Photography Program (B.S.)

Program Overview
An emphasis on photography skills, technologies, methods, & industry practices with an emphasis on business and marketing studies.

The B.S. in Photography program provides students with an understanding of the skills, technologies, methods, and industry practices that are applicable to most types of photographic work, while contextualizing the program with a business and communications model. In addition to keeping abreast of the rapid changes that technology has brought to the field, this program emphasizes image-production within the framework of marketing, media analysis, financial acumen, public relations, and entrepreneurship. Students are taught the business practices which prepare them for professional practice upon graduation. The focus is within business, marketing, and social media classes through a progressive curriculum that remains at the forefront in the photographic profession. By 2026 UBS predicts that up to 80 percent of photographers will be sole proprietors. Given this statistic, we feel the B.S. in Photography will provide skills in business and marketing that will complement the studio portrait, commercial, advertising, and product imagery coursework.

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Curriculum
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 127

Freshman - Credits: 32
- Photography Elective (Cr. 3)
- Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
- Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
- ART 102 - Visual Art and Cultural Values II: Early Fourteenth Century to the Present (Cr: 3)
- BUS 125 - Introduction to Business (Cr: 3)
- ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
- ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
- INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
- PHT 113 - Multimedia I: Audio and Video Production for Photographers (Cr: 3)
- PHT 116 - Introduction to Photographic Imaging (Cr: 3)
- PHT 160 - Photographic Applications I (Cr: 3)
Sophomore - Credits: 35
- General Education Requirement (Cr. 3) (Recommended CMM203)
- Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
- World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
- ART 317 - History of Photography (Cr: 3)
- BUS 200 - Marketing (Cr: 3)
- CMM 204 - Promotional Writing (Cr: 3)
- GD 105 - Introduction to Computer Graphics (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)
Junior - Credits: 30
- General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
- Global Issues General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Individual and Society General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Literacy Perspective General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
- ART 302 - Portfolio (Cr: 3)
- BUS 301 - Entrepreneurship for Non-Business Majors (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)
- PHT 325 - Advanced Photography Seminar (Cr: 3)
Senior - Credits: 30
- General Education Elective (Cr: 6)
- CMM 335 - Social Media and Marketing (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)
Recommended Electives:
- ACC 175 - Financial Accounting (Cr: 3)
- BUS 270 - Communicating in Business (Cr: 3)
- BUS 330 - Consumer Behavior (Cr: 3)
- BUS 360 - Retail Management (Cr: 3)
- BUS 380 - Small Business Management (Cr: 3)
- BUS 460 - Brand Management (Cr: 3)
- CMM 103 - Advertising Fundamentals (Cr: 3)
- CMM 106 - Media and Culture I (Cr: 3)
- CMM 115 - Social Media: Theory and Practice (Cr: 3)
- CMM 315 - Global Mass Communication (Cr: 3)
- CMM 335 - Social Media and Marketing (Cr: 3)
- CMM 380 - Media Ethics (Cr: 3)
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Careers & Internships
An Endicott education means you'll graduate with a degree and a resume.

Whether you pursue graduate school or embark on your career right away after graduation, we believe that your time at Endicott will prepare you for the next step.

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Recent Internships
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- Boston Magazine
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- The Cape Ann Museum
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- Jordan Matter Photography