UNDERGRADUATE | PHOTOGRAPHY
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION
Our program is the leading professional undergraduate/graduate fine art
photography program in Tennessee and the seven surrounding Mid-American
states. With the region’s largest photography faculty — consisting of
three full-time nationally known photographers, several part-time
professional teachers, and a full-time experienced photo technician —
our students receive individual attention and in-depth instruction. Our
well-equipped facilities include separate black & white labs, color
print lab, alternative process lab, electronic arts lab, and studio
lighting facilities.
Students in our photography
program have a spirit of togetherness, which creates a positive,
friendly place to study. Their active student group, the Photographic
Society, plans activities that include a yearly lecture series of
internationally known photographers, travel, field trips, special
workshops, group exhibitions, and parties. These events provide
opportunities to make connections with leading photographers.
Students prepare for careers in fine art photography (b&w, color,
alternative process, digital photography, and mixed media),
documentary, freelance editorial, commercial/advertising, portrait, and
fashion photography, as well as teaching.
The
program’s educational philosophy maintains that the photographer needs
first to discover his or her personal vision, followed by amplification
of his/her uniqueness within a fine arts education. Our fine arts
approach, coupled with a strong technical base, provides the foundation
for artistic discovery in photography: it frees students to explore
their own direction in photography.
Later, as an
advanced undergraduate or graduate student, you work closely with
several faculty on independent self-assigned projects that strengthen
your personal approach. This independent work becomes the key
transition to a self-sufficient professional career in photography.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
black and white and color darkrooms
alternative and non-silver processing areas
photographic studio for large format and studio lighting
2 litho presses, 2 intaglio presses, and a large hydraulic powered Connecticut press
fully equipped Mac and PC computer labs
photo-printmaking darkroom
LINKS
U of M Undergradute Catalog
For Scholarship and Financial Aid Information
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Click for Course Listings/Descriptions
CURRICULUM
photographyundergrad_curriculum.pdf
COURSE ADVISEMENT
A-J / Larry McPherson
K-R / Larry Jasud
S-Z / David Horan