Masters degree in photography??

8 years 8 months ago #445774 by Flash Steven
I've been on Monster.com for some time looking for some greener grass and noticed yesterday a job that indicated if you don't have a Masters degree in photography, to not apply.

Who offers a Masters degree in photography? I know Brooks and Hallmark offer associates and bachelor degree's. But I have not found one that offers a Masters? I even did some searches on Google and Yahoo with nothing popping up on the topic.


So...?

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8 years 8 months ago #445787 by effron
There are quite a few that offer post graduate degrees in photography, Yale, RIT, UCLA and others. I'm sure the accrued debt wouldn't put a thirty year crimp on a grad's lifestyle though.....:dry:

Why so serious?
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8 years 8 months ago #445891 by icepics
There are degrees in photography through universities that would be in art or journalism/media. For example my degree (not photography related) is a Bachelor of Science. Universities are accredited thru an organization like the Higher Learning Commission.

Community colleges have a different accreditation for two year associate degrees or one year certificates to show courses were completed.

Photography schools may offer what they call a 'degree' but actually issue certificates as adult continuing ed. That only means you took the courses for personal enrichment or professional development. I think it's misleading to call them 'degrees'.

It depends on the job and what they require.

Sharon
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8 years 8 months ago - 8 years 8 months ago #445892 by Screamin Scott
Like most any other occupation, those pieces of paper have little value in the real world. Employers want people with "experience"

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8 years 8 months ago #445893 by icepics
I looked at Hallmark, they are accredited as 'occupational' in the state and as a 'career school' - and they are a for-profit business.

The certificates they offer are similar to the associate degrees in nursing and various tech jobs, etc. offered at a community college, NOT an actual 4+ year bachelor's or a graduate degree issued by a university.

Brooks - same thing, for-profit. Their accreditation is for independent colleges and schools which I'm not familiar with, and their website shows 'private' postsecondary education and seems to be only licensed for that in California. Seems iffy.

The HR dept. at an employer should know the difference so it depends on what they require for a job.

Sharon
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8 years 8 months ago #445997 by Jerrid
Doesn't New York film academy offer one? 


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8 years 8 months ago #446036 by icepics
Same type thing, their accreditation in New York is only as a private career school.

Says their program counts toward some college credit only in California and seems to be credit hours (or 'clock' hours) - like what's often given for attending workshops, not college semester hours.

I don't know what kind of photography job would require a college degree. I think people working as photojournalists might have had college degrees but I don't know that it was required or what today might be required.

Sharon
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8 years 8 months ago #446041 by Eric A
 Book smarts over experience? 
 Next! 

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8 years 8 months ago #446043 by Screamin Scott
It's one thing to know what to do in a given situation. Another to be able to do it...

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8 years 8 months ago #446155 by Frisco
I'm surprised, I thought Hallmark was a bachelor and Masters degree photography school

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8 years 8 months ago #446233 by icepics
So they say. I'm not sure how they're able to claim that but maybe it depends on what state they're located in and what type degrees a career or tech school issues in their state. 

I had to have a university-issued Bachelor's degree to do the kind of work I did, and was licensed and had to take courses to maintain licensure. I don't know of anything in photography that would require that.

We'd need to know what the job is to know why they want someone with a Master's degree. And you have to have a Bachelor's to enroll in grad school to get a Master's. So what in photography would need that? I don't know... unless maybe it's in journalism? although a lot of newspapers are struggling and and firing photographers. Maybe commercial photography/advertising? I don't know a lot about that field of work.

Sharon
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