Contra Costa College
Course Outline
Department & Number
Course Title
Prerequisite
Co-requisite
Prerequisite or concurrently
Challenge Policy
ART 161
Black and White Film Photography:
Beginning I
N/A
Number of Weeks
Lecture Hours per term
18
18-36
Lab Hours per term
*HBA per term
Activity Hours per term
Units
54-144
0
N/A
2-4
Advisory
Hours per week.
HOURS BY ARRANGEMENT: 0
ACTIVITIES: (Please provide a list of the activities students will perform in order to satisfy the HBA requirement):
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course in black and white still photography is a practical introduction to basic black and white photographic
techniques, including selection and use of a camera, general darkroom procedures, and the making and presentation of
projection prints. Not repeatable.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
Demonstrate the techniques of Camera Work (Lenses, film, exposure, and frame composition).
Quality process film.
Make projection prints of negatives in the darkroom.
Demonstrate presentation methods (mounting and matting).
Demonstrate the fundamentals of design as practiced in photography.
Express themselves with a visual language.
COURSE CONTENT: (In detail; attach additional information as needed and include percentage breakdown)
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The Camera: a brief history of its development, how and why it works.
Lenses: How they work and their relationship to focal length (depth of field) to the image.
Exposure: Light metering systems, and their relationship to the eye’s way of seeing.
Film: Types and uses; processing for optimum results, chemistry and timing.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Lecture/demonstration of photographic equipment, methods, and materials.
Group Critiques and individual instruction of work in progress.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
Black & White Photography, A Basic Manual
Henry Horenstein
Little, Brown & Co.
3rd Edition 2005
COURSE EXPECTATIONS (Use applicable expectations)
Outside of Class Weekly Assignments
Weekly Reading Assignments
Weekly Writing Assignments
Weekly Math Problems
Lab or Software Application Assignments
Other Performance Assignments
Hours per week
1
3
STUDENT EVALUATION: (Show percentage breakdown for evaluation instruments)
80
% Student Assignments
20
% Participation
GRADING POLICY (Choose LG, CR/NC, or SC)
Letter Grade
Pass / No Pass
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass
Prepared by:
Eric Sanchez
Date:
S10
Form Revised 03/09
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Student Choice
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
or
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass