, plus a two-hour option-specific component designed to consider the implications. The Photography Studies option version of this segment will examine theories of photographic image-making from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Interpretation and analysis of photographic imagery and language will be carried out in relation to a range of critical, cultural, aesthetic, social and technological contexts and issues. Prerequisite: MPC 014.
MPS 032 Photography: Photography Production Lab: 7 hrs. This photographic course is concerned with an in-depth refinement of the skill and concept development level explored in the second year. Emphasis will be on assigned and self-directed extended projects examining critical and aesthetic issues based on both commercial art and fine art photographic practice. Theoretical, technological and practical principles of photographic production will be addressed in lecture and critique sessions. Course Weight: 3.00. Prerequisite: MPS 022. Corequisite: MPS 033.
MPS 033 Photography: Technology Lect: 2 hrs. This course will synthesize the technology issues and methods studied in the first and second years. Current topical processes for image-making will receive special attention and students will undertake extended projects in areas of personal interest. Prerequisite: MPS 025.
MPS 042 Photography: Senior Project Lab: 6 hrs. The fourth year photographic course will focus on an extended self-directed senior project that will synthesize the theories and practices learned in previous years. The student will work in regular consultation with an advisor through the research and development stage to the making of his/her final conceptual and visual production of images. The critique and public display of the senior project is an integral and mandatory part of the process. Course Weight: 3.00. Prerequisite: MPS 032.