The Visual Fine Arts: Photography Option at Tunxis Community College provides an introduction to the fundamentals of photography. Our accomplished faculty offers guidance and mentoring in photographic technique, concepts, and aesthetics. The program culminates in the creation of a portfolio which, upon completion of the degree can be used towards transfer into a four year photography program or as a credential in the job search process.
Upon successful completion of all courses in the program, students will be able to:
- demonstrate an awareness of the concepts associated with formal artistic composition in photographic image creation
- demonstrate film-processing skills in black & white 35-mm photography
- demonstrate photographic printing and enlargement skills in black & white 35-mm photography
- demonstrate skills in 35-mm camera operations to control the outcome of a film negative
- develop negative troubleshooting skills and printing touch-up skills
- exhibit basic darkroom techniques: burning, dodging, photograms, push processing, dry mounting, toning, hand coloring,
infrared film, and sabatier effects - demonstrate skills in professional photographic lighting techniques with strobe systems, hot lights, and camera-mounted flash
- demonstrate an understanding and ability to use photographic terminology
- demonstrate techniques of photographic computer image alteration and touch up techniques
- demonstrate a sense of aesthetics and sensitivity toward the diverse areas and applications of photography
- exhibit slide, flatbed, and negative scanning
- demonstrate an understanding of color slide photography for products, figures, objects, and nature
- demonstrate an understanding of the history of professional photographers and of oral presentation skills for individual
classroom presentations - understand the broad history of photography
- demonstrate the ability to present a coherent plan of action for an in-depth photographic project
- exhibit self-assessment tools in evaluation of photographs and techniques
- demonstrate the skills necessary to develop and present a portfolio of finished professional work.
Contact: Jackie Decker
| First Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course # | Title | Credits |
| ART*141 | Photography I | 3 |
| ENG*101 | Composition (a) | 3 |
| CSS-101 | First Year Experience | 3 |
| GRA*101 | Design Principles | 3 |
| Select one of the following courses: | ||
| ART*205 | History of Photography or | |
| Art History Elective (a) (from ART*100/101/102/103/201/205) | 3 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ART*111 | Drawing I | 3 |
| ART*122 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| ART*142 | Photography II (a) | 3 |
| Fine Arts Elective (from ART*, COM*154, COM*167, DGA*, GRA*, NMC*, MUS*, THR*) | 3 | |
| Social Science Elective (a) (from ANT*, ECN*, GEO*, POL*, PSY*, SOC*) | 3 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| ART*112 | Drawing II (a) | 3 |
| ART*243 | Studio Photography (a) | 3 |
| Directed Studio Elective (from ART*109-156, ART*211-284, DGA*, GRA*, NMC*) | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Mathematics Elective (a)(e) (from MAT*135 or above) | 3-4 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| ART*289 | Portfolio Preparation (a) | 3 |
| Directed Studio Elective (b) (from ART*109-156, ART*211-284, DGA*, GRA*, NMC*) | 3 | |
| Humanities Elective (d) | 3 | |
| Science Elective (c) (from AST*, BIO*, CHE*, EAS*, EVS*, MET*, OCE*, PHY*) | 3-4 | |
| Select one of the following courses: | ||
| ART*XXX | ||
| Photography III (a) or | ||
| ART*257 | Commercial Photography (a) | 3 |
| Total | ||
| 60-62 | ||
(a) Prerequisite and/or co-requisite required.
(b) To be selected in consultation of faculty advisor based on student’s program of study. Should be selected from Nature
Photography (ART*240), Object & Portrait Photography (ART*248) or Digital Photography (ART*250).
(c) Students intending to transfer to a four-year program should take a 4-credit lab science.
(d) To be selected from courses in ANT*, ART*, CHI*, COM*, ENG*, ESL*143 or above, FRE*, HIS*, ITA*, LAT*, LAW*, LIN*,
MUS*, NMC*, PHL*, PLH*, POL*, Religious Studies, RUS*, SPA*, and THR*.
(e) Math for the Liberal Arts (MAT*146) is recommended.
NOTES: The art faculty reserves the right to retain, exhibit, and reproduce any work submitted by students for credit in any art course for
a period of one year after the course was taken. Externship may be taken in lieu of one Directed Elective – see faculty advisor
STUDENTS: The Community Colleges are undergoing a merger with a plan to become Connecticut State Community College in fall 2023; please work closely with your advisor/program coordinator to select your courses accordingly. Get more details about this merger.