Illustration/Animation Certificate of Achievement

The Illustration/Animation Certificate Program prepares students for entry-level animation and illustration employment in areas such as: editorial and product illustration, animation, motion design, multimedia design, digital image design, and responsive media. The program also provides coursework for professionals upgrading skills and focuses on methods for creating, synthesizing, and delivering meaningful and effective visual content to the user/viewer in one or more of these areas.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete this program will be able to:

Use fundamental illustration and animation skills
Select and use appropriate illustration and animation software and hardware
Demonstrate skills typically found in the illustration and animation field

Required Core

ART 80 DRAWING I 3 Units
GD 141 GRAPHIC RENDERING TECHNIQUES 3 Units
or
ART 141 GRAPHIC RENDERING TECHNIQUES 3 Units
GD 144 TYPOGRAPHY 3 Units
GD 145 GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION 3 Units
or
ART 145 GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION 3 Units
GD 147 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER GRAPHICS 3 Units
GD 149 DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION 3 Units
GD 1 HISTORY OF ANIMATION 3 Units
GD 150 DIGITAL ANIMATION 3 Units *
GD 210 MOTION GRAPHICS 3 Units
CWE 180 CO-OP-ED-GRAPHICS 1 Unit

Total Units for the Certificate: 28

*Course has a prerequisite, corequisite, limitation, or recommended preparation; see course description.

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