Digital Visual Foundation
Skills Competency Award (SCA) Graphic Art & Design · Santa Barbara City College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Overview
Graphic Design offers a Skills Competency Award in Digital Visual Foundation. This award provides essential knowledge, processes, principles and skills for visual design and production for print and visual media. The student is introduced to key 21st Century digital skills needed to be successful in the media arts. This award can work well as a stand-alone award, or as the basis for study in graphic design, mutimedia, visual media production or other areas.
Requirements
Skills Competency Award Requirements
Complete all Major Requirements with a “C” or higher or "P" in each course. Candidates for a Skills Competency Award are required to complete at least 20% of the major requirements through SBCC.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Major Requirements | ||
| Required Core | ||
| GDP 110 | Media Design | 3 |
| GDP 111 | Introduction to Graphic Design | 3 |
| GDP 112 | Digital Literacy for Media Artists and Designers | 3 |
| MAT 112 | Digital Drawing | 3 |
| MAT 131 | Digital Imaging I | 3 |
| Total Units | 15.00 | |
Learning Outcomes
- Apply the iterative design process using elements and principles of visual design.
- Identify and apply the theory and practice of interaction design, visualization and software art through introductory programming languages.
- Demonstrate awareness of computer tools and processes used in visual design.
- Analyze and critique visual design work in verbal and written form.