Visual Communication: Multimedia
The Visual Communication: Multimedia program provides students the necessary skills to prepare and produce a wide variety of multimedia presentations. This program includes tracks in Animation, Web Design, Digital Design, Video Production, and Multimedia. The core includes general education components essential to a collegiate education and technical courses giving students an introduction to typography, design concepts, color theory, and computer graphics. In addition to core courses, students will take specialty courses for their selected track.
Prospective employment opportunities are in advertising agencies, graphic design studios, news media, printing and signage companies, department stores, and other creative services departments and businesses, including web design and video production studios.
All technical courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.0) or higher to advance in all Visual Communication programs.
Approved Technical Electives
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ART 110 | Drawing I | 3 |
| ART 112 | 2-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| COE 199 | Cooperative Education: (Topic) | 3 |
| IMD 133 | Beginning Web Design | 3 |
| IMD 180 | Intermediate Web Design | 3 |
| IMD 230 | 3 | |
| IMD 232 | 3 | |
| IMD 240 | Multimedia Development for the Web | 3 |
| IMD 250 | Digital Video Editing I | 3 |
| IMD 255 | Digital Video Editing II | 3 |
| IMD 258 | Visual Effects for Video | 3 |
| MUS 106U | 3 | |
| VCA 105 | Drawing Concepts | 3 |
| VCA 106 | Creative Typographical Design | 3 |
| VCA 108 | Color Theory 1 | 3 |
| VCA 120 | Digital Photography I | 3 |
| VCA 131 | Digital Photography II | 3 |
| VCA 132 | Illustration For Advertising | 3 |
| VCA 151 | Digital Filmmaking I | 3 |
| VCA 152 | Digital Filmmaking II | 3 |
| VCA 160 | Commercial Photography I | 3 |
| VCA 161 | Commercial Photography II | 3 |
| VCA 170 | Advertising Design I | 3 |
| VCA 171 | Advertising Design II | 3 |
| VCA 251 | Digital Filmmaking III | 3 |
| VCA 252 | Digital Filmmaking IV | 3 |
| VCA 260 | Commercial Photography III | 4 |
| VCA 261 | Commercial Photography IV | 4 |
| VCA 270 | Advertising Design III | 4 |
| VCA 271 | Advertising Design IV | 4 |
| VCA 280 | Professional Portfolio Development 1 | 3 |
| VCC 100 | Introduction to Visual Communication 1 | 3 |
| VCC 106 | Typography 1 | 3 |
| VCC 110 | Design Concepts 1 | 3 |
| VCC 125 | Computer Graphics I 1,2 | 3 |
| VCC 135 | Photo Editing for Photography | 3 |
| VCC 150 | Mac Basics 2 | 3 |
| VCC 166 | Photoshop Basics 1 | 3 |
| VCC 200 | Illustrator Basics 1 | 3 |
| VCC 210 | Advanced Computer Illustration | 3 |
| VCC 214 | Promotional Graphics & Production | 3 |
| VCC 216 | Apparel Graphics & Production | 3 |
| VCC 218 | Digital Printing & Production | 3 |
| VCC 220 | InDesign Basics 1 | 3 |
| VCC 230 | Advanced InDesign | 3 |
| VCC 235 | Graphic Design I | 3 |
| VCC 245 | Graphic Design II | 3 |
| VCC 255 | Emerging Media Design | 3 |
| VCC 260 | Computer Graphics II | 3 |
| VCC 265 | Graphic Design III | 3 |
| VCC 266 | Advanced Photoshop | 3 |
| VCC 270 | Acrobat Basics | 3 |
| VCC 275 | Sign and Graphic Production | 3 |
| VCC 285 | Advanced Sign & Graphic Production | 3 |
| VCC 297 | Internship 1 | 3 |
| VCC 298 | Practicum | 3 |
| VCM 110 | Fundamentals of Animation | 3 |
| VCM 115 | 2-D Animation | 3 |
| VCM 125 | Foundations of Video Production | 3 |
| VCM 140 | Digital Video | 3 |
| VCM 150 | Audio Production I | 3 |
| VCM 205 | 3 | |
| VCM 210 | 3-D Animation | 3 |
| VCM 215 | After Effects | 3 |
| VCM 220 | Webpage Design | 3 |
| VCM 225 | Advanced 3-D Animation | 3 |
| VCM 230 | Advanced Webpage Design | 3 |
| VCM 240 | Advanced Digital Video | 3 |
| VCP 255 | Special Topics Lab | 3 |
| VCP 285 | Electronic Prepress | 3 |
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CORE courses
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Approved for Digital Literacy