BA in Photography

Area of Study Overview

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The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree program 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, 300 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 Advisor.

A. Intellectual and Practical Skills (15 Credits)

ENC-101	English Composition I	3
ENC-102	English Composition II	3
COM-209	Public Speaking	3
MAT-105	Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics	3
SOS-110	Critical Information Literacy	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-101	Our Changing World An Introduction to Sociology	3
ETH-230	Ethics in the Digital Age	3
POS-110	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-210	Marriage and the Family	3
HIS-113	American History I	3
FIL-110	American Cinema	3

Select two featured courses from the list below

SOC-291	Criminology	3
HIS-114	American History II	3
HIS-121	Introduction to World History I	3
HUM-103	Introduction to the Humanities III: Music	3
PHI-130	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-101	General Earth Science	3
BIO-208	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 Advisor.

C. Humanities Electives (6 Credits)

Humanities Electives

Complete any 6 credits in the Humanities area.

D. Capstone (3 Credits)

LIB-495

Liberal Arts Capstone

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.