SCAD's online photography program allows students to develop fluency with a variety of camera systems, digital workflow, color and black-and-white technique, and studio and location lighting. At both the undergraduate and graduate levels, students work toward the goal of achieving a personal vision and a highly developed degree of visual literacy.
Online B.A. Degree
Visual Communication Concentration in Photography
Core curriculum | |
| Foundation studies | 25 hours |
| DRAW | | 100 | | Drawing I: Form and Space |
| DRAW | | 101 | | Drawing II: Composition and Media |
| DSGN | | 100 | | Design I: Elements and Organization |
| DSGN | | 101 | | Color: Theory and Application |
| | | - | | Studio Elective |
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| General education | 90 hours |
| ARTH | | 100 | | Survey of Western Art I |
| ARTH | | 110 | | Survey of Western Art II |
| ARTH | | 207 | | 20th-century Art |
| CMPA | | 100 | | Survey of Computer Art Applications* |
| CMPA | | 110 | | Advanced Survey of Computer Art Applications* |
| COMM | | 105 | | Speech and Public Speaking |
ENGL | | 123 | | Composition |
| PHIL | | 301 | | Aesthetics |
| | - | | ARLH/ARTH Elective |
| | - | | ARLH/ARTH Elective |
| | - | | ENGL Elective |
| | - | | ENGL Elective |
| | - | | General Education Elective† |
| | - | | General Education Elective† |
| | - | | General Education Elective† |
| | - | | Natural Sciences/Mathematics† |
| | - | | Natural Sciences/Mathematics† |
| | - | | Social/Behavioral Sciences† |
| | - | | Social/Behavioral Sciences† |
Concentration | 45 hours |
| PHOT | | 113 | | Photographic Foundations I |
| PHOT | | 114 | | Photographic Foundations II |
| PHOT | | 115 | | Black-and-white Technique‡ |
| PHOT | | 206 | | Color Technique§ |
| PHOT | | 219 | | Photography Project Seminar I |
| PHOT | | 220 | | Large-format Technique** |
| PHOT | | 238 | | History of Photography I# |
| PHOT | | 240 | | History of Photography II# |
| PHOT | | 313 | | Studio Lighting Technique |
| PHOT | | 340 | | Inkjet Printing for Photography§ |
| PHOT | | 345 | | Advanced Digital Imaging** |
| SFIN | | 306 | | Digital Imaging for the World Wide Web‡ |
| | | - | | PHOT Elective |
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Additional electives | 20 hours |
| | - | | Free Elective |
| | - | | Free Elective |
| | - | | Free Elective |
| | - | | Free Elective |
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Total course of study | 180 hours |
* Choose one of these two courses.
†
Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements.
‡ Choose one of these two courses.
§ Choose one of these two courses.
** Choose one of these two courses.
# Choose one of these two courses.
Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.