What kind of discipline does photography belong to?

Photography major belongs to the art category.

Photography mainly studies the basic knowledge and skills of art, aesthetics, composition, photography and image processing, and takes photos, retouches and prints in photo studios, newspapers, TV stations and advertising companies. For example: photo studio art photos, wedding photos shooting, retouching, printing, clothing advertising photos shooting, post-processing.

Composition design, digital picture post-processing, commercial advertising photography, product and still life photography, photographic composition and lighting, TV photography foundation, black and white darkroom technology, world photography history, black and white tone control, lighting art.

Employment direction: photography, advertising enterprises: photo shooting, post-retouching, photo printing; Newspapers and TV stations: photojournalists and photo editors; Film and television production enterprises: film and television photography, publicity photo shooting.

Undergraduate and junior college students in photography belong to fine arts. Photography majors train senior professionals with extensive knowledge of scientific culture and artistic theory, film, television, advertising and photo photography capabilities, and can engage in photography art creation, teaching and research in film factories, television production departments, advertising and publicity departments and audio-visual publishing departments.

Photography core courses: art foundation, art appreciation, lighting technology, photography technology and skills, photography composition, trick photography, nonlinear editing, photography modeling, advertising photography and visual communication.