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 4x5 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: 51 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 (27 units)

(3)

ART 101

Art Photography

(3)

ART 160

Photography Arts (ART 40)

(3)

ART 161

Photography in the Field (PHOT 40 or equivalent)

(3)

ART 162

Alternative Photographic Processes (PHOT 40 or other basic photography)

(3) PHOT 102 Photography, a Social History

(3)

PHOT 138

Color Photography A (PHOT 11)

(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 109

Modern Art (ART 1B, upper-division standing or equivalent with instructor permission)

ART 163 Pinhole Photography (ART 40 or equivalent)

ART 169

Photography Studio (Instructor permission and Department Chair via signed petition form)

COMS 164

Visual Communication (COMS 100A and COMS 100B or equivalent)

GPHD 120

Typography I - Theory (GPHD 5 or GPHD 20, ART 20A, GHPD 10, GHPD 25, GHPD 30, PHOT 40, and acceptance into the major; Corequisite: GPHD 122) OR

HRS 180

The Film

JOUR 197A

Journalism Laboratory (JOUR 30)

MKTG 101

Principles of Marketing

PHOT 111 Intermediate Digital Imaging (PHOT 11 or equivalent or instructor permission)

PHOT 135

Introduction to Photojournalism (PHOT 40)

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

Special Problems

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

FACULTY

Sharmon Goff , Chair, Department of Design
Nigel Poor, Program Coordinator
Roger Vail (Art Department)

CONTACT INFORMATION

Sharmon Goff, Chair, Department of Design
Nigel Poor, Program Coordinator
Jan Lopez, Administrative Support Coordinator
Mariposa Hall 5001
( 916) 278-3962; FAX (916) 278-6116
http://www.csus.edu/design/phot/phot_home.htm

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