Interactive Media-Web Design
A.A. Degree Digital Media · Antelope Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog
The Digital Media program develops competencies in graphic design, digital photographic imaging, video design and production, 2d and 3D animation, and interactive media. Successful completion of a certificate program provides students with entry-level skills for a wide variety of digital media industry employment. Students must receive a minimum grade of “C” or better in all required core courses and the specific courses listed as program electives in order to qualify for the degree or certificate.
Program Requirements
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Interactive Media-Web Design AA: Complete all of the following | 27 | |
| Required Courses: Complete all of the following | 21 | |
| DM 101 | Digital Media Arts | 3 |
| DM 103 | Graphic Design I | 3 |
| DM 105 | Interactive Media | 3 |
| DM 113 | Photoshop I | 3 |
| DM 127 | Web Design and Production I | 3 |
| DM 128 | Web Design and Production II | 3 |
| DM 246 | Portfolio and Job Search | 3 |
| Program Electives | 6 | |
| ART 100 | Art Appreciation | 3 |
| ART 145 | 2-D Design Basics | 3 |
| DM 106 | Video Design & Production I | 3 |
| DM 110 | Motion Graphics | 3 |
| DM 115 | Graphic Communications I | 3 |
| DM 199 | Work Experience Education | 1-8 |
| DM 213 | Photoshop II | 3 |
| DM 298 | Special Studies Digital Media | 3 |
| PHTC 125 | Beginning Digital Photography | 3 |
Recommended Pathway
Interactive Media-Web Design AA
Term 1 (15 units)
- DM101 - Digital Media Arts (3)
- Any AVC GE Area 2 (3)
- ENGLC1000 - Academic Reading and Writing (4)
- ART100 - Art Appreciation (3)
- ARTHC1100 - Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era (3)
- ARTHC1200 - Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary (3)
- ART103 - History of Art: Africa, Oceania and Indigenous North America (3)
- ART104 - History of Modern and Contemporary Art in the 20th Century (3)
- ART106 - History of Art: Asia (3)
- ART113 - Painting I (3)
- ART132 - Introduction to Ceramics: Hand-Building (3)
- ART135 - Beginning Wheel-Thrown Ceramics (3)
- ART137 - Advanced Wheel-Thrown Ceramics (3)
- ART140 - Watercolor (3)
- ART145 - 2-D Design Basics (3)
- ART163 - Painting II (3)
- ART170 - Drawing II (3)
- ART213 - Painting III (3)
- General Elective (2)
Term 2 (15 units)
- DM103 - Graphic Design I (3)
- DM105 - Interactive Media (3)
- DM113 - Photoshop I (3)
- General Elective (3)
- Any AVC GE Area 1B (3)
Term 3 (15 units)
- DM127 - Web Design and Production I (3)
- DM115 - Graphic Communications I (3)
- ANTH101 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (3)
- ASTRC1001 - Introduction to Astronomy (3)
- BIOL104 - Environmental Biology (3)
- BIOL205 - Introduction to Biotechnology (3)
- GEOG101 - Physical Geography: Earth's Surface Landscapes (3)
- GEOG102 - Physical Geography: Earth's Weather & Climate (3)
- GEOL101 - Physical Geology (3)
- GEOL102 - Historical Geology (3)
- Any AVC GE Area 5 (3)
- Any AVC GE Area 6 (3)
- General Elective (3)
Term 4 (15 units)
- DM128 - Web Design and Production II (3)
- DM246 - Portfolio and Job Search (3)
- ART100 - Art Appreciation (3)
- ART145 - 2-D Design Basics (3)
- DM106 - Video Design & Production I (3)
- DM110 - Motion Graphics (3)
- DM115 - Graphic Communications I (3)
- DM213 - Photoshop II (3)
- DM298 - Special Studies Digital Media (3)
- PHTC125 - Beginning Digital Photography (3)
- Any AVC GE Area 4 (3)
- General Elective (3)