Digital Publishing Certificate

This program provides students with specific skills thatmake them job ready for the publishing industry, whether it is for printing orthe web. Digital Publishing Specialists use Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, andIllustrator programs, along with Microsoft Word, to format and combine text,numeral data, photographs, charts, drawings, and other visual graphic elementsto produce digital and/or printed publication-ready materials.

 

Program Learning Outcomes: Given client data,students will utilize marketing research tools, apply creative techniques,choose and utilize appropriate software program(s), and analyze and solvegraphic design and page layout problems to produce an effective publication.Also, working as a member of a Digital Publishing team, students willdemonstrate professional work habits, meet scheduled timeline milestones anddeadlines, and communicate effectively via oral presentations and writtendocuments.

35 Annually

Occupational Goal of developing workforce readiness in this field.  This certificate will also encourage retention of mainstream and under served students, finish and complete their Community College education, transfer to a four-year academic institution and pursue jobs in the digital publishing industry

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
CIS 36P	Microsoft Powerpoint	1.0	Y1
CIS 37	Microsoft Word	3.0	Y1
CIS 40	InDesign	3.0	Y1
CIS 60A	Photoshop I	3.0	Y1
CIS 64	Illustator	3.0	Y1

One of the following:

OFTECH 1A, Keyboarding 1A, 1.0, Y1

OFTECH 1B, Keyboarding 1B, 1.0, Y1

OFTECH 9, Keyboarding Improvement, 1.0, Y1

This certificate’s purpose is to help students secure an internship, apprenticeship or entry level/junior position as a publication designer in the Publication Design industry. The certificate’s goals are to help students build the necessary skills and create a portfolio of high quality Publication Design work that will make them viable for employment. The certificate’s goals will be achieved by providing students with the ability to produce both print and digital Publication Design solutions demonstrating their ability to work under industry professionals and by constantly aligning the course offerings with the frequently evolving trends in the print and digital design industry 

Computer Science Information Systems department and within the Computer Information Systems discipline

Not known

35 annually