Visual Communications - Photography, AAS

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE

• ENGL 111 - English Composition CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• IVYT 1xx - Student Success Elective CREDIT HOURS: 1
• MATH 123 - Quantitative Reasoning CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• XXXX XXX - Life/Physical Sciences  Elective CREDIT HOURS: 3 - 5

PROFESSIONAL - TECHNICAL CORE

• PHOT 104 - Photography I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 107 - Photography II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 209 - Studio Lighting CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 101 - Design Fundamentals CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 102 - Raster Graphics I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 105 - Video and Sound CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 110 - Web & Social Media CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 113 - Typography CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 115 - Vector Graphics & Pub Design I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 201 - Raster Graphics II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 207 - Portfolio Preparation CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2 ^
• VISC 216 - Vector Graphics II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

STATEWIDE ELECTIVES

Choose 9 credits from the following:

• PHOT 201 - Photography III CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 203 - Professional Portraiture CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 204 - Commercial Photography CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 200 - Field Photography CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 218 - Fine Art Photography CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 208 - Independent Study CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 214 - Journalistic and Editorial Photography CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 213 - Raster/Vector Graphics III CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 280 - Co-op/Internship CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1
• VISC 281 -294 - Advanced Special Topics in Visual Communications CREDIT HOURS: 1-3

TOTAL CREDITS: 60

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^ Capstone Course

DEGREE OUTCOMES

• Effectively utilize the fundamentals of design as they relate to concepts with the visual image, developing an approach to composition, determining style, communicating information, and creating a directed response.
• Develop an awareness in the use of relevant professional hardware, software, and equipment.
• Employ time management skills to create and meet milestones to facilitate projected deadlines.
• Recognize and understand cultural and individual differences, in terms of both contemporary and historical perspectives.
• Communicate effectively in written, oral, and/or symbolic forms.
• Demonstrate the acquisition and use of content.
• Apply an understanding of various Visual Communication career opportunities.
• Analyze and evaluate the solution to a problem associated with a client’s objectives and market demands.
• Develop unique, fresh, creative concepts and apply these concepts to practical, design/photographic solutions for industry-based situations.
• Develop projects utilizing critical and creative thinking.
• Generate projects that exemplify attention to detail and good craftsmanship.
• Apply basic concepts of light and color in a variety of settings.