Admission Requirements

The Professional Photography Degree Program is a Limited Entry Program. The links below will provide you with further information:

Fill out and return the standard MHCC Student Admissions Form.
Return with your application form of a Photo CD or a transparent plastic slide sleeve of 12 slides representing your visual expression and a short statement of your goals as they relate to the professional photography program. Judging is based more on how you address the world visually through your photography and art than technical quality. Be sure to include a self-addressed stamped slide mailer or envelop to return your work.

You will need to make arrangements to take the College Placement Test (CPT) through Advising and Counseling Center (491-7644) or through the community college nearest you. You will need scores that would enable enrollment in Math 20, Reading 90, and Writing 115. If you have had previous college work demonstrating your math, writing and reading skills, please have your official transcript(s) sent to the Admissions and Records Office.
Your application will be considered complete after you have completed Steps 1-3. A selection committee comprised of program advisors and college personnel will review only those complete applications.
Upon notice of acceptance into the program by the Admissions and Records Office, the applicant must indicate his/her intention to enroll by completing registration by September. The Office of Admissions and Records has the sole authorization to inform students of their admissions status: accepted, accepted as alternates, and not accepted. You may expect a letter on your admissions status before June.
If you are accepted into the program, you will need to complete--if you haven't already done so--ART 261 (Photography I) before the beginning of fall term. Several sections are offered during the summer term. Your acceptance into the program is not at all based on whether you have taken the Art 261 before you submit your application.