Graphic Design & Digital Media
course description
Graphic Design & Digital Media developer uses digital communications methods to create any variety of entertainment, graphic design, and artistic productions. Graphic Design & Digital Media student will learn the fundamentals of digital communication, including computer programming, teleprocessing, graphic design, photography, and audio and video production, and they will create computer 3D animation, build websites, and put together CD-ROMs and DVDs. In addition, Graphic Design & Digital Media student will study the business of multimedia, marketing, law, regulations, and distribution digital communications.
course work
Art History · Design & Communication · Digital Artwork · Digital Interactive Design · Introduction to Drawing · Introduction to Typography · Introduction to Web Design · Projects in Graphic Design · The Digital Image · The Digital Publication · Visual Creativity & Meaning · Motion Graphics · Instructional Technology · Non-Linear Video Editing · Web Design and Digital Imaging · Color Theory · Programming Internet and Web Applications Part I · Photographic Manipulation Software for Design · Introduction to Digital Media
Vermont colleges offering Graphic Design & Digital Media
Champlain College
Lyndon State College
your responsibility
- Mathematics
In order to study computer degrees at Vermont colleges, you need to take Algebra I & II and Geometry in high school. These courses will teach you critical thinking, problem-solving, and problem analysis skills — all skills with numerous real-world applications. These courses will prepare you for more advanced courses and give you the skills needed for careers in science, technology, business, social sciences and education.
- Science
In order to study computer degrees at Vermont colleges, you need to take Biology and Chemistry courses in high school. These courses will teach you how to form hypotheses from personal observations, scientific articles, and experiments. You will learn how to represent data with appropriate technologies that can statistically analyze, summarize, describe, and explain your lab work. These classes will help you understand how organisms and chemicals react in the environment.
- English
In order to study computer degrees at Vermont colleges, you need to take English courses in high school. English classes study writings from Shakespeare, to poetry, to playwrights from the eighteenth century to the present. You will learn to write from your own viewpoint, to write creatively and appropriately on several different subjects for many different audiences, to use new vocabulary, and to integrate ideas from different sources. English courses help you learn to read a variety of styles and develop your own writing style.
- Social Studies
In order to study computer degrees at Vermont colleges, you need to take Social Studies courses in high school. Social Studies courses look at how people relate, how they live in their environment, and the challenges and benefits of living in diverse cultures. Social studies courses require you to use your critical thinking skills to investigate and analyze social, political, economic, and geographic factors of different cultures.
- Language Arts
In order to study computer degrees at Vermont colleges, you need to take Modern/Classical Language courses in high school. Learning another language can build your English reading and vocabulary skills and strengthen your test-taking skills. Taking a Languages course will help you become a better problem solver and enhance your critical thinking, creativity, listening, and memory skills. A Languages course also gives you an opportunity to learn about other cultures.
- Art Portfolio
An Art Portfolio is required for this program/degree. An Art Portfolio is a representation of you as an artist. The portfolio should provide exciting, interesting, and representative examples of your work in school and at home. It is recommended that you contact an admissions counselor at the college in which you are interested and ask about the requirement elements of your submitted portfolio.
my recommendations
- Take Art classes
Taking Art classes has many benefits. It merges the learning process and content, and improves one's academic achievement by enhancing test scores, attitudes, social skills, critical and creative thinking. Art classes enhance thinking skills, which include analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and "problem-finding" or problem-solving skills. Lastly, Art classes help to improve reading, writing, and communication skills that will help in dealing with new challenges and opportunities.
- Take Technology classes
Technology classes help you deal with problems, and learn how technology is used to solve those problems. Learning past, present, and possible future technological developments helps you to develop innovative solutions for new local and global concerns. An understanding of how technology works will help you develop the skills to cope with the cultural changes needed for technological advancement.
Technology classes provide an understanding of principles that provide the opportunity to interact, inquire, discover, problem solve, and make decisions. Technology classes shows a connection with other academic courses, and its relationships with tools, machines, materials, processes, and products, and its connection with communication, construction, manufacturing, and transportation fields.
- Take Technical classes
Technical classes give you the opportunity to work with the state-of-the-art technology that helps enhance reasoning skills, problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, occupation skills, and knowledge of industry. The practical skills that you learn in a Technical class will give you an advantage in college laboratory assignments and college projects. In addition, Technical classes can provide an opportunity to receive college credit, a Career Certificate, a Skills Certificate, or credit can be applied towards an Associate of Applied Science or Bachelor's degree.
- Comp TIA A+ class (receive certification)
CompTIA A+ classes teach the characteristics and types of PC, MAC, and portable computers, and their components, which include motherboards, CPUs, memory, storage, input, and output devices. Installing and configuring operating systems, maintenance, troubleshooting, and securing the systems are the fundamental principals needed to understand how to install and configure printers or imaging devices, and implement LANs and internet access.
- C Programming class (receive certification)
C programming language is popular, widely used, and has maximum control and efficiency. C programming is a standard language that allows a C programmer to read and write code in a number of networks, operating systems, and applications. C programming will allow you to understand how things work, how to write a fast game, and how to write an entire operating system. C programming language is the foundation for learning Java, C++, and C#.
- Job shadow
Job shadowing is like an apprenticeship and an adventure all in one day. Job shadowing allows you to explore those career opportunities that interest you. It gives you a first-hand experience and an insider's look into what each person's job involves. The shadowed person can show you the benefits, and challenges, of their position. You can see how the person interacts with their co-workers and participate in the activities that they face every day. Lastly, job shadowing can help you determine the reality of the career path that excites you, and it can set the path for an internship.
- Receive an internship
Internships give you an advantage when you apply to colleges, and they help you narrow your choice in a major. An internship will allow you to apply classroom-based skills, theories, insight, and feedback to a realistic business day. Lastly, an Internship can provide interview experience, help you build a network of contacts, and be placed on your resume.