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The Nature of Photography

Explore photography as an intricate visual language. You will discover individual artistic expression using applied composition and photographic design skills and understanding relationships of form and narrative in single images and complete bodies of work.

Design Technology: Visual Design Tools

Take a deep dive into the skills and tools behind industry-standard design and production: vector graphics and typography, color manipulation, workflow techniques, presentation and output methods, and more.

People Photography

Explore all forms of people photography. Using skills in graphic design, emotional input portraiture, and appropriate lighting, you’ll learn to shoot people for use in all fields, including illustration, fashion, and documentary.

Digital Photography Concepts and Techniques

Build a solid technical foundation in digital photography. You’ll gain skills by practicing camera controls, capture techniques, improving quality of light, image editing, and composition.

Making the Documentary

Become a documentary filmmaker. In this course you will explore the roots and trajectory of this ever-expanding form of filmmaking. You will watch numerous award-winning documentaries to examine how the genre pushes boundaries to tell real stories. You will conceptualize, shoot and edit your own documentary projects. (This course is… Read More

Visual Storytelling

Discover the power of visual storytelling by studying the work of great directors and cinematographers. You will make numerous short films demonstrating a variety of pictorial concepts, refining your visual vocabulary. (This course is cross-listed with MPT 377.)

Directing Actors for Film & TV

Gain experience being a director by working with actors on film sets. While concentratingon screenplay analysis, you’ll direct actors through the rehearsal process and shooting of a basic scene. You’ll learn the best way to communicate with actors to become “an actor’s director”.

U.S. History

Study the birth and growth of a nation. You’ll examine American Federalism and the significant political, historical, and cultural events in the United States from Colonial times through the 20th century.

Cinematic Storytelling

Get hands-on experience with the entire filmmaking process. Functioning in a range of creative and technical roles including: Director, Cinematographer and Editor, you’ll collaborate with other students to produce a piece of digital content.

English Composition: Creative Persuasion and Argument

Gain the rhetorical tools to support your point of view and express your opinion. You’ll examine the art of persuasion by honing your research and argumentation skills and writing your own thesis-based expository essays.