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Program Type: Certificate of Achievement

Division: Visual Arts and Media Studies

Program Description:
This curriculum prepares the student to enter the interactive multimedia design industry as an entry level designer and/or multimedia technician. The program stresses the creative process as well as the professional and production methods used currently in industry. Projects will emphasize content development, interface and information design, authoring environments, programming for multimedia, and repurposing and output of materials to various platform and delivery systems including video, CD-ROMs, portable disks, and the World Wide Web.

Students completing this program will have developed a portfolio as well as participate in an advanced team project.

Effective: 2007-2008


Recommended electives (select according to emphasis):

Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Interface Design, Animation:
Art 1AB, 4D, 12AB, 15, 20A-C, 23A-C, 25, 31B, 33A-C, 40, 51AB, 52, 118, 124, 155B
Art 110A-D for qualified students.

Programming:
CIS 10
CS 2, 4

Music, Sound, and Audio:
Music 94, 96AB

Film and Narration:
Photo 25, 26A-C, 126

Video, Television, and Broadcasting:
Telcm 2A, 7, 17, 103AB, 107, 141B


Required Units in the Major:    48

Required Courses
  Semester I (12 units)
ART 11A - FOUNDATION DRAWING (3.0 units)
  ART 31A - COLOR AND COMPOSITION--TWO DIMENSIONAL DESIGN (3.0 units)
  PHOTO 21 - ELEMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY (3.0 units)
  ART 1A - HISTORY OF WESTERN ART (3.0 units)
  &
  Semester II (12 units)
ART 32A - DESIGN-THREE DIMENSIONAL (3.0 units)
  ART 50A - INTRODUCTION TO ADVERTISING GRAPHIC DESIGN (3.0 units)
  ART 56 - COMPUTER ASSISTED DRAWING & PAINTING (3.0 units)
  PHOTO 30 - INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC DARKROOM IMAGING (3.0 units)
  &
  Semester III (12 units)
ART 12A - LIFE DRAWING-BEGINNING (3.0 units)
  OR
  ART 15 - SKETCHING FOR DESIGN (3.0 units)
  OR
  ART 18 - RENDERING (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 156 - MOTION GRAPHICS (3.0 units)
  ART 50B - INTERMEDIATE ADVERTISING/GRAPHIC DESIGN (3.0 units)
  MUSIC 129A - MUSIC IN MULTIMEDIA (3.0 units)
  OR
  PHOTO 130 - ADVANCED ELECTRONIC PHOTO IMAGING (3.0 units)
  &
  Semester IV (12 units)
ART 154 - MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION-MACINTOSH (3.0 units)
  ART 155A - 3-D MODELING AND ANIMATION (3.0 units)
  ART 198 - DESIGN FOR THE INTERNET (3.0 units)
  ART 158 - INTERACTIVITY FOR THE INTERNET (3.0 units)

Required Electives (0 Units)

None

Recommended Electives
  ART 1A - HISTORY OF WESTERN ART (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 1B - HISTORY OF WESTERN ART (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 4D - HISTORY OF MODERN ART IN EUROPE AND AMERICA (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 12A - LIFE DRAWING-BEGINNING (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 12B - LIFE DRAWING-ADVANCED (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 15 - SKETCHING FOR DESIGN (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 20A - PAINTING (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 20B - PAINTING (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 20C - PAINTING (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 23A - PRINTMAKING - INTAGLIO AND RELIEF (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 23B - PRINTMAKING-LITHOGRAPHY (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 23C - PRINTMAKING-MONOTYPE (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 25 - SCULPTURE (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 31B - DESIGN-ADVANCED TWO DIMENSIONAL (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 33A - PRODUCT DESIGN APPLICATION (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 33B - PRODUCT DESIGN APPLICATION (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 33C - PRODUCT DESIGN APPLICATION (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 51A - LETTERING FUNDAMENTALS (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 51B - LETTERING AND TYPOGRAPHY (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 52 - ILLUSTRATION (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 118 - ADVANCED RENDERING (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 124 - COMPUTER ASSISTED PRINTMAKING (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 155B - ADVANCED 3-D MODELING AND ANIMATION (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 110A - SKILLS FOR SUCCESS IN DESIGN DIGITAL MEDIA (1.0 units)
  &
  ART 110B - SKILLS FOR SUCCESS IN MULTIMEDIA DIGITAL MEDIA (1.0 units)
  &
  ART 110C - SKILLS FOR SUCCESS IN DIGITAL MEDIA (1.0 units)
  &
  ART 110D - SKILLS FOR SUCCESS IN PHOTOGRAPHY DIGITAL MEDIA (1.0 units)
  &
  CIS 10 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS (5.0 units)
  &
  CS 2 - FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (4.0 units)
  &
  CS 4 - PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (3.0 units)
  &
  MUSIC 94 - COMPUTER LITERACY FOR MUSICIANS (1.0 units)
  &
  MUSIC 96A - INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC RECORDING AND PRODUCTION (2.0 units)
  &
  MUSIC 96B - MUSIC RECORDING & PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS (2.0 units)
  &
  PHOTO 25 - FILM ART (3.0 units)
  &
  PHOTO 26A - BEGINNING FILMMAKING--ELECTRONIC (3.0 units)
  &
  PHOTO 26B - INTERMEDIATE FILMMAKING--ELECTRONIC (3.0 units)
  &
  PHOTO 26C - ADVANCED FILMMAKING (3.0 units)
  &
  PHOTO 126 - DIGITAL FILM NARRATIVE (3.0 units)
  &
  TELCM 2A - FUNDAMENTALS OF AUDIO FOR MEDIA (3.0 units)
  &
  TELCM 7 - VIDEO CONTROLS LABORATORY (3.0 units)
  &
  TELCM 17 - TELEVISION AND FILM SCRIPT WRITING (3.0 units)
  &
  TELCM 103A - ADVANCED AUDIO RECORDING TECHNIQUES (3.0 units)
  &
  TELCM 103B - ADVANCED AUDIO RECORDING TECHNIQUES (3.0 units)
  &
  TELCM 107 - VIDEO STUDIO CONTROLS (5.0 units)
  &
  TELCM 141B - DIGITAL NON-LINEAR VIDEO EDITING (3.0 units)
  &
  ART 40 - INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL TOOLS (3.0 units)