# Visual Media (Skills Certificate)

Sierra College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Applied Art and Design

Source: https://catalog.sierracollege.edu/departments/applied-art-design/#visual-skills

(Formerly Visual Arts and Media)

Designed for students interested in understanding visual media and becoming proficient in techniques for conceptualizing and creating impactful visual communication. Valuable for those preparing for a career in the visual arts and media, providing knowledge and technical skills applicable to digital art and design, visual communication studies, or for those upgrading their skills.

This is a specialty skills certificate designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree.

**Required Courses**

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AAD 0012 | Visual Communication (also COMM 0012) | 3 |
| or AAD 0013 | History of Graphic Design |  |
| AAD 0044 | Sketching for Design | 3 |
| or ART 0004A | Drawing I |  |
| AAD 0060 | Graphic Design I: Principles and Process | 3 |
| AAD 0070 | Graphic Design II: Introduction to Digital Design | 3 |
| PHOT 0060A | Beginning Photography | 3 |
| **Total Units** | | **15** |