2018-2019 Catalog

Design, Interactivity, and Media Arts - Web Design (DIWDO)

Students combine creative problem-solving with visual, technical, and artistic skills to create aesthetically pleasing and functional websites.

Graduation Requirements

General education 27.0
Major requirements 27.0
Concentration requirements 54.0-55.5
Total credit hours required             108.0-109.5

General education requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1010English Composition IONLINEHYBRID

4.5

ENGL 1020English Composition IIONLINEHYBRID

4.5

Humanities/social sciences

ARTS 1110Art History-Ancient to GothicONLINEHYBRID

4.5

OR

ARTS 1120Art History-Renaissance to ModernONLINEHYBRID

4.5

Students must select one of the above to satisfy the Humanities gen ed requirement.  If desired, the other course may be taken to satisfy 4.5 credit hours of the Tier III electives requirement.  However, students may not use the same course to satisfy both requirements. 

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Mathematics or Financial Literacy

4.5

Additional

INFO 1001Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID

4.5

HMRL 1010Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID

4.5

OR

RDLS 1200College Success StrategiesONLINE

4.5

Requirements

Tier I - Major Requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Students must take all courses

ARTS 1010Elementary Drawing

4.5

ARTS 10202-D Design

4.5

DIMA 1110Digital Design: Raster

4.5

DIMA 1120Digital Design: Vector

4.5

DIMA 1310Typography I

4.5

DIMA 1450Design for Motion Graphics I

4.5

Tier II - Required Concentration (36.0 credit hrs.)

DIMA 1500Web Design

4.5

DIMA 1510Interactive 2-D Design I

4.5

DIMA 1520UI/UX

4.5

DIMA 1530Designing with WordPress

4.5

DIMA 1540Mobile App Design

4.5

DIMA 2820Web Design Portfolio Development

4.5

INFO 1311Web Page CreationONLINEHYBRID

4.5

INFO 2340Internet ScriptingONLINE

4.5

Tier III - Electives (18.0 - 19.5 credit hrs.)

Select 18.0 - 19.5 credit hours from the following:
DIMA 1230Drawing for Electronic Media

4.5

DIMA 1305Concept Development

4.5

DIMA 1315Graphic Design Basics

4.5

DIMA 1320History of Graphic Design

4.5

DIMA 1325Layout

4.5

DIMA 1400Game Design Fundamentals

4.5

DIMA 1411History of Animation

4.5

DIMA 1620Introduction to 3-D Modeling and Animation

4.5

DIMA 2300Logo Design and Branding

4.5

DIMA 2310Information Design

4.5

DIMA 2350Typography II

4.5

DIMA 2352Publication Design

4.5

DIMA 2500Web Design Partnership Project

4.5

DIMA 2510Interactive 2-D Design II

4.5

DIMA 2810Portfolio Development

4.5

DIMA 2900Special Topics in DIMA

Variable

DIMA 2981Internship

4.5

ARTS 1110Art History-Ancient to GothicONLINEHYBRID

4.5

OR

ARTS 1120Art History-Renaissance to ModernONLINEHYBRID

4.5

ENTR 1050Introduction to EntrepreneurshipONLINEHYBRID

4.5

ENTR 2050Marketing for the EntrepreneurONLINE

4.5

HUMS 2310Film History and AppreciationONLINE

4.5

PHOT 1005Basic Photography I - Digital

6.0

VACA 1020Audio I

4.5

VACA 1110Introduction to Scriptwriting

4.5

VACA 1130Video I - Studio

4.5

VACA 2120Screenwriting Principles

4.5

VACA 2220Digital Media Editing

4.5

See Curriculum Plan