Informational Design
Certificate of Completion School of Extended Learning: Career Skills and Health Academy · Santa Barbara City College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Requirements
Along with visual literacy, data and procedural literacies are key skills necessary for contemporary designers. This certificate program serves as an introduction to the production of information visualizations for contemporary media, a current area of design that harnesses these three essential skill sets. There are no prerequisite requirements for this program, and courses are open to all students.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| GDPW NC031 | Information Design for Print | 0 |
| GDPW NC032 | Interactive Information Design for Screen | 0 |
Learning Outcomes
- Analyze effectiveness of a visualization's presentation of data
- Design visualizations that showcase data with appropriately chosen design strategies
- Apply procedural thinking to solve design problems