Photography - Santa Monica College

Photography from Santa Monica College is a Campus Associate Photography degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Photographers record visual images on film or videotape to graphically illustrate or explain an idea, record an event or capture a mood. They generally specialize in a particular type of subject matter, such as portraits, landscape, nature or news pictures and in types of equipment such as 35 millimeter cameras, video, or movie cameras. Some related job titles include portrait photographers, commercial and industrial photographers, photojournalists, visual artists, and photo editors. The Associate degree in Photography involves satisfactory completion of a minimum of 60 semester units with a C average or higher including at least 42 semester units in the Photography area of emphasis. Program Learning Outcomes: Students completing the program in Photography will analyze and assess photographic situations and solve technical problems and creative challenges as they arise in a photographic production. Students will design and construct photographic images that can communicate ideas or narratives effectively for commercial, editorial or fine art purposes. And graduates will have the knowledge and skills pertinent to the successful operation of a freelance photography business and sound business practices in the trade. Required Courses: (26 units) Art 10A, Design I (3) Photography 3, Commercial Photography Techniques (6) or Photography 3A, Commercial Photography Techniques 1 (3) and Photography 3B, Commercial Photography Techniques 2 (3) Photography 4, Portrait Photography (3) Photography 6, Advanced Commercial Photography (8) Photography 39, Beginning Photoshop (3) Photography 43, Beginning Portfolio Development (3) Additional courses to total 36 units and recommended electives may be selected from the following: Photography 1, Introduction to Photography (3) Photography 2, Basic Photography Lab Techniques (2) Photography 5, Fundamentals of Photo Digital Printing (3) Photography 7, Advanced Portfolio Development (3) Photography 9, Advanced Photography of People (3) Photography 11, Color Transparency Photography (2) Photography 13, News Photography (3) Photography 14, Photography for Publication (3) Photography 21, Alternative Photographic Process (3) Photography 24, Photo-Graphics (2) Photography 29, Production for Still Photographers (3) Photography 37, Advanced Black and White Printing (3) Photography 40, Digital Capture (3) Photography 42, Advanced Photoshop (3) Photography 44, Building Web Sites for Photographers (2) Photography 50, Basic Color Printing Photography 51, Printing from Positive Materials (3) Photography 52, History of Photography (3) Photography 60, Business Practices in Photography (3) Photography 90A,B,C, Internship (1,2,3) View more details on Santa Monica College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Photography courses.