The Fine Art Photography AA is an interdisciplinary studio art degree with an emphasis in photography. The studio courses mirror coursework that would be completed in the first two years of a Bachelor of Fine Arts program and prepares students for a professional career in art and photography. It is a demanding, high-credit degree program that emphasizes both photographic and fine art studio practices. Additional program requirements in Art History and a capstone portfolio course provide the visual language and photographic portfolio students will need to enter the photographic and fine art industry, or progress academically into a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program.

Career Opportunities

Upon successful completion of the program, students will develop professional competencies and portfolio required to enter a Bachelor of Fine Arts photography program or one of the following career opportunities: Fine Art Photographer, Commercial Photographer, Portrait Photographer, Studio Photographer, Technical Photographer, Photo Editor, Photo Curator, and Digital Artist.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of the program the student should be able to:

- Demonstrate competency using digital cameras and technology to produce photographs with technical and aesthetic value;

- Visually communicate a unique vision with technical skill, personal artistic expression and conceptual meaning through foundational art studio practices; 

- Critique art and photography in terms of technical merit, aesthetic value and conceptual meaning using appropriate terminology.