Careers in the Creative Arts
Commercial Photography

AAS-T Degree or Certificate

Learning Outcomes (AAS)

By the end of the program, successful students will be able to:

  1. Communicate visually, verbally and in written form with a variety of client and/or companies in formats including:
    • Web design skills and presence
    • Technical materials and terminology
    • Professional business forms and procedures
    • Marketing research, strategies and promotion
    • Estimation and negotiation


  2. Demonstrate the ability to:
    • Survey history, careers, styles and trends in professional photography
    • Operate all camera formats and techniques
    • Execute a wide range of technical and creative lighting solutions
    • Execute a wide range of darkroom techniques and processes
    • Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of computers, software and digital imaging skills
    • Develop and expand a personal creative voice with pre visualization conceptualization skills
    • Develop pre-production shoot and planning methods
    • Execute shoot production in both the studio and on location
    • Demonstrate post production technical and creative solutions
    • Develop a marketing plan, materials, and support process
    • Develop a small business plan and organizational structure
    • Produce the products required for graduation in the sixth quarter, attached in Appendix I