The Bachelor of Arts in Photography is a joint major that prepares students to enter one of the exciting professional photographic fields. By combining courses from the Art Department and the Department of Design, as well as support classes in Journalism and Business, the program equips students aesthetically, technically, and professionally for a future in photography. The program has a curricular emphasis on the visual arts, integrating areas that are particularly valuable to those considering a professional photographic career or continuing in a graduate program. The major is structured to provide students with the skills and understanding to enable them to create images that will stand out among the profusion of photographs in the commercial, editorial or fine art arenas.
Special Features
Sacramento State is uniquely positioned to offer students strong photographic curricula, internships and professional connections. Because of its location in the state capital, students may complete fieldwork with state agencies, museums, professional associations, and news organizations.
Two campus galleries regularly exhibit student work: the Design Gallery on the 4th floor of Mariposa Hall and the Witt Gallery in Kadema Hall.
The Departments of Art and of Design both offer student scholarships.
Among the facilities available for photography students is a large digital lab furnished with Macintosh computers, Epson printers, film, and flat bed scanners. There is also an alternative process lab for platinum/palladium printing, a well equipped darkroom with 4×5 black and white and color enlarging stations, a Hope 20″ color print processor, Wing Lynch film processor, and studio shooting facilities.
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
Requirements – Bachelor of Arts Degree
Units Required for the Major: 48 units
Minimum total units required for the BA: 120
Courses in parentheses are prerequisites.
A. Required Lower Division Core Courses (15 units)
(3)
ART 1B
Art in the Western World: From Renaissance to Present
(3)
GPHD 10
Introduction to Digital Design
(3)
INTD 20
Design
(3) PHOT 11 Digital Imaging
(3)
PHOT 40
Basic Techniques of Photography
B. Required Upper Division Core Courses(24 units)
(3)
ART 101
Art Photography
(3)
ART 161
Photography in the Field (PHOT 40 or equivalent)
(3)
ART 162
Alternative Photographic Processes (PHOT 141 or other basic photography)
(3) PHOT 102 Photography, a Social History
(3)
PHOT 111
Intermediate Digital Imaging (PHOT 11 or equivalent or instructor permission)
(3)
PHOT 141
Intermediate Photography, Black and White (PHOT 40)
(3)
PHOT 148
Artificial Light Photography (PHOT 141, PHOT 138, or PHOT 143A)
(3) PHOT 150 Senior Portfolio (senior status, PHOT 11, PHOT 138, PHOT 143A, PHOT 148)
C. Studies in Photography Electives (9 units) ART 108 19th Century Art
ART 109 Modern Art (Upper-division standing and ART 1B or equivalent with instructor approval)
ART 169
Photography Studio (Instructor permission and Department Chair via signed petition form)
ART 163
Pinhole Photography (PHOT 40 or equivalent)
COMS 164
Visual Communication (COMS 100A and COMS 100B or equivalent with a grade of C- or better)
HRS 180
The Film
JOUR 197A
Journalism Laboratory (JOUR 30)
MKTG 101
Principles of Marketing
PHOT 135
Introduction to Photojournalism (PHOT 40 or equivalent)
PHOT 138 Color Photography A (PHOT 11 or equivalent)
PHOT 143A
Intermediate Photography, Color (PHOT 40)
PHOT 155
Advanced Photography (PHOT 141)
PHOT 160
Documentary Photography (PHOT 141)
PHOT 195
Internship in Photography (A minimum of two upper division photography courses)
PHOT 199
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Career Possibilities
Photojournalist · Advertising Photographer · Editorial Photographer · Medical Photographer · Educator · Wedding Photographer · Portrait Photographer · Forensic Photographer · Military Photographer · Public Relations · Fashion Photographer · Wildlife Photographer · Stock Photographer · Archaeological Photographer · Photographic Historian · Freelance Photographer · Commercial Photographer · Food Photographer · Architectural Photographer · Videographer · Landscape Photographer