Digital Media Arts
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- Digital Media Arts - Associate in Arts Degree
- Animation & Graphics - Certificate of Achievement
- Digital Gaming - Certificate of Achievement
- Digital Video Production - Certificate of Achievement
- Advanced Video Production - Certificate of Achievement
Associate in Arts Degree Digital Media Arts
Brief Description
The Digital Media Arts associate degree provides students the opportunity to gain fundamental skills in the application of digital tools to video, games, animations, design and graphics in a project-based, hands-on environment. A range of elective options supports individual educational and employment goals. Students who have completed the degree should have a strong portfolio, workplace skills and trans-media competency. Robust faculty mentoring and frequent portfolio review support students as they prepare to continue their studies or pursue work as freelance artists or as employees.
Learning Outcomes
Degree recipients should possess the skills and abilities described below:
- Effectively use a variety of tools and processes for producing contemporary forms of digital media
- Effectively use multiple contemporary media delivery platforms and delivery systems
- Use a cluster of industry standard applications to create digital media
- Use current industry standards of production, design, and function within a chosen area of specialization
- Apply coursework and area of specialization towards transitioning from school to working in the industry
- Identify career ladders and options for further education
- Plan, create and maintain a professional portfolio highlighting and marketing skills and capabilities. Present this portfolio via websites, blogs, and social media
- Collaborate and communicate in ways that support design team and/ or group production
- Accurately describe the phases of production (pre, production and post) as well as the project management tasks inherent in each phase
Completion Worksheet
Download the completion worksheet for this degree [PDF]
Requirements
| Course No. | Course Name | Credit Hrs. |
|---|---|---|
| DMA 100 | Portfolio & Employment I | 2 |
| DMA 102 | Digital Design & Storytelling | 5 |
| DMA 103 | Graphic Design Fundamentals | 5 |
| DMA 104 | Motion Graphic Fundamentals | 5 |
| DMA 105 | Production Studio I | 5 |
| DMA 106 | Animation & Game Design Fundamentals | 5 |
| DMA 107 | Web Multimedia Fundamentals | 5 |
| DMA 108 | Video Fundamentals | 5 |
| DMA 200 | Production Studio II | 5 |
| DMA 201 | Portfolio & Employment II | 2 |
| DMA 290 | Portfolio Presentation & Review | 1 |
| DMA 292 | Internship in Media | 5 |
| Choose 5-6 credits from the following: | 5-6 | |
| BUS 145 | Business Mathematics (5 Cr) | |
| PHIL 115 | Critical Reasoning (5 Cr) | |
| PHYS 104 | Discoveries in Physics (5 Cr) | |
| PROG 109 | Introduction to Web Development (5 Cr) | |
| Choose 5 credits from the following: | 5 | |
| ANTH& 100 | Survey of Anthropology (5 Cr) | |
| ART 103 | American Art & Architecture (5 Cr) | |
| BUS 120 | Organizational Behavior (5 Cr) | |
| CES 200 | Cultural Pluralism (5 Cr) | |
| CMST 134 | Cultural Studies in Mass Media (5 Cr) | |
| CMST 280 | Intercultural Communication (5 Cr) | |
| MKTG 200 | International Marketing (5 Cr) | |
| MUSC 117 | Music of the World (5 Cr) | |
| PSYC 250 | Cross Cultural Psychology (5 Cr) | |
| SOC 215 | TV Culture & Society (5 Cr) | |
| SOC 275 | Technology in Society (5 Cr) | |
| Choose 30 credits from the following: | 30 | |
| ART 120 | Drawing I (5 Cr) | |
| ART 121 | Drawing II (5 Cr) | |
| CMST 119 | History of Animation (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 125 | Drawing for Animation I (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 126 | Drawing for Animation II (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 130 | 3-D Animation I (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 134 | Motion Graphics I (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 140 | Gaming Theory (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 152 | Audio & Recording I (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 155 | Video Editing & Streaming (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 160 | Web Multimedia Foundations (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 161 | Web Development Foundations (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 165 | Web Tools (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 210 | Raster Images (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 212 | Vector Images & Illustrations (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 213 | Design for Screen Media (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 217 | Design Usability (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 221 | Web Animation I (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 231 | 3-D Animation II (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 235 | Motion Graphics II ( 5 CR) | |
| DMA 240 | Game Design I (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 241 | Game Design II (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 242 | Game Design III (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 245 | Gaming Graphics (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 251 | Business of Film & Video Production (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 253 | Audio & Recording II (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 255 | Video Field Production (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 258 | Video Studio Production (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 259 | Intermediate Video Production (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 260 | Web Design & Development (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 262 | Web Multimedia Development (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 265 | Web Multimedia Development II (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 266 | Interactive Gaming for the Web (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 294/5/6/7 | Special Topics in Digital Media Arts (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 298 | Seminars in Digital Media Arts (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 299 | Individual Studies in Digital Media Arts (5 Cr) | |
| Total | 90-91 | |
Certificate of Achievement Animation & Graphics
Brief Description
The Animation and Graphics certificate offers students an opportunity to develop skills and increase competencies in illustration, image manipulation, screen design and 3D animation. Industry standard software allows students the opportunity to use applications in the production of illustration, animation, web design and video.
Learning Outcomes
Certificate recipients should possess the skills and abilities described below:
- Utilize appropriate methods of production planning specific to producing animation
- Demonstrate basic proficiency with software, tools and processes specific to 2D and 3D animation
- Demonstrate appropriate use of a lexicon of terms and concepts specific to area of concentration
- Demonstrate the ability to work in groups
- Demonstrate the ability to tell a story, reveal a process, and illuminate a concept or action visually
Completion Worksheet
Download the completion worksheet for this certificate [PDF]
Requirements
| Course No. | Course Name | Credit Hrs. |
|---|---|---|
| DMA 102 | Digital Design & Storytelling | 5 |
| DMA 103 | Graphic Design Fundamentals | 5 |
| DMA 104 | Motion Graphics Fundamentals | 5 |
| DMA 125 | Drawing for Animation I | 5 |
| DMA 134 | Motion Graphics I | 5 |
| DMA 221 | Web Animation I | 5 |
| Choose 15 credits from the following: | 15 | |
| DMA 130 | 3-D Animation I (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 210 | Raster Images (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 212 | Vector Images & Illustrations (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 213 | Design for Screen Media (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 231 | 3-D Animation II (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 235 | Motion Graphics II (5 Cr) | |
| Choose 3-5 credits from the following: | 3-5 | |
| DMA 100 | Portfolio & Employment I (2 Cr) | |
| DMA 201 | Portfolio & Employment II (2 Cr) | |
| DMA 290 | Portfolio Presentation & Review (1 Cr) | |
| DMA 292 | Internship in Media (5 Cr) | |
| Total | 48-50 | |
Certificate of Achievement Digital Gaming
Brief Description
The Digital Gaming certificate offers curriculum for students to develop games of their own design and an opportunity to work in environments in which games are developed and produced. Emphasis is on gaming theory, level design, game design and graphics development. Students work in a project based learning environment with teamwork, planning, and testing as an integral role in the design and implementation of gaming software.
Learning Outcomes
Certificate recipients should possess the skills and abilities described below:
- Utilize appropriate methods of production planning specific to area of concentration
- Demonstrate proficiency with software tools and processes specific to area of concentration
- Demonstrate appropriate use of a lexicon of terms and concepts specific to area of concentration
- Perform effectively as part of a team
- Tell a story, reveal a process, and illuminate a concept or action visually
Completion Worksheet
Download the completion worksheet for this certificate [PDF]
Requirements
| Course No. | Course Name | Credit Hrs. |
|---|---|---|
| DMA 102 | Digital Design & Storytelling | 5 |
| DMA 106 | Game Design Fundamentals | 5 |
| DMA 140 | Gaming Theory | 5 |
| DMA 161 | Web Development Foundations | 5 |
| DMA 240 | Game Design I | 5 |
| DMA 241 | Game Design II | 5 |
| DMA 242 | Game Design III | 5 |
| DMA 245 | Gaming Graphics | 5 |
| DMA 294/5/6/7 | Special Topics in Digital Media Arts | 5 |
| Total | 45 |
Certificate of Achievement: Digital Video Production
Brief Description
The Digital Video Production certificate provides an opportunity to develop a working skill set in digital video production by actively participating in a project-based, hands-on learning environment. Course work is designed to promote competency in pre-production planning, to provide field and studio production experience, and to develop post-production skills, including the use of industry standard non-linear editing software and a variety of delivery mechanisms.
Learning Outcomes
Certificate recipients should possess the skills and abilities described below:
- Utilize appropriate methods of production planning specific to video production
- Demonstrate basic proficiency with software, tools and processes specific to area of concentration
- Demonstrate appropriate use of a lexicon of terms and concepts specific to area of concentration
- Demonstrate the ability to work in groups
- Demonstrate the ability to tell a story, reveal a process, and illuminate a concept or action visually
Completion Worksheet
Download the completion worksheet for this certificate [PDF]
Requirements
| Course No. | Course Name | Credit Hrs. |
|---|---|---|
| DMA 103 | Graphic Design Fundamentals | 5 |
| DMA 108 | Video Production Fundamentals | 5 |
| DMA 134 | Motion Graphics I | 5 |
| DMA 152 | Audio & Recording I | 5 |
| DMA 155 | Video Editing & Streaming | 5 |
| DMA 255 | Video Field Production | 5 |
| DMA 258 | Video Studio Production | 5 |
| DMA 259 | Intermediate Video Production | 5 |
| Choose 5 credits from the following: | 5 | |
| DMA 102 | Digital Design & Storytelling (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 106 | Game Design Fundamentals (5 Cr) | |
| DMA 107 | Web Multimedia Fundamentals (5 Cr) | |
| Choose 3-5 credits from the following: | 3-5 | |
| DMA 100 | Portfolio & Employment I (2 Cr) | |
| DMA 201 | Portfolio & Employment II (2 Cr) | |
| DMA 290 | Portfolio Presentation & Review (1 Cr) | |
| DMA 292 | Internship in Media (5 Cr) | |
| Total | 48-50 | |
Certificate of Achievement: Advanced Video Production
Completion Worksheet
Download the completion worksheet for this certificate [PDF]
Requirements
| Course No. | Course Name | Credit Hrs. |
|---|---|---|
| DMA 271 | Production Systems | 4 |
| DMA 272 | Technical Operation for Video | 4 |
| DMA 273 | Production Practicum I | 4 |
| DMA 274 | Production Design | 4 |
| DMA 275 | Computer-Video Integration I | 4 |
| DMA 276 | Production Practicum II | 4 |
| DMA 277 | Production Management | 4 |
| DMA 278 | Computer-Video Integration II | 4 |
| DMA 279 | Production Practicum III | 4 |
| DMA 280 | Production Portfolio | 3 |
| DMA 281 | Career Preparation | 6 |
| DMA 282 | Production Practicum IV | 3 |
| Total | 48 |
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