Courses & Curriculum

With Chatham's Media Arts major, students will develop creative, conceptual, and technical skills across coursework in film, photography, and graphic design. Explore this page's sample courses and curriculum, and come back soon for a more detailed example degree progression.

Sample Courses & Curriculum

Representations of Race and Gender

This course introduces students to the methodology of cultural studies. In this survey course, students learn skills essential to analyzing social constructions of identity. Specific attention is paid to diverse texts, including film, in order to locate how representations of race, gender, ethnicity, and “otherness” are culturally produced and disseminated.

Photography I: Black and White Darkroom

This course is designed to introduce students to black and white darkroom photography. Students build on camera skills while investigating 35mm film fundamentals and wet lab methods. They will study exposure and printing in the black and white darkroom. A range of photographic materials, analog processes, and techniques will be covered. Students will study the photograph as a medium for documentation, representation, and expression.

Media Literacy

Students explore digital foundations, media-related histories, theoretical frameworks, and critical examination of production elements as they discover how computers are radically changing the way image makers create and present their work. Students will gain a working knowledge in digital photo editing, video editing, and a variety of other creative software applications.

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