Communications
SOC and CAS Partner for an All New Photography Degree Program
The 51勛圖泭School of Communication泭(SOC), College of Arts and Sciences泭(CAS), and the Department of Art are excited to announce the泭brand new泭B.A in Photography degree program.
This program will begin enrollment in spring 2020. The program includes historical, theoretical, and practical approaches to the art of photography. These days we are a visual media saturated society [with a] highly developed visual language," said professorial lecturer Naoko泭Wowsugi.泭This collaboration offers expanded sharing resources and a more specialized education.
Students who complete the program泭understand photography's changing role in the greater art world; the why and how of photography's adoption by fine artists, commercial studios, and the general public.
For co-director of the program Leena泭Jayaswal, she began to explore photography in third grade which coincided with her familys migration to the United States I was viewing through the lens how U.S. culture was, she said.
Similarly,泭Wowsugi泭used photography to communicate before she learned English. You can cultivate the community relationship and make it stronger吆I was] sharing my feelings, she said. [Photography is] very interpersonal, you share a very intense created moment in a way that you cannot connect before. Its a moment that never existed.泭
In the past, photography was offered as a concentration in SOC with a few classes offered in CAS. [Former] students are working泭New York Times, have won Time Magazine Photographer of the year,泭and have been shown in galleries around the world, [so] imagine what we can do with a major, said泭Jayaswal.泭泭
Before completion, through a final project and exhibition, students will delve into a relevant topic of their choice and analyze it through a specific socio-cultural lens. The program will allow students to relate technical developments in photography to aesthetic and conceptual泭developments泭and泭follow泭movements and trends that coincide with broader art history.
"Media can be manipulated; its history and theory and [so] you have to be critical," said泭Jayaswal. "Students develop who they are as a photographer in their own eyes, which is truly what this new program is all about. Ten students each academic year will get the chance to experience all of this泭in its fullest. Im excited for students to declare a photo major, she said. The skys the limit!泭