Austin Community College

FY 2001 Degree Plan

This program provides learning experience in theory, laboratory, and studio work in portrait and commercial photography for job entry in studios and color labs. Assignments also include photography of products, architecture, and fashions. Supporting skills in processing films, making prints by contact and enlarging, retouching prints and negatives, and drymounting are included. Graduates of this program qualify for jobs as photographer's assistants, laboratory workers, studio managers or owners. Minor variations desirable for student career goals may be accomplished within college policies by approval of the Program Coordinator.

Semester I

+	PHTC	2401		Intermediate Photography	4
+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I: Darkroom	4
+	PHTC	1321		Photographic Retouching I	3
	MATH			Math1 OR	3
+	GRPH	1422		Electronic Publishing I	4
					------- 18

Semester II

+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I: Darkroom OR	3-4
+	PHTC	2341		Color Photography II: Darkroom
+	PHTC	1349		Photo Digital Imaging I	3
+	BUSG	2309		Small Business Management	3
	ENGL	1301	1,3,4,5	English Composition I	3
	PHTC	1445		Illustrative Photography I	4
					------- 16-17

Semester III

+	PHTC	2445		Illustrative Photography II2	4
+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I: Darkroom OR	3-4
+	PHTC	1302		Darkroom Techniques
+	PHTC	1328		Photographic Studio Management	3
+	SPCH	1315	1,2,4,5	Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
					------- 13-14

Semester IV

	PHTC	1313		History of Photography	3
				Humanities/Fine Arts Selection	3
				Social/Behavioral Science Selection	3
	PHTC	2349		Photo Digital Imaging II	3
+	PHTC	2378		Close Up and Macro Photography OR	3
+	PHTC	1343		Expressive Photography OR
+	PHTC	1306		Fashion Photography2
					------- 15

Semester V

+	PHTC	2331		Architectural Photography OR	3
+	PHTC	1351		Photojournalism I OR
+	PHTC	2351		Photojournalism II2
+	PHTC	2343		Commercial Photography	3
					------- 6
				TOTALS	------- 68-70

+ Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions
¹ Please select from the Computational Skills section of the General Education Course list.
² PHTC 1306, PHTC 2351, PHTC 2445 - Students are encouraged to use outside photo labs instead of darkroom courses enabling them to develop a working professional relationship.

This program provides learning experience in theory, laboratory, and studio work in portrait and commercial photography for job entry in studios and color labs. Assignments include portraiture of men, women, children, and groups in studio and on location using electronic flash or natural light. Supporting skills in processing films, making prints by contact and enlarging, retouching prints and negatives, and drymounting are included. Graduates of this program qualify for jobs as photographer's assistants, laboratory workers, studio managers or owners. Minor variations desirable for student career goals may be accomplished within college policies by approval of the Program Coordinator.

Semester I

+	PHTC	2401		Intermediate Photography	4
+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I: Darkroom	4
+	PHTC	1321		Photographic Retouching I	3
+	MATH	1314	2,4,3	College Algebra	3
+	GRPH	1422		Electronic Publishing I	4
					------- 18

Semester II

+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I: Darkroom OR	3-4
+	PHTC	2341		Color Photography II: Darkroom
+	PHTC	1349		Photo Digital Imaging I	3
+	BUSG	2309		Small Business Management	3
	PHTC	1453		Portraiture I	4
					------- 13-14

Semester III

+	ENGL	1301	1,3,4,5	English Composition I	3
	SPCH	1315	1,2,4,5	Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
	PHTC	1328		Photographic Studio Management	3
+	PHTC	2453		Portraiture II1	4
+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I: Darkroom OR	3-4
+	PHTC	1325		Photographic Science I
					------- 16-17

Semester IV

+	PHTC	2378		Close Up and Macro Photography OR	3
+	PHTC	1343		Expressive Photography OR
+	PHTC	1306		Fashion Photography1
				Social/Behavioral Science Elective	3
+	PHTC	1313		History of Photography	3
	PHTC	2349		Photo Digital Imaging II	3
				Humanities/Fine Arts Elective	3
					------- 15

Semester V

+	PHTC	2343		Commercial Photography	3
+	PHTC	1347		Landscape Photography OR	3-4
+	PHTC	2433		Photographic Science II OR
+	PHTC	2351		Photojournalism II1
					------- 6-7
				TOTALS	------- 68-71

+ Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions
¹ Please select from the Computational Skills section of the General Education Course list.
¹ PHTC 1306, PHTC 2351, PHTC 2453 - Students are encouraged to use outside photo labs instead of darkroom courses enabling them to develop working professional relationships.

Students successfully completing this program are prepared for careers as photographic retouchers, print finishers, and print colorists, print restorers, and print copiers, and can perform the duties of a photographer's assistant in simple portrait and product photography, film processing, and print making. Job opportunities are found in studios, color labs, archives, and the film animation industry. The sit-down nature of much of the program makes the training ideally suited for the mobility impaired. Trainees should have good artistic sense, creative ability, fine visual acuity, accurate color perception, and excellent eye-hand coordination. Employment opportunities are considered to be above average. Minor variations desirable for student career goals may be accomplished within college policies by approval of the Program Coordinator.

Semester I

+	PHTC	1311		Fundamentals of Photography	3
	PHTC	1321		Photographic Retouching I	3
+	ENGL	1301	1,3,4,5	English Composition I	3
	GRPH	1422		Electronic Publishing I	4
					------- 13

Semester II

+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I: Darkroom	4
+	PHTC	1349		Photo Digital Imaging I	3
+	PHTC	2401		Intermediate Photography	4
+	PHTC	2373		Photographic Retouching II	3
					------- 14

Semester III

+	PHTC	1313		History of Photography OR	3
	PHTC	1325		Photographic Science I
+	PSYC	2315		Psychology of Adjustment	3
	PHTC	2349		Photo Digital Imaging II	3
					------- 9
				TOTALS	------- 36

+ Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions

Students successfully completing this program are training for careers as photographers assistants. They are prepared to follow instructions by their employers, set up and operate complex equipment, interact with stylists and art directors, do photographic lab, and administrative duties in support of the lead photographer. Minor variations desirable for student career goals may be accomplished within college policies by approval of the Program Coordinator.

Semester I

+	PHTC	1311		Fundamentals of Photography	3
	BUSG	2309		Small Business Management	3
	ENGL	1301	1,3,4,5	English Composition I	3
	GRPH	1422		Electronic Publishing I	4
					------- 13

Semester II

+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I: Darkroom	4
+	PHTC	1349		Photo Digital Imaging I	3
+	PHTC	2401		Intermediate Photography	4
+	KINE	1145		Weight Training I	1
					------- 12

Semester III

	PHTC	1313		History of Photography OR	3
	PHTC	1325		Photographic Science I
+	PHTC	1445		Illustrative Photography I	4
+	PHTC	2349		Photo Digital Imaging II	3
+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I: Darkroom	4
					------- 14
				TOTALS	------- 39

+ Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions