Photography
Overview
- Delivery: Daytime or Evening Classes
- Start: Fall or Spring Semester, Full- or Part-Time
- Location: Rosemount Campus
Outcomes
Program Data Sheet
Major Description
Integrating the art, science and business of photography in a dynamic curriculum, this program allows students to achieve one or more of the following goals:
- Starting a photography business
- Entering a specific sector of the visual communications workplace
- Acceptance to a four-year college
Work Environment
Professional photographers, self-employed or employed by small, medium, and large organizations, succeed in a multitude of niches. Harnessing creativity to their strong technical skills, photographers typically gravitate towards an area of scientific, commercial, market-based, or artistic specialization.
Potential Job Titles
- Advertising Photographer
- Forensic Photographer
- Medical Photographer
- Photojournalist
- Portrait Photographer
- Sports Photographer
- Visual Information Media Generalist
- Wedding Photographer
Salary Data
- Average Wage: $21.68/hour
- Top Earners: $39.62/hour
Academic Advisor
- Amy Eppen
Enrollment Advisor and Financial Aid Specialist
amy.eppen@dctc.edu
651-423-8323
BIO
Instructors
| William Eilers | 651-423-8364 | william.eilers@dctc.edu | BIO |
| Peter Latner | 651-423-8590 | peter.latner@dctc.edu | BIO |
| Darrell Tangen | 651-423-8584 | darrell.tangen@dctc.edu | BIO |
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