PHOTOGRAPHY
View Photography A.A.S. (R): 342
View Electronic Photography Certificate (R): 193
View Photographic Techniques Certificate (R): 194
View Photography Master Certificate (R): 196
View Portrait, Fashion, and Photojournalism
Certificate (R): 172
View Studio and Location Photography Certificate
(R): 192
Photography A.A.S.
(R): 342
Revised: Effective Semestser - Spring 2009
The photography curriculum is intended to prepare students
for careers in photography—industrial, commercial, portrait, lab
technician—and management of photographic services. The curriculum
provides a balanced aesthetic and technical foundation for entry into
the professional field or for further study. Completion of the curriculum
requirements leads to the award of the A.A.S. in photography
A suggested course sequence for full-time students follows;
part-time students should consult an adviser.
| First Semester |
| EN 101 |
Techniques of Reading and Writing I |
3 |
| |
Health foundation |
1 |
| PG 150 |
Photography I |
|
OR |
|
|
| PG 161 |
Introduction to Digital Photgraphy |
3 |
| TR 104 |
Media Appreciation |
3 |
| |
Natural sciences lab distribution
|
4 |
Second Semester |
| |
AR elective |
3 |
| |
English foundation |
3 |
| |
Mathematics foundation |
3 |
| PG 201 |
Photography II |
4 |
| |
PG elective* |
3 |
Third Semester |
| PG 214 |
Photoshop for Graphics and Photography |
4 |
| PG 265 |
Color Materials and Processes |
3 |
| |
PG elective* |
3 |
| |
Speech foundation |
3 |
| |
Behavioral and social
sciences distribution |
3 |
Fourth Semester |
| |
AR, GD, or PG elective* |
3 |
| PG 260 |
Black-and-White Materials and Processes |
3 |
| PG 275 |
Business Practices and Portfolio Development |
3 |
| |
PG elective* |
3 |
| |
Elective |
3 |
|
Total credit hours 61
|
|
* Choice
of electives must be approved by a photography adviser. |
Program Outcomes for the Photography A.A.S. Degree
Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:
- Utilize current digital imaging technology to produce photographic images for use in commercial or academic applications.
- Use and/or understand traditional photographic applications that include film and print processes.
- Utilize a wide variety of lighting applications for use in studio, architectural, fine art, and varied commercial environments.
- Pursue academic research that involves complex evaluations of photographic ideas and applications for commercial and/or fine art purposes.
- Consciously employ complex aesthetic strategies as applications in visual problem solving methodologies.
- Design and implement a business development strategy appropriate to the student’s desired field of expertise in photography.
- Develop advanced testing methods for traditional film and print processes including the production of archival, black and white portfolios.
- Create and implement complex production strategies that require interdisciplinary applications of image production. These interdisciplinary applications with photography may include television production, web design, computer graphics, or gaming.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the complex, inter-relationships of interdisciplinary applications of education including a project related appreciation for global culture.
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This certificate curriculum is intended to upgrade skills
for currently employed individuals or to provide new skills for a change
in job specialization. It provides basic black-and-white and color photography
skills, and techniques in electronic photography and digital imaging
as they apply to the modern business of professional photography.
| PG 150 |
Photography I |
3 |
OR |
|
|
| PG 161 |
Introduction to Digital Photgraphy |
3 |
| PG 201 |
Photography II |
4 |
| PG 214 |
Photoshop for Graphics and Photography |
4 |
| PG 230 |
Advanced Image Editing and Correction |
4 |
|
Total credit hours 15
|
Program Outcomes for the Electronic Photography Certificate
Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:
- Utilize current digital imaging technology for image capture and editing and advanced image output for both print and web applications to produce photographic images for use in commercial, fine art or academic environments.
- Utilize a wide variety of lighting applications for use in studio, architectural, fine art and varied commercial environments.
- Pursue academic research that involves evaluations of photographic ideas and applications for commercial and/or fine art purposes.
- Consciously employ aesthetic strategies as applications in visual problem solving methodologies.
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This certificate curriculum is intended to upgrade skills
for currently employed individuals or to provide new skills for a change
in job specialization. It provides basic and advanced black-and-white
and color photography skills, covering both the technology and image
production used in professional photography.
| PG 150 |
Photography I |
|
OR |
|
|
| PG 161 |
Introduction to Digital Photgraphy |
3 |
| PG 201 |
Photography II |
4 |
| PG 260 |
Black-and-White Materials
and Processes |
3 |
| PG 265 |
Color Materials and Processes |
3 |
|
Total credit hours 13
|
Program Outcomes for the Photographic Techniques Certificate
Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:
- Use traditional photographic techniques that include black and white film and print processing.
- Develop advanced testing methods for traditional film and print processes including the production of archival, black and white portfolios.
- Demonstrate advanced expertise with traditional camera formats that include medium and large format film cameras.
- Demonstrate advanced expertise in the development and execution of complex color strategies for use in commercial or fine art photographic applications.
- Create an advanced color image portfolio in either print or electronic form for use in commercial or fine art applications.
- Utilize a wide variety of lighting applications for use in studio, architectural, fine art and varied commercial environments.
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This certificate curriculum is intended to prepare students
for careers in photography—industrial, commercial, portrait, lab
technician—and management of photographic services. It provides
a balanced aesthetic and technical foundation for entry into the professional
field or for further study.
| PG 150 |
Photography I |
3 |
OR |
|
|
| PG 161 |
Introduction to Digital Photgraphy |
3 |
| PG 214 |
Photoshop for Graphics and Photography |
4 |
| PG 201 |
Photography II |
4 |
| PG 260 |
Black-and-White Materials
and Processes |
3 |
| PG 265 |
Color Materials and Processes |
3 |
| PG 275 |
Business Practices and Portfolio Development |
3 |
| |
PG electives* |
9 |
| |
Elective selected from advertising art,
art, computer applications, computer graphics, physics, printing,
or television/radio disciplines* |
3 |
|
Total credit hours 32
|
|
* Choice
of electives must be approved by a photography adviser. |
Program Outcomes for the Photography Master Certificate
Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:
- Utilize current digital imaging technology to produce photographic images for use in commercial or academic applications.
- Use and/or understand traditional photographic applications that include film and print processes.
- Utilize a wide variety of lighting applications for use in studio, architectural, fine art and varied commercial environments.
- Pursue academic research that involves complex evaluations of photographic ideas and applications for commercial and/or fine art purposes.
- Consciously employ complex aesthetic strategies as applications in visual problem solving methodologies.
- Fully design and implement a business development strategy appropriate to the student’s desired field of expertise in photography.
- Create and implement complex production strategies that require interdisciplinary applications of image production. These interdisciplinary applications with photography may include television production, web design, computer graphics, or gaming.
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This certificate curriculum is intended to upgrade skills
for currently employed individuals or to provide new skills for a change
in job specialization. It provides basic black-and-white and color photography
skills, and advanced skills in the photography of people in the photojournalism,
portrait, fashion, and illustration professional fields of photography.
| PG 150 |
Photography I |
|
OR |
|
|
| PG 161 |
Introduction to Digital Photgraphy |
3 |
| PG 201 |
Photography II |
4 |
| PG 210 |
Photojournalism |
3 |
| PG 251 |
Portrait and Fashion Photography |
3 |
|
Total credit hours 13
|
Program Outcomes for the Portrait, Fashion, and Photojournalism Certificate
Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:
- Utilize current digital imaging technology to produce photographic images for use in commercial, fine art or academic applications.
- Utilize a wide variety of lighting applications for use in studio, architectural, fine art and varied commercial environments.
- Design and create advanced photographic applications of narrative image sequencing for use in print media.
- Design and create advanced photographic applications that specifically address the needs of commercial and fine art portrait and fashion markets.
- Employ, consciously, complex aesthetic strategies as applications in visual problem solving methodologies.
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