Monterey Peninsula College • 2016-17 Catalog
ART – PHOTOGRAPHY
The Photography program prepares students for a career in the field and/or provides continuing education and personal
enrichment opportunities. The program is committed to a broad definition of photography as a lens-based medium open to a
variety of expressive means.
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:
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Define subject and compose image using frame and vantage point.
Control and manipulate light, depth of field, and motion.
Create prints from film or digital source and control print contrast, tonal range, and color.
Articulate the meaning of photographs and learn how meaning is visually communicated.
Create a cohesive body of exhibition-quality work that collectively explores an idea or concept and be able to explain the
significance of subject, form, presentation, and meaning.
Analyze and interpret human thought, achievement, and expression relevant to such branches of knowledge as
philosophy, literature, and/or the fine and performing arts, and to communicate the results.
Certificate of Achievement
Certificate Requirements
UNITS
ARTP 11A Photography I: Black and White
ARTP 11B
Photography II (3)
or ARTP 55 Alternative Processes (3)
ARTP 12A Digital Photography I
ARTP 15
Portraiture Photography
Select six units from the following not selected
for the certificate requirement:
ARTP 11B Photography II (3)
ARTP 11C Photography III (3)
ARTP 12B Digital Photography II (3)
ARTP 14
History of Photography (3)
ARTP 20
Critique/Portfolio (3)
ARTP 25
Documentary Photography (3)
ARTP 55
Alternative Processes (3)
ARTP 56
Experimental Photography (3)
ARTP 57
Lensless Photography (3)
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TOTAL CERTIFICATE UNITS
18
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6
Associate in Arts (Transfer Preparation Degree)
Complete Major, CSU General Education or IGETC Pattern, Competency Requirements, and 60 transferable units (see pages
60-63 in the 2016-17 MPC Catalog).
Associate Degree Major Requirements
ARTP 11A
*ARTP 12A
*ARTP 15
*ARTP 20
or *ARTP 55
Photography I: Black and White
Digital Photography I
Portraiture Photography
Critique/Portfolio (3)
Alternative Processes (3)
UNITS
3
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3
Select six units from the following not selected for the
degree core requirement:
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ARTP 10
Introduction to Photography (3)
*ARTP 11B Photography II (3)
*ARTP 11C Photography III (3)
*ARTP 12B Digital Photography II (3)
ARTP 14
History of Photography (3)
*ARTP 20 Critique/Portfolio (3)
*ARTP 25 Documentary Photography (3)
*ARTP 55 Alternative Processes (3)
*ARTP 56 Experimental Photography (3)
*ARTP 57 Lensless Photography (3)
TOTAL MAJOR UNITS
18
*Does not transfer to UC.
Contact an MPC counselor for major preparation at specific institutions.