{"id":19557,"date":"2021-03-08T15:10:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=19557"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:24:17","slug":"seeing-is-believing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/first-year\/discovery-core\/autumn-dcx\/seeing-is-believing","title":{"rendered":"Seeing is Believing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/seeing-is-believing-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25254\" style=\"width:962px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/seeing-is-believing-1.png 761w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/seeing-is-believing-1-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/seeing-is-believing-1-600x133.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/AH-with-purple.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25068\" style=\"width:100px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-large\">A Discovery Core Experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May be taken as <strong>BCORE 104<\/strong> (Arts &amp; Humanities)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About This Course <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing is Believing, introduces students to both the science of light and the photographic recording of light for personal expression. During the course, students will be introduced to the following topics and concepts: photography as a means of communication and an art form, the physical properties of light and its effect in the natural world, philosophical and early theories on light, and historical and contemporary photographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course will include in-class labs, demonstrations of physical properties of light and photographic principles, a class presentation exploring a scientific phenomenon of light, and culminate with a personal photographic essay\/series for the final project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Should I Take This Course? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll get to explore the concept of light artistically, scientifically, and philosophically. In the course, we&#8217;ll connect the science of light with the art of photography. 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