PHTO 299 - Directed Study: Photography

Prerequisite:PHTO 130, PHTO 185
Transfers to: CSU

This course provides an opportunity for photography students to prepare and develop a portfolio project centered on a conceptual, technical, or visual theme. The theme of the portfolio project will be arranged by agreement between the instructor and students, who must submit a proposal to the instructor as part of this agreement. Students are required to contract with the instructor to determine the scope of the assignment and the unit value assigned for successful completion, and the instructor will monitor students’ progress regularly throughout the semester. Students must possess a 2.5 overall GPA, and a 3.0 GPA in the discipline of study being requested, or receive an exception from the instructor. Students may take directed study courses for a maximum of four (3) units within a discipline, and may not accumulate more than a total of twelve (9) units college wide.