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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.
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