Graphic Design

The field of graphic design involves bringing ideas to the printed page or screens. Concepts covered include design history, page layout, typography, research, branding, and interaction design/user experience (UX). Students will develop a portfolio and participate in a shared incubator course with all Design/Media Arts students.

All courses in this certificate require literacy and proficiency in writing and math. Projects require written, oral, and visual presentations as well as the application of basic math principles and skills.

A Certificate of Achievement is awarded upon completion of all required courses with a grade of C or better.

Effective:  Academic Year 2019-20

We anticipate at least 24 completions per year, a significant increase over our older 48 unit certificate.

This certificate is a collaboration between all Design/Media Arts faculty to address the need for a shorter Certificate of Achievement in Graphic Design. After looking at the data from older 48 unit certificate from 2006, we believe this shorter, updated 24 unit certificate will serve student needs. We feel strongly it will help feed our students into entry-level positions, and support their continued education in Design/Media Arts fields.

This certificate also takes into consideration feedback given to us through our Industry Advisory Board, and our partnership with Santa Monica College, through the LA HI TECH grant.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
DMA 002	HISTORY OF DESIGN AND MEDIA ARTS	3.0	S1
DMA 010	DIGITAL ART: DESIGN FOUNDATION	3.0	S1
ART 031A	COLOR AND COMPOSITION - TWO DIMENSIONAL DESIGN	3.0	S1
DMA 020A	GRAPHIC DESIGN I	3.0	S2
DMA 022A	TYPOGRAPHY I	3.0	S2
DMA 032 -OR- DMA 034	INTERACTION DESIGN -OR- USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN (UX)	3.0	S2
DMA 020B	GRAPHIC DESIGN II	3.0	S3
DMA 098	DESIGN/MEDIA ARTS INCUBATOR	3.0	S3

Students in our Graphic Design certificate program begin with a basic history of the field, work through application of the latest skillsets, and end with a capstone course. The program is 24 units, with no hidden prerequisites.

No similar curriculum at PCC.

College Program Control Number Title TOP Code Program Award Cerritos 09937 Art and Design: Graphic Design 103000 A Citrus 07414 Graphic Design 103000 C Citrus 14645 Digital Design Media 061460 C Coastline 11378 Digital Media Design 061460 C Cypress 03815 Computer Graphics 061460 C East LA 21176 Arts Graphic Communication 103000 C East LA 08266 Arts Graphic Communication 103000 A East LA 21169 Desktop Publishing 061450 C East LA 02452 Desktop Publishing 061450 A El Camino 15251 Visual Communications 103000 C Fullerton 03852 Advertising and Graphic Design 103000 A Fullerton 10611 Desktop Publishing 061450 C Fullerton 10609 Computer Graphics 061460 C Fullerton 35894 Advertising and Graphic Design 103000 C Glendale 21319 Graphic Design 103000 C Golden West 21355 Digital Art-Visual Communication: Graphic Design & Prod. 103000 C Golden West 03923 Digital Arts 103000 A Irvine 14048 Digital Media Art 061400 A Irvine 20841 Digital Media Art 061400 C LA City 35349 Arts Graphic Communication 103000 C LA City 02739 Graphic Design 103000 A LA Mission 11975 Multimedia: Graphic and Web Design 061410 A LA Mission 21760 Multimedia: Graphic and Web Design 061410 C LA Pierce 08328 Graphic Design 103000 A LA Pierce 21816 Graphic Design 103000 C LA Pierce 15084 Graphic Design for the Web 061430 C LA Pierce 19006 Desktop Publishing 061450 C LA Valley 08554 Graphic Design 103000 C Long Beach 08815 Art: Design 103000 A Long Beach 11309 Desktop Publishing: Art Concentration 061450 A Long Beach 20887 Desktop Publishing: Art Concentration 061450 C Mt San Antonio 24402 Computer Graphics Design/Photography 061460 Mt San Antonio 24288 Desktop Publishing 061450 Mt San Antonio 30862 Graphic Design Level II 103000 C Orange Coast 03997 Digital Media Arts & Design: Graphic Design 061460 S Orange Coast 22385 Digital Media Arts & Design: Graphic Design 061460 C Orange Coast 22384 UX Design 061430 C Orange Coast 08651 UX Design 061410 S Rio Hondo 37021 Graphic Design 103000 C Rio Hondo 37020 Graphic Art and Design 103000 A Rio Hondo 36591 Graphic Design: Branding & Identity Design 103000 B Rio Hondo 36594 Graphic Design: Publication Design 103000 B Rio Hondo 36593 Graphic Design: Website Design 103000 B Rio Hondo 36592 Graphic Design: Advertising Design 103000 B Rio Hondo 36930 Graphic Design: Packaging Design 103000 B Rio Hondo 36673 Career Exploration: Graphic Design 103000 N Rio Hondo 35536 Graphic Design 103000 S Santa Ana 10573 Digital Publishing 061450 A Santa Ana 10665 Art: Graphic Design 103000 A Santa Ana 08708 Digital Publishing 061450 S Santa Ana 04223 Art: Digital Media Arts 061460 A Santa Monica 13430 Digital Media 061410 S Santa Monica 03276 Graphic Design 103000 S Santa Monica 21016 Graphic Design 103000 C Santiago Canyon 11921 Graphic Design 103000 S Santiago Canyon 21670 Digital Media Arts Graphic Design 103000 C

We anticipate a maximum of around 400 enrollments per year. This is assuming we have 24 students per course and run the 8 courses in the certificate at least two times. This is not counting Winter and Summer.