Photography

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Overview

  • Delivery: Daytime and Evening Classes
  • Start: Fall or Spring Semester, Full- or Part-Time
  • Location: Rosemount Campus

Outcomes

Major Description

Meshing the art, science and business of photography in a dynamic curriculum, this program allows students to achieve one or more of the following goals:

  1. Starting a photography business
  2. Entering a specific sector of the visual communications workplace
  3. Acceptance to a four-year college

Work Environment

Professional photographers, self-employed or employed by large organizations, succeed in a multitude of niches. Harnessing creativity to strong technical skills, photographers typically take on some form of scientific, commercial or artistic specialization.

Potential Job Titles

  • Advertising Photographer
  • Forensic Photographer
  • Photojournalist
  • Portrait Photographer
  • Sports Photographer
  • Wedding Photographer
  • Wildlife Photographer

Salary Data

  • Average Wage: $23.39/hour
  • Top Earners: $39.25/hour

Web Site

Visit the Visual Communications Web site to access more information, including testimonials, student work, student employment, transfer opportunities and instructor biographies.

Academic Advisor

Dean

  • Sherralyn Cox
    Dean of Design and Health/Human Services

Instructors

Tangen, Darrell 651-423-8584 darrell.tangen@dctc.edu BIO
Eilers, Bill 651-423-8364 william.eilers@dctc.edu BIO
Latner, Peter 651-423-8590 peter.latner@dctc.edu BIO

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