Course Catalog Information (24-25)
PHTG 21
Contemporary Trends in Photography
Course Description
This is a comprehensive introduction to contemporary trends, styles, and applications of photography, beginning in 1925. Students will examine photography's broad impact as a cultural, visual, and social force, including the diversity of 20th- and 21st-century photographic movements.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Identify iconic images and major trends in contemporary photography.
- Recognize the wide range of ethnically, culturally, and socially diverse representations and practices in contemporary photography.
- Evaluate and critique contemporary photographic imagery, through discussion, observation and writing.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- General Education Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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