Fine Art Photography
Associate in Arts Art · Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Description
The Fine Art Photography AA is an interdisciplinary studio art degree with an emphasis in photography. The studio courses mirror coursework that would be completed in the first two years of a Bachelor of Fine Arts program and prepares students for a professional career in art and photography. It is a demanding, high-credit degree program that emphasizes both photographic and fine art studio practices. Additional program requirements in Art History and a capstone portfolio course provide the visual language and photographic portfolio students will need to enter the photographic and fine art industry, or progress academically into a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- demonstrate competency using digital cameras and technology to produce photographs with technical and aesthetic value;
- visually communicate a unique vision with technical skill, personal artistic expression and conceptual meaning through foundational art studio practices;
- critique art and photography in terms of technical merit, aesthetic value and conceptual meaning using appropriate terminology.
Program Requirements
SUBJECT #
TITLE
UNITS
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ART 2A | Introduction to Drawing | 3 |
| ART 23 | 2-D Foundations | 3 |
| ART 24 | 3-D Foundations | 3 |
| ART 45 | Artist Portfolio and Self-Promotion | 1 |
| ARTH 20 | History of Photography | 3 |
| orPHOT 20 | History of Photography | 3 |
| ARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | 3 |
| orARTH C1200 | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary | 3 |
| orARTH 6 | Art History - Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Art | 3 |
| PHOT 1A | Digital Photography I | 3 |
| PHOT 2A | Black and White Darkroom Photography | 3 |
| PHOT 3A | Introduction to Studio Lighting | 3 |
| PHOT 4A | Color Theory for Photographers | 3 |
| PHOT 6A | Photoshop | 3 |
| orDIGM 6A | Photoshop | 3 |
| ART 2B | Drawing and Composition | 3 |
| ART 3A | Figure and Composition I | 3 |
| ART 12A | Beginning Oil Painting | 3 |
| ART 16A | Introduction to Ceramics I | 3 |
| ART 17A | Beginning Sculpture 1 | 3 |
| ART 18A | Wood and Stone Sculpture I | 3 |
| ART 20 | All Media Sculpture | 3 |
| ART 22 | Metal Sculpture - Lost Wax Bronze Casting | 3 |
| ART 25 | Color Theory | 3 |
| ART 61 | Illustration | 3 |
| DIGM 1 | Introduction to Digital Art | 3 |
| DIGM 2 | Introduction to Graphic Design | 3 |
| DIGM 4A | Digital Illustration | 3 |
| DIGM 7 | Design and Layout | 3 |
| DIGM 10A | Introduction to Animation | 3 |
| DIGM 11 | Video Editing | 3 |
| DIGM 12A | Motion Graphics | 3 |
| DIGM 15 | Web Design Fundamentals | 3 |
| FILM 14 | Introduction to Cinematic Arts | 3 |
| FILM 15 | Introduction to Digital Filmmaking | 3 |
| FILM 16 | Documentary Filmmaking | 3 |
| PHOT 1B | Digital Photography II | 3 |
| PHOT 5A | Photography Portfolio | 3 |
| Total | 65 | |
Other Information
Discipline: Arts & Design
Program Control Number: 38932
TOP Code: 101100 - Photography
CIP Code: 50.0605 - Photography