{
  "college": "sierra-college",
  "edition": "2025-2026",
  "departmentName": "Photography",
  "id": "photography--photcert",
  "name": "Photography",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "photography",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.sierracollege.edu/archive/2025-2026/departments/photography/#photcert",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "A certificate is designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree."
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "title": "Required Courses",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0060A",
          "title": "Beginning Photography",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0063",
          "title": "Digital Photography",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0065",
          "title": "Documentary Photography",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0070A",
          "title": "Studio Lighting",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0075",
          "title": "Introduction to Photoshop (also AAD 0075)",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0080",
          "title": "Color Photography",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0088",
          "title": "Business Practices for Photographers",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Select 7 units from the following:",
          "units": "7"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0020",
          "title": "Portfolio Design",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD/PHOT 0079",
          "title": "Introduction to Digital Filmmaking and Video Production",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0010",
          "title": "History of Photography",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0028",
          "title": "Independent Study (up to 1 unit)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0060B",
          "title": "The Creative Image",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0070B",
          "title": "Advanced Studio Lighting",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0076",
          "title": "Advanced Projects in Photoshop (also AAD 0076)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0090I",
          "title": "Night Photography Field Workshop 1",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0090J",
          "title": "Photojournalism Field Workshop",
          "indent": true,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0090L",
          "title": "Field Workshop: Landscape",
          "indent": true,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0090N",
          "title": "Color Nature Photography Field Workshop",
          "indent": true,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0090P",
          "title": "Outdoor Portrait Workshop",
          "indent": true,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0090T",
          "title": "Field Workshop: Travel Photography",
          "indent": true,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0090U",
          "title": "Drone Photography and Videography",
          "indent": true,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0090W",
          "title": "Wedding and Event Photography Field Workshop",
          "indent": true,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0092",
          "title": "Alternative Processes",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0093",
          "title": "Advanced Alternative Processes",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHOT 0095",
          "title": "Internship in Photography (up to 2 units)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "28"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "Only 2 units total may be taken from the PHOT 90B-90W workshop courses."
    }
  ]
}