| BFA in Photography; degree and schooling questions?

BFA in Photography; degree and schooling questions?

E.D.M asked the question:


in order to get into a BFA program at say NYU or UCLA do you need to complete general ed?

i’m currently in community college, first year, planning on a major of photography, which i’ve been told is a BFA.

i’m confused and don’t know much on this, how does this work? i know that the nyu school of photography or whatever is extremely hard to get into and all that BUT i think i have potential. i’m still young 19, and well BASICALLY my question is this:

since i’m in community college doing my G.E. courses, if i want to go into a career in photography do i need to do my G.E. or can i just begin on my degree right off the bat? also is the BFA the highest degree i can get in photography? if not, then what are the levels of degrees i can get in photography?

this may seem stupid, but i just don’t know how to go about looking this up on the internet. thank you guys.

PS: i would also like to minor in art history, how would that tie in to my other studies?

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  1. J S on February 21st, 2009 7:09 am

    I have received a BFA in photo and at the school I went to they did require some general classes. I think for accreditation schools that offer degrees need to have a certain number of credits in math and english and history and so on for undergraduates. Check a course list from the school you plan to transfer to and see what they require. Don’t do like I did and take (pay for) too many basic classes before beginning the BFA. It’s probably cheaper to get those done at a community college first then transfer, but every school offering undergraduate degrees will have a way for you to take them. For full disclosure I’ll mention that you could get a BA in photo. The difference is that the BFA requires a “thesis” project at the end. That’s basically a year long project with a big, fat paper culminating in an exhibition. From there you can go on to get your Masters Degree (MFA) and then keep going and get your PhD. Better yet start shooting and don’t stop.