jeremy031671 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Hello! I am a senior preparing for college in the States. I was thinking about double majoring photography with other major, and I was thinking if there is a decent school in the east coast that offers a good photography course with others. I was thinking of Notredame or Boston (originally thinking of majoring theology), but any good suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 It is likely that your high school counselor has school catalogs showing what degrees and courses are offered by different universities. Perhaps some here can suggest schools and, more importantly, faculties that have a good reputation, but the lack of responses so far is not encouraging. One problem is that photography as a professional field is waning - many aspects of it are being overrun by computer graphics (product photography, for example). There are still mostly technical training programs of quality in things like the Art Institutes. My school, Southern Illinois University, had a superb faculty and an excellent program, but I simply don't know what its status is right now -- and similarly for other universities. i think your impulse to make some other field your central and primary major is wise. Photography can be a second major or a minor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles_Webster Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 If you want to become a professional photographer, I suggest you major in business and minor in photography. Professional photography is a business and requires some training and understanding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller5 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 It is likely that your high school counselor has school catalogs showing what degrees and courses are offered by different universities. Perhaps some here can suggest schools and, more importantly, faculties that have a good reputation, but the lack of responses so far is not encouraging. One problem is that photography as a professional field is waning - many aspects of it are being overrun by computer graphics (product photography, for example). There are still mostly technical training programs of quality in things like the Art Institutes. My school, Southern Illinois University, had a superb faculty and an excellent program, but I simply don't know what its status is right now -- and similarly for other universities. i think your impulse to make some other field your central and primary major is wise. Photography can be a second major or a minor. East covers a lot of ground. Virginia Tech has a school of visual arts with a major and minor that includes digital and analog photography and so does Radford down the road. I know 2 shops that cater to them. One said that his sales of film camera gear to students so far this year is three times what he did all of last year. They have good faculty but like JDM I also do not know their status. You can also just take electives in what interests you most without the minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenabrite Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 (edited) Moderator Note: Contents deleted. You must post only your own images and your own commentary. Edited July 27, 2017 by William Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Since this has already been re-animated, There are still mostly technical training programs of quality in things like the Art Institutes. Sadly, this is no longer true. See LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eb_kidd Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 i think your impulse to make some other field your central and primary major is wise. Photography can be a second major or a minor. Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles_Webster Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Given that the OP was from 2017, it's likely that he's committed to a course of study already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Moderator Note - For general information, this conversation has been reanimated several times, always by Spammers. The spam has been removed and the Spam Accounts terminated. This converstion is now closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts