# Applied Art and Design—Web and Interaction Design (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/#webinteractcoa

Successful completion of the curriculum in the Web and Interaction Design program provides the skills necessary for meaningful employment in the front-end Web design and development industry, including careers in interface, experience, and usability design.

The program offers courses in front-end design and development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, interaction design, and Content Management System design. Additionally, students gain an understanding of related design software applications, tools, and workflows. The program stresses the design thinking process as well as the professional and production methods used currently in the industry.

Students will be prepared to enter the industry or start their own business as a Web and/or Interaction Designer after the completion of the program.

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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AAD 0085 | Introduction to Web Design | 3 |
| AAD 0086 | Intermediate Web Design | 3 |
| AAD 0087 | Content Management Systems for Designers | 3 |
| AAD 0090 | Interaction Design for Web Products | 3 |
| **Select 9 units from the following:** | | 9 |
| ↳ AAD 0052 | Publication Design I |  |
| ↳ AAD 0062 | Digital Illustration |  |
| ↳ AAD 0070 | Graphic Design II: Introduction to Digital Design |  |
| ↳ AAD 0075 | Introduction to Photoshop (also PHOT 0075) |  |
| **Select 12 units from the following:** | | 12 |
| ↳ AAD 0012 | Visual Communication (also COMM 0012) |  |
| or ↳ AAD 0013 | History of Graphic Design |  |
| ↳ AAD 0020 | Portfolio Design (Name change proposal to AAD 0096) |  |
| ↳ AAD 0028 | Independent Study |  |
| ↳ AAD 0044 | Sketching for Design |  |
| ↳ AAD 0054 | Typography |  |
| ↳ AAD 0060 | Graphic Design I: Principles and Process |  |
| ↳ AAD 0066 | Business Practices for Creative Professionals (New number proposed: AAD 97) |  |
| ↳ AAD 0095 | Internship in Applied Art and Design |  |
| ↳ BUS 0280 | Introduction to Marketing |  |
| ↳ IT 0065 | Data Analytics/Visualization Using Tableau |  |
| **Total Units** | | **33** |