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Associate
of Arts Degree, Photography
This
program offers an associate degree in photography. The primary goal
of this degree is to provide the student a foundation of knowledge and
technical abilities for art photography. Elective courses allow
for preparedness specific to industry. All lower division courses
are sequenced to optimize transferability to an art or photography program
at a four-year university.
Along with the transferability aspect of
this program, the associate degree in photography will also provide student
with basic competencies in the following areas:
Black and white film laboratory
practices
Camera control (film choice,
exposure, aperture, shutter)
Critique and analysis of photographs
Film developing and printing
skills
Photographic composition
Portfolio development
Presentation techniques
Project collaboration
This Program is designed to prepare a student
for an occupation in a career related to fine art photography, occupations
are the following: photography instructor, fine art photographer, fine art
photographer’s assistant, custom photographic printer, gallery or
museum assistant, or photographic preservationist.
List of Required Major Courses:
ART 110
History of Art: Paleolithic to Renaissance (3 units)
ART 111
History of Art: Renaissance to the Present 3 units)
ART 124A
Drawing I (3 units)
ART 140
Beginning Design 2-D Media (3 units)
ART 141
Beginning Design 3-D Media (3 units)
PHOTO 140 History
of Photography (3 units)
PHOTO 150 Cameras
and Composition (3 units)
PHOTO 160 Black and
White Photography (3 units)
Plus 6 electives units from the following:
PHOTO 165 Digital
Photography (3 units)
PHOTO 175 Intermediate
Photography (3 units)
PHOTO 180 Landscape
and Documentation (3 units)
PHOTO 185 Alternative
Process (3 units)
PHOTO 188 Cooperative
Work Experience (3 units)
PHOTO 190 Studio (3
units)
PHOTO 195 Color Photography
(3 units)
PHOTO 198 Special
Topics(3 units)
PHOTO 205 Advanced
Digital Photography (3 units)
PHOTO 260 Photojournalism
(3 units)
PHOTO 285 Advanced
Photography (3 units)
PHOTO 295 Professional
Practices and Portfolio (3 units)
Total: 60 units
Including COC AA Degree Requirements
Sequence of Courses:
Fall – First Year
ART 124A Drawing
I (3 units)
PHOTO 150 Cameras and Composition
GE AREA C-1 (3 units)
GE
Natural Science (3 units)
GE
Language and Rationality (Communication skills)(3 units)
Spring – First Year
ART 110
History of Art: Paleolithic to Renaissance GE AREA C-1 (3 units)
ART 140
Beginning Design 2-D Media (3 units)
PHOTO 160 Black
and White Photography (3 units)
GE
Social Science (3 units)
GE
Physical Education (1 unit)
Fall – Second Year
ART 111
History of Art: Renaissance to the Present (3 units)
ART 141
Beginning Design 3-D Media (3 units)
PHOTO
Elective course (3 units)
GE
Language and Rationality (Quantitative skills) (3 units)
Spring – Second Year
PHOTO 140 History
of Photography (3 units)
PHOTO
Elective Course (3 units)
GE
American Institutions (3 units)
GE
American Institutions (3 units)
GE
Physical Education (1 unit)
PLUS 10 ELECTIVE UNITS (10 units)
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Total: 60 units
COC AA Degree Requirements |
