2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Oct 07, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

Visual Communications Design (B.A.): Photography Concentration - L


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Program Description

A spirited and engaging environment, the Northern Vermont University-Lyndon Visual Arts Department provides a venue for dynamic self-expression. Our programs challenge students to become adept problem-solvers and to not only expand the breadth of their design, communication, and artistic techniques, but also to enrich their own personal aesthetic. Through an awareness of art history and contemporary visual culture, students develop a context for their own innovative practice and developing visual literacy. Through hands-on coursework that demands original thought, our program stimulates critical thinking and instills a passion for the visual arts.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate:

  1. an ability to express original ideas using photographic visual practices
  2. an ability to use a variety of techniques specific to the medium of photography
  3. a profieciency in the understanding of general aesthetic principles in the context of photography
  4. a knowledge of historical and/or contemporary photographers and photographic genres

Visual Communications Design Core Courses (32 Credits)


Art History (3 Credits)


Choose three credits from the following courses:

Capstone Courses (6 Credits)


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