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General Information

Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
PHTGD006.
Course Title (CB02)
Photography Production Laboratory
Course Credit Status
Credit - Degree Applicable
Effective Term
Fall 2024
Course Description
This is a supervised course in the use of a photographic studio, darkrooms, and/or photographic computer lab space.
Faculty Requirements
Discipline 1
[Photography]
FSA
[FHDA FSA - PHOTOGRAPHY]
Course Family
FD - Photography-Professional Practices

Course Justification

This course is part of the Professional Photography CTE A.A. degree and is UC and CSU transferable. It provides additional practical experience and advanced skills enhancement in both analog and digital techniques of photography.

Foothill Equivalency

Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
No
Foothill Course ID

Course Philosophy

Formerly Statement

Formerly Statement
(Formerly PHTG 052.)

Course Development Options

Basic Skill Status (CB08)
Course is not a basic skills course.
Grade Options
  • Letter Grade
  • Pass/No Pass
Repeat Limit
0

Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options

Transferability
Transferable to both UC and CSU

Units and Hours

Summary

Minimum Credit Units
2.0
Maximum Credit Units
2.0

Weekly Student Hours

TypeIn ClassOut of Class
Lecture Hours0.00.0
Laboratory Hours6.00.0

Course Student Hours

Course Duration (Weeks)
12.0
Hours per unit divisor
36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
Lecture
0.0
Laboratory
72.0
Total
72.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
Lecture
0.0
Laboratory
0.0
NA
0.0
Total
0.0

Prerequisite(s)

PHTG D001. or PHTG D004. (may be taken concurrently)

Corequisite(s)

Advisory(ies)

ESL D261. and ESL D265., or ESL D461. and ESL D465., or eligibility for EWRT D001A or EWRT D01AH or ESL D005.

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

Entrance Skill(s)

A working knowledge of the wet and/or digital darkroom space and equipment.

General Course Statement(s)

Methods of Instruction

Wet and/or dry lab technical support

Demonstration

Discussion as needed for individual student project/lab activities

Assignments

  1. Various lab activities or projects determined by student and approved by instructor
  2. Written commitment stating objectives of lab activities such as: project concept, equipment needs, number of prints to be completed, and printing method to be used

Methods of Evaluation

  1. Regular consultation with each student to insure progress toward individual course objectives
  2. Completion of various lab activities or projects that demonstrate practice(s) and/or technique(s) used and defined for individual student at beginning of course; including evidence of increased proficiency.

Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities

Essential Student Materials: 
  • Film and/or digital camera
  • Photographic paper: silver based and/or digital
Essential College Facilities:
  • Wet and/or dry photographic lab

Examples of Primary Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisherDate/EditionISBN
London, BarbaraPhotographyPearson2023/Thirteenth EditionISBN 13: 978-0-13-448202-6

Examples of Supporting Texts and References

None.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Course Objectives

  • Employ and demonstrate increased skill(s) in the use of appropriate equipment, materials, processes, and techniques to complete various photographic lab activities or projects.
  • Create and conceptualize new imagery using various techniques and/or practices.
  • Apply photographic technical skills to the production of printed imagery

CSLOs

  • Apply photographic technical skills to the production of printed imagery within the wet or dry darkroom across projects of increasing challenge levels.

Outline

  1. Employ and demonstrate increased skill(s) in the use of appropriate equipment, materials, processes, and techniques to complete various photographic lab activities or projects.
    1. Use of wet and/or dry lab
    2. Film development
    3. Paper development
    4. Digital imagery editing
    5. Scanning
    6. Digital printing
  2. Create and conceptualize new imagery using various techniques and/or practices.
    1. Fine art photography such as: black & white fine print, color, alternative process, or mix-media
    2. Commercial photography such as: product, portraiture, or architecture
  3. Apply photographic technical skills to the production of printed imagery
    1. Using the wet or dry darkroom to print out a cohesive body of work using silver-based or digital media.
    2. As proficiency is gained, using these skills to produce bodies of work of increasing levels of challenge.
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