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1 History of Photography to 1945 Syllabus MCOM 3990 CRN 26328 Spring 2015 M/W 2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Instructor: Mark Zimmerman School: University of Central Oklahoma College: College of Liberal Arts Department: Mass Communication Building Classroom: COM 105 Instructor’s Office Phone: 405-974-5174 Department’s Phone: 974-5303 Office Fax: 974-5125 Email: [email protected] Office: COM 103D Office Hours: Monday 1-2 p.m., Tuesday 8:30-9:30 a.m. Wednesday 12-2 p.m., Thursday 8:30-9:30 a.m. Final Exam scheduled for 1 p.m. - 2:50 pm Wednesday, May 6 Note: The instructor, in the best interests of the student, the department and the University of Central Oklahoma reserves the right to make any amendment(s) he deems necessary to this syllabus at any time during the semester. Amendments will be announced in class in a timely manner. The FINAL version of this document will be on D2L. Course Description: History of Photography to 1945 focuses on the history of photography from its beginnings through the mid 20 th Century. Students will be able to research, discuss, and analyze early day photographers, styles and processes. Course Prerequisite(s): None Course Objective: Upon completion of the History of Photography to 1945 course, the learner will be able to demonstrate their knowledge as it applies to early-day photographic history. Competency will be determined by successful completion of all assignments and exams and by earning at least 70% of the points available in the course. Specific or Enabling Objectives: Research, discuss, and analyze the invention of photography; Demonstrate knowledge of an overview of the history of early day practitioners of the medium; Research, discuss, and analyze early day photographic processes; Research, write, and present a paper on an early day photographer or genre.

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History of Photography to 1945 Syllabus MCOM 3990 CRN 26328

Spring 2015 M/W 2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Instructor: Mark Zimmerman School: University of Central Oklahoma College: College of Liberal Arts Department: Mass Communication Building Classroom: COM 105 Instructor’s Office Phone: 405-974-5174 Department’s Phone: 974-5303 Office Fax: 974-5125 Email: [email protected] Office: COM 103D Office Hours: Monday 1-2 p.m., Tuesday 8:30-9:30 a.m. Wednesday 12-2 p.m., Thursday 8:30-9:30 a.m. Final Exam scheduled for 1 p.m. - 2:50 pm Wednesday, May 6

Note: The instructor, in the best interests of the student, the department and the University of Central Oklahoma reserves the right to make any amendment(s) he deems necessary to this syllabus at any time during the semester. Amendments will be announced in class in a timely manner. The FINAL version of this document will be on D2L.

Course Description: History of Photography to 1945 focuses on the history of photography from its beginnings through the mid 20th Century. Students will be able to research, discuss, and analyze early day photographers, styles and processes.

Course Prerequisite(s): None

Course Objective: Upon completion of the History of Photography to 1945 course, the learner will be able to demonstrate their knowledge as it applies to early-day photographic history. Competency will be determined by successful completion of all assignments and exams and by earning at least 70% of the points available in the course.

Specific or Enabling Objectives: Research, discuss, and analyze the invention of photography; Demonstrate knowledge of an overview of the history of early day practitioners of the medium; Research, discuss, and analyze early day photographic processes; Research, write, and present a paper on an early day photographer or genre.

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Textbook: Required - A World History of Photography by Naomi Rosenblum - ISBN: 978-0-7892-0937-5 – 4th Edition. Required for quizzes, discussions and final exam.

Required Supplies: Students will be required to have 1-2 rolls of medium format color film. You will need to get this film processed and scanned at a local photo lab at a later date.

Because of the presence of potentially harmful chemicals, if you are currently pregnant, or become pregnant during this semester, you should consult your physician before using the darkroom.

Transformational Learning Outcomes

University of Central Oklahoma is a learning-centered organization committed to transformative education through active engagement in the teaching-learning interchange, scholarly and creative pursuits, leadership, global competency, healthy lifestyles, and service to others.

This course addresses 4 of the university’s transformative learning goals.

Leadership – This course requires that each student lead a discussion on their projects during a critique of their work.

Research – Students will be required to research and write about topics concerning historical photographers, style and processes.

Creative and Scholarly Activities – The assignments in this class require the students to think creatively and conceptually. Global and Cultural Competencies – Students will study and research photographs and photographers from throughout the world, exposing them to different cultures and social issues.

Policy on Issuance of “Incomplete” Grades: Only under severest of conditions and with the recommendation of a student’s Academic Advisor will a grade of “I” be issued and only then IF the student is doing passing work at the time the request for the “I” is made.

Attendance:

The instructor’s definition of attendance is arriving to class on time and staying until class is dismissed.

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You are entitled to only 3 absences during the semester. These absences should be reserved for circumstances beyond your control, such as surprise transportation problems, illness, family emergency, funerals, etc. After the third absence, each additional absence will result in a 10-point deduction from your final average grade.

The only excused absences will be for school-sponsored activities, jury duty, or short term military duty that requires your absence from class; you must present official documentation for these absences either in advance or within one week of the absence in order for it to count as an excused absence.

Excused absences include: a. travel considered part of the instructional program of the university and requiring absence from class (e.g. field trips, research presentations, etc.); b. invited participation in activities directly and officially sponsored by and in the interest of the university (e.g. athletic teams, debate teams, dance company, etc.); c. jury duty; d. military obligation e. serious illness or injury; and f. death or serious illness in immediate family.

Note: Leaving class early will be counted as an absence. Coming in more than 15 minutes late will be counted as an absence.

D2L I will use UCO's D2L system to post all grades and critiques. It is your responsibility to keep up with these critiques and communicate with me if you have any issues.

Critique Participation:

It is important that everyone participates in critiques. Your contribution (or lack of) will be determined during project evaluations. Cheating in photography courses Each student must use his or her own photograph(s) during each project. You cannot use photographs from your archive or images you find on the Internet. You must have taken all images this semester. Failure to follow these guidelines will result in a zero for the assignment and possibly failure of the class.

Evaluation Grading: 90-100% A 80-89% B 70-79% C

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60-69% D 59 or below F

Grading Rubric

Deadlines: Note: late assignments will receive a 10-point deduction Each class period it is late. Typically assignments will be Due at the beginning of class.

Extra lab time outside of class will be required.

Scores from all assignments will be averaged together to determine the final grade. You will present all projects in front of the instructor and fellow students for constructive criticism. Standard UCO policy on such matters as withdrawals, incompletes, etc. will be observed.

Classroom rules: All phones must be turned off or put on silent while class is in session. Do not answer your phone or send text messages during class. No Laptops can be used during class. No instant messaging, checking personal email, visiting sites like Facebook will be allowed. During class, do not browse the Internet or work on any other assignments that are unrelated to this course. Do not use computers during lectures.

Grade Requirements

Ten 10-point quizzes, Four 25-point creative projects, One 100-point research paper/presentation and One 200-point Final Exam for a total of 500 points are required for this course.

Quizzes (100 points total)

Ten 10-point quizzes will be given throughout the semester. These quizzes will be based on what you read in the required textbook, lectures, videos and other classroom activities. Quizzes cannot be made up.

Assignments (100 points total)

I will hand out detailed assignment sheets in the days ahead. Please follow all instructions carefully and pay attention to deadlines.

1) Pinhole photographs (25 points) 2) Brownie Box Camera shoot (25 points) 3) Antique Camera shoot (25 points)

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4) Emulating a style/movement in photo history to 1945 (25 points)

All projects not picked up by the final exam date will be trashed.

Writing Requirement (100 points) You will be required to write a 5-page paper on a photographer, invention, or a movement in the history of photography (from invention to 1945). This paper must use APA style and will need to be submitted to the proper Dropbox in D2L. Students will present their research (no more than 5 minutes) using PowerPoint in class.

Final Exam (200 points) A final exam worth 200 points will be given during Finals week. It will consist of information learned throughout the semester.

EXPECTATION OF WORK

Full-time college students are expected to spend approximately 40 hours each week in class attendance and study outside of class. According to Regents’ policy, for each hour in class a student is expected to spend two (2) to three (3) hours studying for the class. (OSRHE II-2-34)

Course Outline

(Subject to change - see D2L for updated version) Week 1 1-12 Introduction to class, requirements, assignments 1-14 Quiz #1-syllabus quiz, Lecture and discussion Week 2 1-19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day- No Class 1-21 Lecture and discussion, Watch the George Eastman technology videos. Week 3 Reading requirements before this week: Chapter 1- The Early Years: Technology, Vision, Users 1839-1875 1-26 Lecture and discussion 1-28 Quiz #2- Pinhole demonstration

Week 4 Reading requirements before this week: Chapter 2- A Plenitude of Portraits 1839-1890 2-2 Collodion Demo 2-4 Quiz #3-Lecture and discussion

Week 5 Reading requirements before this week: Chapter 3- Documentation: Landscape and Architecture 1839-1890 2-9 Brownie Cameras Demo, Lecture and discussion 2-11 Quiz #4-Lecture and discussion

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Week 6 Reading requirements before this week: Chapter 4- Documentation: Objects and Events 2-16 Pinhole Photography 2-18 Pinhole Photography Week 7 Reading requirements before this week: Chapter 5- Photography and Art: The First Phase 1839-1890

2-23 Lecture and discussion 2-25 Quiz #5-Pinhole Photography Due- Critique Week 8 Reading requirements before this week: Chapter 6- New Technology, New Vision, New Users 1875-1925 3-2 Lab time for Assignment #2 3-4 Quiz #6- Assignment #2 due- Brownie Box Camera images. Week 9 Reading requirements before this week: Chapter 7- Art Photography: Another Aspect 1890-1920 3-9 Antique Cameras, Lecture and Discussion 3-11 Quiz #7-Antique Cameras demonstration

Week 10 Spring Break!

Week 11 Reading requirements before this week: Chapter 8- Documentation: The Social Scene to 1945 3-23 Lecture and Discussion 3-25 Quiz #8-Lecture and Discussion, discuss Assignment #4 Week 12 3-30 Lab time for Assignment #3 4-1 Assignment #3 due- Antique Camera Shoot- Critique

Week 13 Reading requirements before this week: Chapter 9- Art, Photography, and Modernism 1920-1945 4-6 Writing Projects Due- Student Presentations 4-8 Quiz #9- Student Presentations continued. Week 14 4-13 Lab time for Assignment #4 4-15 Assignment #4 due- Emulating a style/movement from invention to 1945

Week 15 Reading requirements before this week: Chapter 10- Words and Pictures: Photographs in Print Media 1920-1980 4-20 Lecture and Discussion 4-22 Quiz #10-Lecture and Discussion

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Week 16 4-27 Final Exam Review 4-29 Final Exam Review

Finals Week Final Exam scheduled for 1 p.m. - 2:50 pm Wednesday, May 6

 

Department of Mass Communication Policies – Spring 2015 College of Liberal Arts

University of Central Oklahoma Departmental Phone: (405) 974-5303

Website: http://www.uco.edu/la/masscomm/ UCentral Student Media has an app! Go to iTunes to download it for free!

Follow the department Twitter account @UCO_MCOM “Like” the UCO - Department of Mass Communication Facebook Page!

MCOM Majors Email: The department, the college, and the university utilize the UCO email addressed assigned to each UCO student. Official information will be emailed through the UCO system. Students have the option of forwarding their UCO email to a personal email account if preferred. For information, go to http://www.uco.edu/technology/student/email/index.asp. If students do not check their UCO email, they risk missing vital information. If you do not use your UCO email account, please forward your UCO email to an email account you check frequently. Student Advisement MCOM has two Student Success Advisors for MCOM majors. Each student is responsible for seeking advisement information each semester in order to graduate in a timely manner.

• Ms. Heather Peck o Office: COM 103 A o Phone: 974-5108 o Email: [email protected]

• Mr. Gary Parsons o Office: COM 103 o Phone: 974-5108 o Email: [email protected]

UCentral Student Media: http://www.uco.edu/la/masscomm/ucentral/index.asp UCentral is the student media network at the University of Central Oklahoma, featuring traditional media (television, radio, newspaper) and new media (web, netcasts, social networking) created by students majoring in professional media. UCentral is located within the Mass Communication Department on the campus of UCO. Spring Events

• Monday, January 12: First Day of Spring Classes! • Monday, January 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – UCO Classes Dismissed • Friday, March 13: Oklahoma Research Day, NSU, Tahlequah campus • Monday-Sunday, March 16-22: Spring Break • Thursday-Friday, March 26-27: UCO Transformative Learning Conference (downtown OKC) • Wednesday, April 1: College of Liberal Arts Symposium (All classes pre-empted between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm.) • Saturday, April 25: MCOM Student Recognition Awards Ceremony (5:30pm-8:00pm) • Monday-Friday, May 4-8: Finals Week • Saturday, May 9: Graduation (Probable date for MCOM/CLA Graduation Ceremony)

Expectation of Work Full-time college students are expected to spend approximately 40 hours each week in class attendance and study outside of class. According to Regents’ policy, for each hour in class a student is expected to spend two (2) to three (3) hours studying for the class (OSRHE II-2-34). For each three-credit hour course, the Regents expect students to study/prepare 6-9 hours per week. UCO Student Code of Conduct Students are responsible for all information in the Student Code of Conduct 2014-2015. This can be accessed on the Student Affairs Publications website at http://www.uco.edu/student-affairs/conduct/index.asp. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AND PLAGIARISM: The UCO Student Code of Conduct describes Academic Dishonesty and outlines the steps for disciplinary action in the Guidelines for Alleged Academic Dishonesty. This information can be found in Section III, C, 3 & 4. Academic dishonesty: Includes but is not limited to the “giving” and “taking” of improper assistance in examinations and assignments; not adhering to correct procedures for identification of sources in reports and essays and all creative endeavors; intentional misrepresentation; cheating; plagiarism; and unauthorized possession of examinations. The UCO Student Code of

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Conduct provides further details. Additionally, any work submitted as an assignment for one class may not be submitted for credit in another class, without prior permission of the professor. Any work so submitted will receive an automatic "0." Plagiarism: When a student submits any assignment for a course (written, oral, videotape, audiotape, photograph or Web Site), the student will submit entirely original work or will properly cite all sources utilized in the preparation of the assignment. Without proper citation, the student is guilty of plagiarism, which is not tolerated at UCO. As a student, you are responsible for understanding what constitutes plagiarism. You should talk to your professor to ensure that you can recognize and avoid all types of plagiarism. Plagiarism occurs in two primary ways: 1. Word-for-word copying, without acknowledgement, of the language or creative work of another person. Having another person

complete all or part of your assignment is plagiarism and is clearly forbidden. But, in addition, the student should include NO written, video, audio, or photographic material from an existing source, no matter how brief, without acknowledging the source. When using the written words of an existing source in your assignment, either place the borrowed words in quotation marks or set the quotation aside as a block quotation. Additionally, you must include the citation for the material in your assignment. This applies to even the briefest of phrases if they are truly distinctive.

2. The unacknowledged paraphrasing of an author’s ideas. The student should no more take credit for another person’s thoughts than for another person’s words. Any distinctive, original idea taken from another writer should be credited to its author. If you are not sure whether or not an author’s idea is distinctive, you should assume that it is: no fault attaches to over-acknowledgement, but under-acknowledgement is plagiarism. Most style manuals (e.g., Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association) provide information concerning how to paraphrase and cite the ideas and writings of existing sources.

Students may be dismissed from the university for plagiarism. University guidelines provide a range of disciplinary action dependent upon the severity of the offense including but not limited to: requiring a substitute assignment, awarding a reduced grade, awarding a failing grade for the assignment, awarding a failing grade for the course, or expelling the student from the university. Acknowledging that instances of plagiarism may range from minor to severe, the Department of Mass Communication allows the course professor to determine the severity and the disciplinary action for the first instance of plagiarism committed by a student in the professor’s course. However, if that student commits plagiarism a second time in the course, departmental policy requires that the student receive both a failing grade (“F”) for the course and a referral to the UCO Student Conduct Officer. Students should make sure they understand professor expectations for sources and content to be cited. Turnitin.com Plagiarism Syllabus Statement: UCO subscribes to the Turnitin.com plagiarism prevention service. Students agree that by taking this course, all required assignments may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted assignments will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com restricted access reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such assignments. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use posted on the Turnitin.com website. Turnitin.com is just one of various plagiarism prevention tools and methods which may be utilized by your faculty instructor during the terms of the semesters. In the UCO Student Handbook, there is a process for contesting any plagiarism allegations against you.

University Policies

ADA Statement Regarding Special Accommodations: The University of Central Oklahoma complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Students with disabilities who need special accommodations must contact Sharla Weathers, B.S., C.S.R. in Disability Support Services [[email protected]] in room 309 of the Nigh University Center, (405) 974-2549. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the instructor as soon as possible after DSS has verified the need for accommodations to ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. Transformative Learning: http://www.uco.edu/central/tl/ “At the University of Central Oklahoma, we help students learn by providing transformative experiences so that they may become productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders contributing to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of the communities they serve. Transformative learning is a holistic process that places students at the center of their own active and reflective learning experiences. All students at UCO will have transformative learning experiences in five core areas: leadership; research, creative and scholarly activities; service learning and civic engagement; global and cultural competencies; and health and wellness.” Class Attendance: (Taken from the Faculty Handbook) The university expects students to regularly attend classes in which they are enrolled. Faculty members are expected to establish specific attendance policies governing their classes. Attendance policies must appear in the course syllabi. Faculty members may require appropriate documentation to verify absences. Students are responsible for work missed due to absences. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate a request to make up class work or examinations missed. Individual policies must allow for a reasonable but not unlimited, number of excused absences, for legitimate reasons. Excused absences approved by faculty members should be consistently applied to all students. An excused absence means that an instructor may not penalize the student and must provide a reasonable and timely accommodation or opportunity to make up exams or other course requirements that have an impact on course grade. Excused students should be allowed the same opportunities as students who were present in class. Faculty members are obligated to honor the following circumstances as excused absences:

a. travel considered part of the instructional program of the university and requiring absence from class (e.g. field trips, research presentations, etc.);

b. invited participation in activities directly and officially sponsored by and in the interest of the university (e.g. athletic teams, debate teams, dance company, etc.); in cases of student athletes, refer to UCO Compliance Policy Manual for Athletics or contact the Faculty Athletic Representative;

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c. jury duty; d. military obligation (See Appendix K in Faculty Handbook.) e. serious illness, medical condition, pregnant and parenting students’ rights (as outlined in Title IX), accident, or injury; and f. death or serious illness in immediate family

Additional policies for this course are included in the Spring 2015 UCO Student Information Sheet and Syllabus Attachment that can be accessed at http://www.uco.edu/academic-affairs/files/aa-forms/StudentInfoSheet.pdf

 University  of  Central  Oklahoma

MCOM  Photography  Equipment  Check  Out  Policy You  will  be  able  to  check  out  digital  cameras,  audio  recorders,  video  cameras,  microphones,  lighting  kits,  lenses  and  tripods  from  the  University  of  Central  Oklahoma.  Equipment  can  be  checked  out  for  a  maximum  of  2  days  from  MCOM  104.  If  you  are  one  minute   late  your  

checkout  privileges  will  be  revoked.  Equipment  can  be  reserved  by  stopping  by  Room  104.  Hours  to  check  out  or  return  equipment  are  Mondays   -­‐  Fridays  from  9  a.m.  –  5:30  p.m.  Equipment  may  be  checked  out  for  the  weekend,  the  weekend  begins  on  Friday  (not  

Thursday).  Equipment  checked  out  on  Friday   is  due  on  Monday  by  10:00  a.m.

Students  need  to  sign  up  for  equipment  before  checkout.  Standard  checkout   is  two  days  unless  otherwise  advised  by  a  professor.  At  time  of  checkout,  students  must  fill  out  

checkout   form  and  have  it  signed  by  Jesse,  Mark,  or  Angela.  A  student  worker  cannot  check  out  equipment,  unless  the  form  has  already  been  signed.  You  cannot  check  out  equipment  

unless  you  are  in  the  class  it  is  intended   for  without  permission  from  a  professor.  All  equipment  needs  to  be  returned  no  later  than  10am  on  the  morning  it  is  due.  There  will  be  

no  excuses.   If  equipment   is  turned   in  late,  you  will  no  longer  be  able  to  check  out  equipment   for  the  rest  of  the  semester.   If  you  return  equipment  broken  or  without  all  the  

parts,  you  will  no  longer  be  able  to  check  out  further  equipment   for  the  semester.

Please check all equipment thoroughly before leaving the building.

You are responsible for all items checked out.