# Applied Art and Design—Digital Media (Certificate of Achievement)

Sierra College · 2025-2026 Catalog · Department: Applied Art and Design

Source: https://catalog.sierracollege.edu/archive/2025-2026/departments/applied-art-design/#DigitalMedia-certificate

(formerly Applied Art and Design-Multimedia)

The 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.

**Required Courses**

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Select 9 units from the following:** | | 9 |
| ↳ AAD 0012 | Visual Communication (also COMM 0012) |  |
| or ↳ AAD 0013 | History of Graphic Design |  |
| or ↳ AAD 0088 | History of Filmmaking |  |
| ↳ AAD 0044 | Sketching for Design |  |
| or ↳ ART 0004A | Drawing I |  |
| ↳ AAD 0060 | Graphic Design I: Principles and Process |  |
| ↳ AAD 0070 | Graphic Design II: Introduction to Digital Design |  |
| **Select 24 units from the following:** | | 24 |
| ↳ AAD 0028 | Independent Study |  |
| ↳ AAD 0052 | Publication Design I |  |
| ↳ AAD 0062 | Digital Illustration |  |
| ↳ AAD 0066 | Business Practices for Creative Professionals |  |
| ↳ AAD 0071 | Introduction to Digital Painting |  |
| ↳ AAD 0073 | Digital Art Studio: Concepts and Practices |  |
| ↳ AAD 0075 | Introduction to Photoshop |  |
| ↳ AAD 0076 | Advanced Projects in Photoshop |  |
| ↳ AAD 0079 | Introduction to Digital Filmmaking and Video Production (also COMM 0031A) |  |
| ↳ AAD 0082 | Intermediate Digital Filmmaking |  |
| ↳ AAD 0083 | Introduction to Three-Dimensional Modeling |  |
| ↳ AAD 0085 | Introduction to Web Design |  |
| ↳ AAD 0086 | Intermediate Web Design |  |
| ↳ AAD 0087 | Content Management Systems for Designers |  |
| ↳ AAD 0089 | Documentary Filmmaking (also PHOT 0089) |  |
| ↳ AAD 0090 | Interaction Design for Web Products |  |
| ↳ AAD 0093 | Introduction to Motion Graphics |  |
| ↳ AAD 0094 | Digital Animation |  |
| ↳ AAD 0095 | Internship in Applied Art and Design (up to 3 units) |  |
| ↳ AAD 0096 | Portfolio Design |  |
| ↳ ART 0006C | Color Theory |  |
| ↳ BUS 0242 | Entrepreneurship - Small Business Management |  |
| ↳ BUS 0280 | Introduction to Marketing |  |
| **Total Units** | | **33** |