Web Design + New Media

Undergraduate

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New Media undergraduate majors are immersed in concurrent studies of multiple subjects throughout the program. Design and technology skills converge and complement each other to produce engaging, media-rich experiences.

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A Note on Prerequisites

The New Media program is highly organized and structured to ensure the best possible results on behalf of our students. All listed prerequisites for each course are required. Each course is designed to assume thorough skills and experience accrued in previous New Media department courses. Prerequisite design and production skill sets are expected to be retained and applied in all assignments, which are evaluated and graded on this basis.

Waivers or concurrencies may be granted only upon submission of work produced which achieves the equivalent level expected at the end of all prerequisite courses.

Undergraduate Courses

CANM 230 Digital Imaging 1

Manipulating and enhancing images is a required skill all computer artists must have to be successful in digital art and design industries. Adobe Photoshop is considered the industry standard for print, multimedia and web imaging. This class acquaints the student with Photoshop's tool sets, techniques, capabilities and fundamental operations. Students will learn to make accurate selections, create digital composites, work with contrast and color control/correction and layers, while developing efficient, professional skills for the many applications of digital imaging.

Primary Software

• Photoshop

Prerequisites

• CANM 105 Design Technology
• CANM 110 Concept, Design & Process