Program Directors: Susan English & Rob Donnelly
The program offers one minor:
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: 19-21 credits
| Lower Division | |
| INMD 101 Media Literacy | 3 credits |
| Two of the following options: | 6 credits |
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VART 112 Digital Art Foundations (1)
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VART 170 Photographic Art(1)
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JOUR 270 Photojournalism
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VART 272 Intro to Filmmaking
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JOUR 280 Design and Editing
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| Upper Division | |
| Three of the following options: | 10-12 credits |
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BRCO 320 Image Communications
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VART 371 Art Fusion
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JOUR 374 Documentary History and Analysis
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VART 408 History of Photography
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JOUR 470 Documentary Filmmaking
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VART 472 Creative Filmmaking
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INMD 492 Creative Filmmaking
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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 or VART 112.
*Note: Students using 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 & Electronic Media Studies, Journalism, or Public Relations majors and minors.