Art Degrees Online

PNCA’s Photography department engages students in the dynamic world of image-making through both traditional and contemporary forms of fine arts photography. Students interact with dynamic and diverse faculty, in a learning environment that stresses impeccable craftsmanship and creative experimentation. Students are supported in their exploration with strong technical instruction, outstanding photography facilities, and coursework that balances aesthetic, conceptual, and historical concerns.
Facilities
Digital Fine Art Printing Lab
Beginning Black and White Lab
Advanced Black and White Lab
Photography Studio
Computer Arts Center
Processes
Black and white
Color
Digital imaging
Large format
Non-silver contemporary processes

Interdisciplinary Art & Design Studies (IADS) provides students with an opportunity to explore and obtain an expansive vocabulary within multiple disciplines. Its focus is interdisciplinary with a choice of concentration within one discipline. Areas of program concentration unique to IADS are Advertising Design, Fashion Design at Parsons Paris, Museum Gallery Studies, and Teaching Artist.

What differentiates this program from a major field of concentration such as a major in graphic design or photography is a shift in focus from discipline specific to overall breadth and interdisciplinary experience. Consequently, students will be exposed to a greater variety and range of disciplines taking fewer courses in any one area of concentration. Students will not identify their area of concentration until the end of their sophomore year. Students will be required to take core concentration courses throughout their junior and senior years.

In the second year, upon completion of the first year foundation program, students will be required to take the introductory course work prescribed within the major disciplines of Fine Arts, Photography, Graphic Design, and Illustration. This interdisciplinary experience will provide students with the necessary background to identify an area of concentration for further study in their junior and senior year.

In the junior year students will be immersed in their chosen area of concentration through multiple studio courses, an internship, and an introduction to professional practices. During the senior year students will continue to work within their given concentration as they develop their senior thesis project and professional portfolio.

This new program recognizes the changing forces within the art and design community. Today, more and more creative fields have become interdisciplinary. Artists and designers are called upon to address new challenges outside their area of expertise, traversing new horizons and learning new vocabularies. This program will provide students with a greater range of knowledge and the ability to navigate comfortably between the art and design disciplines of tomorrow.

If you are creative, innovative, and have a keen eye for color, detail, and symmetry, photography may be the career for you. A degree in photography allows you to pursue a myriad of professional options. Flip open any magazine or browse any website and you can’t help but notice that quality photography is in high demand.

At Andrews University, you’ll choose from two main career paths – Fine Arts Photography and Commercial Photography. The fine arts photography program focuses on education and the development of personal creativity. Our fine arts photography program will prepare you to teach, become a freelance artist, or work in a variety of positions at independent studios, museums, or galleries. Designed to enable you to acquire a mix of technical and creative photography skills, the Commercial Photography program will teach you how to apply traditional craft-based skills and new digital technologies in the industry. Either way, you’re sure to embark upon a challenging and rewarding career.