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Photography and Imaging

Overview

Official Name of Program

Photography and Imaging

Plan Code

PHOTO-BFA

Department(s) Sponsoring Program

Career

Undergraduate

Degree Designation

BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts

HEGIS Code

1011.00

NYSED Program Code

40351 - PHOTO-BFA

CIP Code

50.0605

The BFA Degree in Photography & Imaging will prepare students in their pursuit of careers or advanced degrees in fine art, applied photography and digital imaging. The curriculum incorporates the latest 2D and 3D technologies for capturing and outputting images. Students will be able to choose among a variety of courses in the practice of photography including classes in traditional/analog and alternative processes, digital, and 2D and 3D scanning and printing, theory, history and critical thinking. Students will graduate with a portfolio that can be used to seek or further their careers in the field or apply to graduate school. Graduates of the program could be considered for positions in the workforce such as photo editors and researchers, as well as positions in the fields of photojournalism, studio portrait and product photography, architecture and or fine art photography, commercial and industrial photography, scientific photography, travel and lifestyle photography, as a retoucher, scanning technician, 3D imaging, or digital archivist.

Requirements

Completion requirement
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Earn at least 120 credits
AND
Earn at least 30 credits
In Residence at Queens College
AND
Earn at least 30 credits
Liberal Arts and Sciences Content Courses
AND
Earn a minimum GPA of 2.0
Completion requirement
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete at least 2 courses in the following Course Sets:
AND
Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:
AND
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No more than two courses in any discipline or interdisciplinary field. Students who entered Queens College in the Fall 2013 semester or later must satisfy a set of General Education requirements called Pathways. The Pathways framework has three parts: the Required Core, the Flexible Core, and the College Option. While the Required Core and Flexible Core are common to all CUNY colleges, the College Option is required only at the senior colleges, including Queens. College Option requirements are structured differently from senior college to senior college. It is possible to transfer college option credits previously completed at another CUNY senior college to QC, but once you enroll at Queens, all your remaining College Option credits must be completed by taking designated courses in residence at Queens College.

Some courses can be used to satisfy one of several different Pathways requirements, but taking a single course will never satisfy more than a single Pathways requirement. The Academic Advising Center (Kiely 217) will help you make sure that the courses you take get assigned to the various Pathways requirements in an optimal way.

As part of your general education requirements you must also complete two Writing Intensive courses (courses with a “W” in their course number), which may overlap with courses taken for Pathways or Major requirements. To avoid the need to take extra courses, students should plan their course of study at Queens College in a way that maximizes this overlap. Students who transfer from institutions that do not indicate writing-intensive courses on the transcript should make sure they receive credit for having completed the proper number of W courses. Contact the Advising Center (Kiely 217) if there are problems.

Completion requirement
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:
AND
Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:
AND
Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:
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Completion requirement
Complete at least 2 courses in the following Course Sets:
Completion requirement
Earn at least 63 credits
Completion requirement
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
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    AND
    0040101
AND
Fulfill ANY of the following requirements:
Complete ANY of the following Course Sets:
OR
Complete ANY of the following Courses:
  • 0114521
  • 0114531
  • 0114581
  • 0114601
  • 1509501
AND
Earn at least 33 credits from the following:
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  • 0041411
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  • 0041581
  • 0041591
  • 1509481
  • 0041851
  • 0042251
  • 1484081
  • 1484091
  • 1509471
Completion requirement
Earn at least 21 credits
Complete at least 7 courses in the following Course Sets:

  • OR

    OR

Four (4) of the seven electives must be taken from: ARTS 200 or ARTS 300 level courses, DESN 200 or DESN 300 level courses, PHOTO 200 or PHOTO 300 level courses.