Visual Communications, Technical Certificate

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE

• ENGL 111 - English Composition CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• IVYT 1xx - Student Success Elective CREDIT HOURS: 1

PROFESSIONAL - TECHNICAL CORE

• PHOT 104 - Photography I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 101 - Design Fundamentals CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 115 - Vector Graphics & Pub Design I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

STATEWIDE ELECTIVES

Choose 12 credits from the following: For students choosing up to six credits of the 1XX courses from the elective list, please take 1XX courses first before attempting any 2XX level courses.

• ARTS 102 - Color and Design Theory I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• DBMS 110 - Introduction to Data Analytics CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• INFM 109 - Informatics Fundamentals CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MKTG 101 - Principles of Marketing CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MKTG 252 - Introduction to Digital Marketing CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MKTG 257 - Digital Marketing Management CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 107 - Photography II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 200 - Field Photography CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 201 - Photography III CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 203 - Professional Portraiture CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 204 - Commercial Photography CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 208 - Independent Study CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 209 - Studio Lighting CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 214 - Journalistic and Editorial Photography CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PHOT 218 - Fine Art Photography CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• SDEV 120 - Computing Logic CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• SDEV 153 - Website Development CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VIDT 111 - Studio and Field Production I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VIDT 113 - Film Appreciation CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VIDT 202 - Studio and Field Production II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VIDT 210 - Production Editing I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VIDT 211 - Production Editing II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 102 - Raster Graphics I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 104 - User Experience/Interface (UX/UI) I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 105 - Video and Sound CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 107 - Screen Printing CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1
• VISC 110 - Web & Social Media CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 111 - Drawing for Visualization CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 113 - Typography CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 114 - Graphic Design I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 120 - Comic Books & Sequential Art CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 124 - Publication Design II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 200 - Motion Graphics CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 201 - Raster Graphics II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 202 - User Experience/Interface (UX/UI) Design II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 203 - Independent Study CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 204 - App Design I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 205 - Business Practices for Visual Communicators CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 206 - Interdisciplinary Studies CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 208 - App Design II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 209 - 3D Animation I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 210 - Web Design I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 212 - 3-D Animation II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 213 - Raster/Vector Graphics III CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 214 - Publication Design III CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 215 - Web Design II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 216 - Vector Graphics II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 217 - Graphic Design II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 218 - Digital Process and Workflow CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 219 - Graphic Design III CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 222 - User Experience/Interface (UX/UI) III CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 230 - Art in the Community CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• VISC 280 - Co-op/Internship CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1
• VISC 181 - 194 Special Topics in Visual Communications CREDIT HOURS: 1-3
• VISC 281 - 294 Advanced Special Topics in Visual Communications CREDIT HOURS: 1-3

TOTAL CREDITS: 31

DEGREE OUTCOMES

• Effectively utilize the fundamentals of design as they relate to concepts with the visual image, developing an approach to composition, determining style, communicating information, and creating a directed response.
• Develop concepting skills and apply these skills to practical, design/photographic solutions for industry-based situations.
• Develop an awareness in the use of relevant professional hardware, software, and equipment.
• Employ time management skills to create and meet milestones to facilitate projected deadlines.
• Demonstrate critical and creative thinking.
• Recognize and understand cultural and individual differences, in terms of both contemporary and historical perspectives.
• Communicate effectively in written, oral, and/or symbolic forms.
• Demonstrate the acquisition and use of content.