Digital Media & Marketing: Content Design Microcredential
The microcredential will create an additional element of employability for individuals
who pursue the this path. Students in this microcredential will have acquired skills
in camera use, basic graphic design principles, and software use in Adobe Photoshop,
Illustrator, Lightroom and Premiere. Opportunities for crossover include photography,
graphic design, fine arts, and illustration where the skills acquired in the Content
Design microcredential would make those individuals more marketable.
This course introduces techniques used to create, edit, and manipulate photographs
through digital processes. Topics include image capture and input methods, workflow,
editing in the digital darkroom, and output techniques for black and white as well
as color images. Students operate a DSLR camera, and are introduced to Adobe Lightroom
and Adobe Photoshop. Photographic composition and aesthetics, and their use as a form
of visual communication, are emphasized.
Digital Applications GD1453 cr.
This course introduces contemporary text manipulation, digital imaging, and digital
illustration software. Students produce projects demonstrating their knowledge of
both the software and the interfaces between page layout, raster graphics, and vector
graphics. No previous software knowledge is required.
Digital Applications 2 GD1463 cr.
This advanced course integrates contemporary text manipulation, digital imaging, and
digital illustration software. Students complete
industry standard projects demonstrating mastery of software. Prerequisite: GD 145
Digital Applications 1.
Multimedia PhotographyPT1063 cr.
This course introduces the techniques of multimedia production. The techniques of
DSLR video production are explored and students shoot and edit video captured from
HD DSLR cameras. Students produce videos focusing on technical skills and storytelling
through multimedia elements. Prerequisite: PT207 Digital Photography 1: Camera and
Editing
