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