Art Degrees Online

CAO Code GC 470
Points Level 2008 AQA – All Qualifying Applicants
Framework Level Level 7

Course Duration
Full-Time 3 years
Part-Time 3 years

For further information please contact the Admissions Office at GCD
Phone +353 1 415 0400
Email admissions@gcd.ie

About the Course
This visual media industry is currently in rapid change and progression. Elements like DTP and the world wide web have created a pressing need for highly trained visual arts professionals with a high level of new skills and creative artistic and communications talent.

Griffith College’s Faculty of Journalism and Media has over eight years experience in providing industry standard photographic training. The delivery of award winning courses has gained us an enviable reputation in the Irish photographic industry. Former students are now working in the field in all spheres of photographic practice and we have long enjoyed the support of our colleagues in the Irish professional Photographer’s Association. In addition, Griffith students have won seven of the eight photographic awards in the national student Media competitions between 2005 and 2007.

This BA Degree course is offered on a three year full-time basis or on a part-time version, the first time this level of study has been offered in this format in Ireland. The emphasis of our course is on commercial photography, professional approach allied to analytical skills and creative judgment. Our graduates will be highly skilled and experienced, capable of adding to the visual arts media in Ireland and abroad. On completion of this course graduates will be versed in the skills necessary for further study at even higher levels.

Progression
Further study is an option for students who successfully complete this course; the logical progression is to take the final year of the BA (Hons) in Journalism and Visual Media.

Contact the Testing Center or the Program Advisor for testing requirements. Testing requirements are based on the unique needs of the certificate program.

Certificate of Completion
Major Code – PHTC.CERT

For students intent on learning the skills necessary to become a professional photographer without the core curriculum course work required in the two-year Associate in Applied Science degree. Students completing the Photography Certificate program will be eligible to apply for many entry level positions as a professional photographer or lab technician. Students must provide for their own use the following equipment: digital camera (of design approved by instructor), light meter, flash unit and tripod.
Program Requirements
Major Course Requirements (33 Semester Hours)
ARTS 2356 – Fundamentals of Photography I
ARTS 2357 – Fundamentals of Photography II
PHTC 1300 – Photo Digital Imaging I
PHTC 1341 – Color Photography I
PHTC 1345 – Illustrative Photography I
PHTC 1353 – Portraiture I
PHTC 2341 – Color Photography II
PHTC 2343 – Portfolio Development
PHTC 2345 – Illustrative Photography II
PHTC 2349 – Photo Digital Imaging II
PHTC 2353 – Portraiture II
Related Course Requirements (9 Semester Hours)
ARTC 1325 – Introduction to Computer Graphics

or
BCIS 1305 – Business Computer Applications
COMM 1337 – Television Production
COMM 2327 – Introduction to Advertising
Total (42 Semester Hours)

From exposure to ideas to ideas on exposure … at Ringling College of Art and Design, discover the power of your own photographic voice along with the tools of your trade. From the creative, controlled environment of a studio shoot to the experiential side of going on location, you will explore photography from every angle.

From traditional darkroom techniques, to the endless possibilities stemming from the creative manipulation of images using the newest computer software – you will have at Ringling College the artistic freedom to explore many of the options available to today’s professional photographer.

As a Photography & Digital Imaging major at Ringling College, you will not only master the techniques of this evolving medium, you will also begin to understand their profound affect on our culture and our world.