Program Overview

Endicott’s BFA in Photography provides students with core competencies in still and multimedia video digital imaging workflows, reflecting the realities of the current photography profession. This creativity-based photography program leverages the breadth that a BFA offers by emphasizing the conceptual and creative development gained through foundation courses, art history, and thesis requirements. Students in the BFA program may choose to explore fine art, documentary, photojournalism, fashion, commercial, and portrait photography through their coursework, assignments, internships, and capstone project.

Laptop Requirements

In addition to the general laptop requirements, incoming photography students have specific requirements for their program.

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Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 127

First Year - Credits: 32

  • Quantitative Reasoning General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
  • Photography Elective  (Cr. 3)
  • ART 101 - Visual Art and Cultural Values I: Prehistory to c. 1310 (Cr: 3)
  • ART 102 - Visual Art and Cultural Values II: Early Fourteenth Century to the Present (Cr: 3)
  • ART 105 - Drawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
  • ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
  • INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
  • PHT 113 - Multimedia I: Audio and Video Production for Photographers (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 116 - Introduction to Photographic Methods (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 160 - Photographic Applications I (Cr: 3)

Second Year - Credits: 35

  • General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3) (Recommended GD 105)
  • Literary Perspectives General Education Elective    (Cr: 3)
  • Science and Technology General Education Requirement    (Cr: 3)
  • Photography Elective (Cr: 3)
  • ART 106 - Drawing and Composition II (Cr: 3)
  • ART 115 - Two Dimensional Design (Cr: 3)
  • ART 317 - History of Photography (Cr: 3)
  • INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
  • PHT 202 - Studio Photography (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 213 - Filmmaking for Photographers (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 218 - Documentary Photography (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 260 - Digital Imaging and Manipulation (Cr: 3)

Third Year - Credits: 30

  • General Education Electives    (Cr: 3)
  • Global Issues General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
  • World Cultures General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
  • Art Elective (Cr. 3) 
  • General Education Elective (Cr: 3) 
  • ART 201 - Painting I (Cr: 3)
    or
  • ART 250 - Printmaking (Cr: 3)
  • ART 302 - Portfolio (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 309 - Location Lighting: Events and Portraits (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 312 - Advanced Photographic Methods (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 313 - Multimedia III: Advanced Projects (Cr: 3)

Fourth Year - Credits: 30

  • Individual and Society General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
  • Values and Ethical General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
  • General Education Electives must be 200+ level   (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 411 - Business Practices in Photographers (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
  • PHT 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusivity Requirements

Students take the following: 

  • DEI course attribute at any level
  • DEI course attribute 200 level and above

Photography Electives

  • PHT 210 - Fine Art Photography (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 214 - Photography Agency (Cr: 1)
  • PHT 217 - Sports Photography (Cr: 3)
  • PHT 306 - Experimental and Alternative Photographic Processes (Cr: 3)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the photography program, students will:

  • Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within the art fields.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of and competency with computer technology as it is used in the artistic processes.
  • Demonstrate a strong handling of perceptual skills in drawing.
  • Experience the relationship of academic studio practices to professional applications.
  • Discuss and write about the historical context for the visual arts.
  • Communicate effectively in written form within the conventions of the discipline.
  • Convey an understanding of the visual forms and their aesthetic functions, and basic design principles. 
  • Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of basic and advanced tools, techniques, technologies, and processes sufficient to work from concept to finished product.
  • Incorporate functional knowledge of photographic history and theory, the relationship of photography to other visual disciplines, and its influence on culture in finished work.
  • Engage in experimental and manipulative techniques, candid and contrived imagery, documentary photography, archival processing, and interpretive studies.
  • Apply sophisticated use of color theory with an understanding of cultural context.
  • Engage verbally in intellectual discourse within the discipline.
  • Demonstrate willingness to go beyond original parameters of assignment, introducing new materials and forms, including tackling controversial topics.
  • Deconstruct concepts by applying and carrying them out into a sophisticated and unique visual solution.
  • Discuss and present an awareness of the personal creative process.

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Accreditation

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

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