Title: Syllabus
Course: Commercial Photography II (11052-II)

Copyright 2020

Virginia Assignment Code: 8608

Suggested Grade Level: 11, 12

Duration: 36 weeks

Prerequisites: 8607

CTSO: SkillsUSA

Course Description:

Students are taught industry-relevant technical skills and have the opportunity to work with a variety of technology, including digital cameras, lighting, design software, and editing tools to stage, shoot, process, print, and present professional-grade images while developing a portfolio for a career as a commercial photographer. Students will develop an understanding of photography's influence in society and strategize how they may perform in the professional industry, using their technical and creative knowledge. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

Credentials, Course Sequences, and Career Clusters/Pathways can be found here:

https://www.cteresource.org/career-clusters/arts-a-v-technology-and-communications/commercial-photography-ii/