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Online Bachelor of Arts in Photography


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
 
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Studio Elective





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


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ARLH/ARTH Elective


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ARLH/ARTH Elective


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ENGL Elective


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ENGL Elective


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General Education Elective†


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General Education Elective†


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General Education Elective†


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Natural Sciences/Mathematics†


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Natural Sciences/Mathematics†


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Social/Behavioral Sciences†


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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‡
 
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PHOT Elective





Additional electives
20 hours


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Free Elective


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Free Elective


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Free Elective


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Free Elective





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.
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