Photography

Area of Study Overview

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The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree program, with an area of study in Photography, prepares adults for career change, advancement, or graduate education, while providing personal enrichment. The program enables students to explore a combination of courses from the areas of film production, fine arts photography, and professional photography. Students develop a broad general knowledge of the traditional liberal arts disciplines while developing a greater depth of knowledge of photography.

Degree Requirements

• A minimum of 18 credits must be upper level, 3000 level or above, within the area of study.

Credit Distribution

I. General Education Featured Courses (45 Credits)

TESU Featured Courses are listed as a guide. Other courses may satisfy the areas and can be viewed on our website under General Education Courses.  For more information see About Our General Education Program.  To plan your program please contact an academic advisor.

A. Intellectual and Practical Skills (15 Credits)

ENC-1010	Writing for Success	3
ENC-1020	Writing for Success II	3
COM-2090	Public Speaking	3
MAT-1050	Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics	3
SOS-1100	Fact, Fiction, or Fake? Information Literacy Today	3

For all TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to Intellectual and Practical Skills.

B. Civic and Global Leadership (9 Credits)

SOC-1010	Our Changing World: An Introduction to Sociology	3
ETH-2200	Leading the Way: A Path Towards Ethical Leadership	3
POS-1100	American Government	3

For additional TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to Civic and Global Leadership.

C. Knowledge of Human Cultures (15 Credits)

SOC-2100	Marriage and the Family	3
HIS-1130	American History I	3
FIL-1100	Exploring American Cinema	3

Select two featured courses from the list below:

SOC-2910	Criminology	3
HIS-1140	American History II	3
HIS-1210	Introduction to World History I	3
HUM-1030	Introduction to the Humanities III: Music	3
PHI-1300	Introduction to Critical Reasoning	3

For additional TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to Knowledge of Human Cultures.

D. Scientific Knowledge (6 Credits)

EAS-1010	General Earth Science	3
BIO-2080	The Science of Nutrition	3

For additional TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to Scientific Knowledge.

II. Area of Study (45 Credits)

A. Required Courses (15 Credits)

-TRSFR REQ.	Principles of Photography OR Black and White Photography	3
-TRSFR REQ.	Survey of Art History I and II	6
-TRSFR REQ.	History of Photography	3
-TRSFR REQ.	Color Photography	3

B. Photography Electives (21 Credits)

Students may concentrate in one of the following areas or transfer in credits from the following three areas*:

-TRSFR REQ.	Film Production	21
-	OR
-TRSFR REQ.	Fine Arts Photography	21
-	OR
-TRSFR REQ.	Professional Photography	21

*This list is a guide. Other photography courses may be appropriate for this area of study. For other TESU course options, please contact an academic advisor.

C. Humanities Electives (6 Credits)

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Humanities Electives

6

Complete any 6 credits in the Humanities area.

D. Capstone (3 Credits)

LIB-4950

Liberal Arts Capstone

3

III. Electives (30 Credits)

For TESU course options, go to Elective Courses.

TRANSFER REQUIREMENT: TESU accepts credits in transfer from accredited institutions as well as non-collegiate providers. View information and resources on where you may find additional learning experiences.

Total Credit Hours: 120

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Photography program will be able to:

• demonstrate a broad-based knowledge of photography from traditional photographic techniques to the digital darkroom;
• apply theoretical as well as technical practices to photography; and
• demonstrate how photography contributes to both the cultural and economic aspects of society.