Austin Community College

FY 2005 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	1311		Fundamentals of Photography	3
				Humanities/Fine Arts	3
+	PHTC	1449		Photo Digital Imaging I	4
				Mathematics1	3
					------- 13

Semester II

+	PHTC	2401		Intermediate Photography	4
+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I--Laboratory	4
+	PHTC	2449		Photo Digital Imaging II	4
	PHTC	1313		History of Photography	3
				Social and Behavioral Science	3
					------- 18

Semester III

+	PHTC	1445		Illustrative Photography I	4
+	PHTC	2341		Color Photography II -- Laboratory	3
+	PHTC	1321		Photographic Retouching I	3
	ENGL	1301		English Composition I	3
	SPCH	1315		Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
					------- 16

Semester IV

+	PHTC	2445		Illustrative Photography II2	4
+	PHTC	1328		Photographic Studio Management	3
				Restricted Elective2/3	3-4
+	PHTC	1302		Darkroom Techniques--Laboratory	3
	BUSG	2309		Small Business Management	3
					------- 16-17

Semester V

+#	PHTC	2343		Portfolio Development	3
				Restricted Elective2/4	3-4
					------- 6-7
				TOTALS	------- 69-71

¹ Select from Computational Skills in 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.
³ Select from the following courses: PHTC 2378, PHTC 1343, PHTC 1306.
⁴ Select from the following courses: PHTC 2331, PHTC 1351, PHTC 2351.

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	1311		Fundamentals of Photography	3
+	PHTC	1449		Photo Digital Imaging I	4
				Humanities/Fine Arts	3
				Mathematics1	3
					------- 13

Semester II

+	PHTC	2401		Intermediate Photography	4
+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I--Laboratory	4
+	PHTC	2449		Photo Digital Imaging II	4
	PHTC	1313		History of Photography	3
				Social and Behavioral Science	3
					------- 18

Semester III

+	PHTC	1453		Portraiture I	4
+	PHTC	2341		Color Photography II -- Laboratory	3
+	PHTC	1321		Photographic Retouching I	3
	ENGL	1301		English Composition I	3
	SPCH	1315		Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
					------- 16

Semester IV

+	PHTC	1328		Photographic Studio Management	3
+	PHTC	2453		Portraiture II1	4
				Restricted Elective2/3	3-4
+	PHTC	1302		Darkroom Techniques--Laboratory	3
	BUSG	2309		Small Business Management	3
					------- 16-17

Semester V

+#	PHTC	2343		Portfolio Development	3
				Restricted Elective2/4	3-4
					------- 6-7
				TOTALS	------- 69-71

¹ Select from Computational Skills in the General Education Course List.
² 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.
³ Select from the following courses: PHTC 2378, PHTC 1343, PHTC 1306.
⁴ Select from the following courses: PHTC 1347, PHTC 2351.

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	1449		Photo Digital Imaging I	4
					------- 7

Semester II

+	PHTC	1321		Photographic Retouching I	3
	BUSG	2309		Small Business Management	3
+	IMED	1416		Web Page Design I	4
					------- 10

Semester III

+	PHTC	2449		Photo Digital Imaging II	4
+	PHTC	2473		Photographic Retouching II	4
					------- 8
				TOTALS	------- 25

Students successfully completing this program are training for careers as photographer's 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
+	PHTC	1449		Photo Digital Imaging I	4
					------- 7

Semester II

+	PHTC	2401		Intermediate Photography	4
+	PHTC	1441		Color Photography I--Laboratory	4
+	PHTC	2449		Photo Digital Imaging II	4
					------- 12

Semester III

+	PHTC	1321		Photographic Retouching I	3
+	PHTC	1445		Illustrative Photography I	4
+	PHTC	2341		Color Photography II -- Laboratory	3
+	PHTC	1328		Photographic Studio Management	3
					------- 13
				TOTALS	------- 32