ARTS1163

Introduction to Digital Photography

Students must have a digital camera, and a laptop for classes. In this course, students will become familiar with how to create a photograph with a digital camera, and how to use photographic techniques to control the look of an image through post-production techniques. These will be developed with good digital asset management practices by using Adobe Photoshop. Students will also learn an introduction to photographic history and visual literacy. This course introduces the fundamental principles of photography and its history for universal applications and is available to all majors. All those participating will need to have a DSLR that shoots in RAW and is at least 10 megapixels to take this course.*This course does not fulfill the Arts Core

Course overview

Department
Studio Art
School
MCAS
Credits
3

Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.62 / 5

Based on 153 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-07-23. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Ashley Craig
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023 · Official rating 4.53/5
  • Courtney Marie Engstrom
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026
  • Courtney Engstrom
    Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.86/5
  • Greer Muldowney
    Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.63/5
  • Jonathan Jackson
    Spring 2024, Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.90/5
  • Rachel Loischild
    Spring 2026 · Official rating 4.67/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Summer 2026 · Ashley Craig · On-line Asynchronous · Offered
  • Section 02
    Summer 2026 · Courtney Marie Engstrom · On-line Asynchronous · Offered
  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Courtney Marie Engstrom · Devlin Hall 401F Th 09:00AM-12:00 Noon · Offered
  • Section 02
    Fall 2026 · Ashley Craig · Devlin Hall 401F M 06:00PM-09:00PM · Offered
  • Section 03
    Fall 2026 · Courtney Marie Engstrom · Devlin Hall 401F W 02:00PM-05:00PM · Offered