PHOTO TECHNOLOGY at the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at RIT


There is a unique undergraduate, Bachelor of Science, program of study at the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York that is specifically designed to meet the needs in the broad field of Photo-Imaging applications.

Photographic Technology, sometimes referred to as Imaging Technology, has evolved to incorporate many diverse aspects of image generation, capture, analysis, quantification, delivery, specification, manipulation, and application. It includes such well known applications as commercial photography, product photography, corporate and architectural photography. In addition, the field also includes more sophisticated applications such as photomicrography, scanning electron micrography, infrared and ultraviolet photography, forensic photography, high-speed photography, underwater photography, and many other discipline-specific applications.

In addition, Photographic Technology and Imaging Technology also encompass fundamental sciences and peripheral technologies that enable individuals practicing in this broad field to make process, manufacturing and marketing decisions based on specialized technical knowledge derived from a diverse background. This includes sensitometry, photographic chemistry, optics, physics, statistics, color theory, color measurement and specification and all supported by a significant involvement with and mastery of computing applied to imaging, including current programming languages, electronic sensitometry and digital imaging.

This page is a path to the website of the Imaging and Photographic Technology program. If you find the images below at all interesting, you are encouraged to go further and follow the links to additional, more detailed, information about this challenging photo/imaging program.


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  • Select Imaging and Photographic Technology BS degree program to go to its Web site.
  • Or, choose Departmental News for news of departmental activities, visitors, etc.
  • Select Why Imaging and Photo Technology? for further info on how this program prepares students for careers in the photo/imaging field.
  • Choose High Speed/Time Lapse for an insider's view of a required Senior level course.
  • For more photoinstrumentation photographs choose Photographing the Invisible!

    SPAS programs at RIT IPT program at RIT Choose School of Photographic Arts and Sciences for information on Rochester Institute of Technology's photography related programs or Imaging and Photographic Technology to visit the website of this unique BS imaging program.

    For printed information about the Imaging and Photographic Technology program and all the other programs offered by the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences CLICK HERE! and fill out the form on that page.