Program Directors: Susan English, Shalon Parker
The Visual Literacy minor focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to studying photographic and video arts, photojournalism and documentary film. The minor gives students models for thinking critically about the interpretation and impact of images in society and artistic creation, and the evolving role of video in online news and social media. The curriculum integrates experiential learning with the theories and ethics of artistic and journalistic visual creation.
Minor in Visual Literacy: 18 credits
| Lower Division | |
| INMD 101 Media Literacy | 3 credits |
| One of the following two options: | 3 credits |
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VART 170 Photographic Art(1)
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JOUR 270 Photojournalism
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| One of the following two options: | 3 credits |
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VART 112 Design Fundamentals(2)
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JOUR 280 Design and Editing
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| Upper Division | |
| INMD 410 Digital Video and Art | 3 credits |
| JOUR 470 Documentary Filmmaking | 3 credits |
| One of the following two options: |
3 credits |
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VART 408 History of Photography
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BRCO 320 Image Communication
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See the Undergraduate catalog department sections for individual course descriptions.
(1) Students majoring or minoring in Journalism must take VART 170 to satisfy this requirement.
(2) Students majoring in Journalism must take VART 112 to satisfy this requirement.
*Note: Students using INMD 410, JOUR 470, and/or BRCO 320 to satisfy the Visual Literacy minor requirements may not also use the courses for an upper-division BRCO, JOUR or PRLS elective course required for Broadcast Studies, Journalism or Public Relations majors and minors.