Digital Media and Web Development Job-Direct Certificate

This program is designed to prepare the student for employment as a website designer or Digital Media developer. 

	<2017>	<2018
CB01: Course Department Number	CB02: Course Title	Annual # Sections	Annual Enrollment Total	Annual # Sections	Annual Enrollment Total
CIS 061	Creating Web Pages	2	125	2	86
CIS 001	Introduction to Computers	7	175	12	250
BUS 100	Work Readiness	2	66	2	75

This program is designed to prepare the student for employment as a website designer or Digital Media developer.

 Web Developers (SOC 15-1134):Design, create, and modify Web sites. Analyze user needs to implement Web site content, graphics, performance,and capacity.  May integrate Web sites with other computer applications.  May convert written, graphic, audio, and video components to compatible Web formats by using software designed to facilitate the creation of Web and multimedia content.  Excludes “Multimedia Artists and Animators” (27-1014).

 

Based on all available data, there appears to be an under supply of Web Design and Development workers compared to the demand for this cluster of occupations in the Bay region and in the North Bay sub-region (Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma Counties). The gap is about 2,730 students annually in the Bay region and about 250 in the North Bay sub-region.

 

Students must complete all courses with a grade of "C" or better.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
CIS 061	Creating Web Pages	3	Y1
CIS 070	Adobe Photoshop	3	Y1
CIS 087	Adobe Illustrator	3	Y1
CIS 085	Adobe InDesign	3	Y1

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There are three community colleges in the Bay region issuing 98 awards annually on TOP 0707.00 - Computer Software Development. Solano College is the only college in the North Bay Sub-Region issuing 5 awards annually on this TOP code. Table 7. Awards on TOP 0707.00 - Computer Software Development in the Bay Region College Sub-Region Headcount Associates Certificates Total San Francisco Mid-Peninsula 2,136 2 2 San Mateo Mid-Peninsula 725 6 85 91 Solano North Bay 1,401 5 5 Total Bay Region 4,262 6 92 98 Total North Bay Sub-Region 1,401 0 5 5 Source: IPEDS, Data Mart and Launchboard NOTE: Headcount of students who took one or more courses is for 2016-17. The annual average for awards is 2014-17 unless there are only awards in 2016-17. The annual average for other postsecondary is for 2013-16.