Certificate of Achievement: Video, Animation and Motion Graphics

The Certificate of Achievement in Video, Animation and Motion Graphics provides comprehensive training for video production, computer animation and motion graphics for digital video and special effects. Students completing the Certificate of Achievement will be able to apply for entry-level employment in motion picture and video industries, design and advertising agencies, public relations, and related multimedia industries.

Enrollment Completer Projections 

We anticipate having 10 students complete the program, annually.

Course Department Number	Course Title	Annual # Section	Annual enrollment
MM-102A	Introduction to Multimedia	2	15-20 per section
MM-109	2D Animation	1	15
MM-110	Digital Video for web & DVD	1	20
GA 160A	Computer Graphics I	2	20 per section
GA 109A	Beginning Graphic Design I	2	15 per section
GA-112	Motion Graphics	1	10-15

The Certificate of Achievement in Video, Animation and Motion Graphics introduces students to the growing field of video production, animation and motion graphics design.  Students acquire the competencies required for entry-level positions in the advertising, public relations, graphic design, video production, and motion graphics industries. The curriculum encompasses a wide variety of skills including conceptualizing a short narrative video, storyboarding, the planning and organization of video shoots, editing, video production, sound recording, animation, motion graphic design, project management, and effective teamwork/team communication.  The Certificate of Achievement in Video, Animation and Motion Graphics addresses the essential requirements that students are expected to know for entry-level positions including production assistant, video editors, assistant editors, motion graphic artists, and others.

A Labor Market information report on Video, Animation and Motion Graphics Occupations prepared by the San Francisco Bay Center of Excellence in March of 2019 states that “Based on all available data, there appears to be an undersupply of Video and Motion Graphics workers compared to the demand for this cluster of occupations in the Bay region and in the East Bay sub-region(Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.)”  According to the report, occupational demand in the Bay Region and East Bay Sub-Region will grow between 7-8% by 2022.

Requirements for Certificate of Achievement:

a)        Complete Major Field courses.

b)        Complete at least six units at Ohlone College.

c)         Maintain a 2.0 grade point average in Major Field courses.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
MM-102A	Introduction to Multimedia	3	Yr 1, Fall
MM 109	2D Animation	3	Yr 1, Spring
GA-112	Motion Graphics	3	Yr 1, Spring
MM-110	Digital Video For Web and DVD	4	Yr 1, Fall
GA-160A or GA-109A	Computer Graphics I  or Beginning Graphic Design I	3	Yr 1, Fall or Spring

16-17 units total

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None of the colleges closest to Ohlone College in this geographical area (i.e., Chabot, Las Positas, and Mission College) offer a specialized certificate in Video, Animation and Motion Graphics. The closest Community Colleges in the area offering similar Video and Motion Graphics are Laney College and Berkeley City College (42 miles).