Digital Design and Imaging

Digital Media students learn fundamental concepts, aesthetic principles, and complex techniques applicable to digital media and related programs in multimedia, new media, animation, digital video, and digital design. A variety of certificate options explore in detail a desired specialty in this multidisciplinary field.

These certificates are for students who are interested in pursuing a career as a Graphic/Visual Designer, Illustrator, Animator, Digital Imaging Specialist, Videographer, Editor/Visual Effects Artist, Web Designer, or Game Designer/Developer. The certificate options available offer a student a path directly to start or enhance a career or to work as an entry level production specialist.

Learning Outcome(s):

1. analyze the relationship of aesthetics, content, user experience and/or interactivity of projects suitable for implementing and using digital media or in order to synthesize a design, produce development guidelines incorporating techniques such as storyboards and flow charts and render their design using good aesthetic principles and contemporary digital technology.
2. be able to perform and communicate ideas within a team environment and contribute significant work related to their option area of study.
3. demonstrate an ability to use Digital Media technology and concepts to design, produce, and integrate aesthetically pleasing 2D/3D visual and animated material for film, video, web pages, CD/DVDs, video games or digital print.