Arizona State University is a large academic institution in Tempe that offers degree programs in many areas, including arts and sciences, business, education, law, engineering and journalism. The photography program at Arizona State's Herberger Institute School of Art is considered among the best in the country, and the ASU graduate photography program is ranked among the top 10 by U.S. News and World Report. ASU photography students explore interdisciplinary options through disciplines that include sculpture and printmaking.
Phoenix College, located in Phoenix, is the flagship institution of Maricopa Community Colleges, which ranks as the nation's largest community college system. Phoenix College offers a photography/digital photo curriculum that includes course work in specialized camera and equipment operation and maintenance, applications to commercial and industrial needs, and business operations. Specific classes include photography I, photography II, commercial photography I, commercial photography II, portrait photography, intro to digital photography, color photography I and studio art: photography.
The Maricopa Community College campus in neighboring Mesa offers a certificate of completion in digital photography. The program helps prepare students for jobs in the photography and digital imaging fields as commercial photographers, portrait and fine art photographers, photo assistants, digital production technicians and photo retouchers. Students will learn about traditional photo principles, cameras, film and printing, and they will learn how to apply these principles using digital cameras, computer software and printers.
The Arizona Digital Imaging Institute in Tempe is a small business that offers instruction to people wishing to learn more about photography. The school offers the advantages of small classes and individual instruction. Camera classes focus on the use of simple point-and-shoot cameras as well as more professional digital single-lens reflex cameras. Also offered are classes in Adobe Photoshop on beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. The facilities include a modern computer lab for student use.