Photography, Minor < Carnegie Mellon College

Minor in Photography

Available to all undergraduate college students

Overview

The Photography Minor exposes college students to the breadth of choices from conventional pictures (i.e. movie publicity and silver printing) to digital capturing and output. The scholar will develop into accustomed to pictures’s craft, its historical past and important practitioners, and develop their very own distinct engagement with the medium.

Students might apply for the Photography Minor after they’ve taken a starting pictures course. Students might be admitted to the minor primarily based on their aptitude, acceptable degree of pictures expertise, and house availability inside the program. Once admitted, college students might be assigned a school advisor who will assist them decide a sequence of programs that most closely fits their wants and pursuits.

Application Requirements

The application process for the Photography Minor requires submission of: a accomplished software type signed by the house division advisor, a private assertion, and a portfolio of images. Contact the CFA Photography Administrator, Jamie Gruzska (gruzska@andrew.cmu.edu), MM B18, for additional data. Applications are processed each semester.

Curriculum

Photography Required Courses

Photo History Required Course

62-371	Photography, The First 100 Years, 1839-1939 *	9
or 62-360	Photographers and Photography Since World War II

Photography Studio Elective

Choose one extra pictures course in session with the picture advisor.

History, Theory, or Criticism of the Visual Arts Elective

Choose one extra History, Theory or Criticism of the Arts course in session with the picture advisor.  A second Photo History course (62-360 or 62-371) can be utilized for this requirement.

Minimum models required for the Minor in Photography: