GDS 012 - History of Photography
- Recent Professors
- Rick Rivas, Neeley Drown, Amalia Broadbent
- Recent Semesters
- Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
- Class Size
- 35 students
- Credits
- 3
- Fall 2026 Sections
- View Fall 2026 sections of GDS 012
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
- Description
- This course surveys the history of photography from its origins to the present. Students examine the practice of photography as an art form and as a form of visual communication in historical, socio-political and cultural contexts. The course may be offered in a distance-learning format.