COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College

Humanities Department
HUA130 Beginning Photography
3 credits; 4 hours (1 lecture, 3 labs)
This course is an introduction to photography covering the 35 mm
camera, lighting, exposure, processing, printing, film scanning and
basic Photoshop techniques. The creative use of photographic
techniques as they relate to individual expression will be considered.
Special projects and a final portfolio are required. Students
must have a manually operated 35mm camera and should expect
to pay for additional materials for this course. Beginning Photography
is a hybrid of analog and digital techniques.
Pre- or Corequisite: MAT095, ESL099/ESR099
Note: An additional hour of lab is required per week so that
students may practice technique in the darkroom. Proficiency in
basic photography developing and printing is the goal of this scheduling.
The additional lab hour is supervised by a college technician.
HUA131 Digital Photography I
3 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course is designed to introduce students to the hardware and
software utilized in capturing digital images (i.e., input). It will
include use of digital cameras, analog cameras, scanners, and the
downloading of images from the Internet. Students will be introduced
to software such as Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress,
and they will explore their interface with the Macintosh and Windows
operating systems. A portfolio presented in “soft” media
form will be created.
Prerequisite: HUA130
Pre- or Corequisite: HUA125
HUA145 Studio Lighting
3 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, I lab)
This course introduces the students to studio photography. Professional
equipment, including the 4 x 5 view camera, 35mm
camera, and studio tungsten lighting, will be utilized. Basic studio
lighting techniques will be addressed in “table top” (still life) situations.
Most assignments will be in black & white; students’ ability
to produce commercial-quality black-&-white negatives and
prints will be emphasized. Students must have a 35mm camera,
and should expect to pay for additional materials for this course.
Prerequisite: HUA230
HUA155 The View Camera, Large Format Photography
3 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
Instruction and practice in the operation and use of the view
camera and its equipment including: lenses, swings, tilts, perspective
control and correction, and enlarging and printing large
format negatives will be provided. Students will work primarily
with the 4" x 5", and receive experience with the 8" x 10", and
learn how the view camera is used in architecture, studio photography
and for flatwork. Students should expect to pay for
additional materials, equipment and supplies.
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, HUA130
HUA230 Intermediate Photography
3 credits; 4 hours (1 lecture, 3 lab)
An intermediate course in photographic instruction, darkroom
technique and aesthetics. Students will be exposed to classic examples
of photojournalism, and instructed in appropriate techniques
in each area. Students will begin to build a portfolio in a chosen
area. Each person will be expected to have a camera.
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, HUA130
HUA231 Digital Photography II
3 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course is an extension of Digital Photography I, focusing primarily
on the software and some hardware required for the output
of digital images. Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress are the software
that will be emphasized. Adobe Illustrator will also be introduced
and some output devices such as inkjet and laser printers
will be explored. Storage media such as the writeable CD, DVD
and the ZIP disk will serve as “working portfolios” from which
the final portfolio of manipulated digital images will be printed.
Pre- or Corequisite: HUA131
HUA234 Color Photography
3 credits; 4 hours (2 lecture, 2 lab)
This course covers the theory and use of color film and digital capture
as they apply to color photography. The psychological and
aesthetic effects of color will be investigated, and the student will
learn to manipulate color through an understanding of various
light sources, the use of filters and white balance. The student will
learn how to operate the Dichroic color enlarger to create and
color correct prints. Students must have a 35 mm camera and
should expect to pay for additional materials for this course.
Prerequisite: HUA230
Corequisite: HUA235
HUA235 Color Darkroom Techniques
3 credits; 4 hours (1 lecture, 3 lab)
This course covers the processing of positive photographic film
(slides) and color photographic papers (prints). Chemical
processes and photographic emulsions will be described and utilized.
The student will learn how to operate the dichroic color
enlarger and the universal film and print processor. This course is
offered in conjunction with Color Photography. Students should
expect to pay for additional materials for this course.
Prerequisite: HUA230, Corequisite: HUA234
HUA238 Alternative Photography: The Manipulated Image
3 credits: 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course explores a variety of alternative photographic
processes and manipulated imagery techniques such as hand-coloring
and gum bichromate printing. The incorporation of these
processes with collage, printing, drawing, and photographic darkroom
techniques, solarization, negative sandwiching and rayogramming
will be taught. Students will utilize these techniques in
a series of assignments. There will be a gallery/museum trip, a
paper and presentations by professional photographers. Student
should expect to pay for additional materials for this course.
Prerequisite: HUA104, HUA130
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