S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Curriculum
The visual communications program offers four tracks: cinematography, commercial and advertising photography, design, and editorial photography and photojournalism.
The cinematography track focuses on lighting, lensing, composition, movement, crew management, color science and photochemistry.
The commercial and advertising photography track covers the areas of advertising, commercial, fashion, portraiture and illustration photography for print and digital publications.
The design track emphasizes problem-solving, storytelling, design thinking and a human-centered approach to design.
The editorial photography and photojournalism track focuses on documentary storytelling and visual journalism across all genres with an emphasis on building foundational, technical and creative skill sets.
Extracurricular Opportunities
Fall Workshop
The Fall Workshop brings top professionals from around the world together with our faculty to challenge students to identify, observe and artfully communicate the core of who we are and the issues we face in everyday life. In the process, students learn to better use still photography, audio, video, motion graphics, design and words to become exceptional storytellers who engage the community.
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