Photography, Minor

In addition to University Requirements:

• Complete individual plan requirements.

Students may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement. Contact your advisor for details.

Purpose Statement

Photography is a continuous changing technology and we prepare students to solve and adapt to the professional standards of photographic communication industries including corporate, conceptual and editorial.  This minor provides theoretical and technical sequence instruction in digital photography through industry based software and lighting within studio and field photography courses.
 
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will:

1. Demonstrate working knowledge of industry standard business practices in commercial, fine art and editorial disciplines by:
   1. Competitively pricing products and services
   2. Competently negotiating fees and agreements with clients
   3. Handling image rights and model releases
   4. Developing profitable business and marketing strategies
   5. Selecting the best technology for each photographic project
2. Produce photographic work that is consistent with high professional standards. Students will:
   1. Solve creative and technical problems that include project parameters and modeled client expectations
   2. Make creative decisions that optimize conceptual impact, cohesiveness and memorability of created images
3. Demonstrate working knowledge of metering, lighting ratios, color compensation and digital workflow.
4. Create works in a variety of lighting situations including: available light; studio lighting, both electronic and continuous; and location lighting. This will include but not be limited to the fields of advertising, public relations and print media.
5. Articulate in verbal and written form the key technical, formal and conceptual issues in their creative work and the work of others.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the historical, political and social context in which photographic images are created and viewed.
7. Critically analyze and evaluate examples of photographic art, and revise their work based on faculty and peer critiques.

Minor Requirements

• Take the following 21 units, with minimum GPA of 2.5:

  • PHO 100, PHO 101, PHO 200, PHO 300 (12 units)
  • two courses from: PHO 110, PHO 302, PHO 303, PHO 304, PHO 305, PHO 306, PHO 307, PHO 310W, PHO 400, PHO 401, PHO 402, PHO 403, PHO 404, PHO 405, PHO 406, PHO 407, PHO 409 (6 units)
  • one course from: ARH 257, CMF 135, CMF 382, COM 101, CST 111, CST 151, PR 332 (3 units)
  You must maintain a grade point average of at least 2.5 for all courses required in this minor. Be aware that you may not enroll in 300- or 400-level courses in photography or graduate with a minor in photography if you don’t maintain this standard.

• Be aware that some courses may have prerequisites that you must also successfully complete. For prerequisite information, click on the course or see your advisor.