{
  "college": "sierra-college",
  "edition": "2025-2026",
  "departmentName": "Applied Art and Design",
  "id": "applied-art-design--digitalmedia-certificate",
  "name": "Applied Art and Design—Digital Media",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "applied-art-design",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.sierracollege.edu/archive/2025-2026/departments/applied-art-design/#DigitalMedia-certificate",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "(formerly Applied Art and Design-Multimedia)\n\nThe certificate in Digital Media qualifies students for entry level positions as interactive media designers, computer game designers, interface designers and on-line web designers. The certificate is designed to focus on providing specific career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree."
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "title": "Required Courses",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Select 9 units from the following:",
          "units": "9"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0012",
          "title": "Visual Communication (also COMM 0012)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0013",
          "title": "History of Graphic Design",
          "indent": true,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0088",
          "title": "History of Filmmaking",
          "indent": true,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0044",
          "title": "Sketching for Design",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 0004A",
          "title": "Drawing I",
          "indent": true,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0060",
          "title": "Graphic Design I: Principles and Process",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0070",
          "title": "Graphic Design II: Introduction to Digital Design",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Select 24 units from the following:",
          "units": "24"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0028",
          "title": "Independent Study",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0052",
          "title": "Publication Design I",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0062",
          "title": "Digital Illustration",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0066",
          "title": "Business Practices for Creative Professionals",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0071",
          "title": "Introduction to Digital Painting",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0073",
          "title": "Digital Art Studio: Concepts and Practices",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0075",
          "title": "Introduction to Photoshop",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0076",
          "title": "Advanced Projects in Photoshop",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0079",
          "title": "Introduction to Digital Filmmaking and Video Production (also COMM 0031A)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0082",
          "title": "Intermediate Digital Filmmaking",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0083",
          "title": "Introduction to Three-Dimensional Modeling",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0085",
          "title": "Introduction to Web Design",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0086",
          "title": "Intermediate Web Design",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0087",
          "title": "Content Management Systems for Designers",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0089",
          "title": "Documentary Filmmaking (also PHOT 0089)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0090",
          "title": "Interaction Design for Web Products",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0093",
          "title": "Introduction to Motion Graphics",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0094",
          "title": "Digital Animation",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0095",
          "title": "Internship in Applied Art and Design (up to 3 units)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0096",
          "title": "Portfolio Design",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 0006C",
          "title": "Color Theory",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BUS 0242",
          "title": "Entrepreneurship - Small Business Management",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BUS 0280",
          "title": "Introduction to Marketing",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "33"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}