2067-416,417,418 - Contemporary Issues

Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

Course offerings are examinations of many thought provoking/controversial issues in photography, from 1950 to the present, through a series of lectures, readings, and discussions. Topics covered include post-modernism, genderism, pornography, censorship, altered images, and connoisseurship. The course format allows review and exploration of such themes as the landscape, the nude, portraiture, conceptual art, trompe l'oeil, and so on. Students prepare an oral debate or a written term paper. Credit 4

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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