Web Master: Web Designer Concentration

The Web Master certificate program prepares a student to be a valuable member of a professional web design or development team. The successful student will become a competent HTML and CSS coder, and be proficient enough in Dreamweaver to streamline the development cycle and effectively integrate all the typical technologies within a web site. Depending on the chosen emphasis, the student will also become more skilled at designing sites with web graphics and animation or more skilled at developing web applications with programming in JavaScript and PHP.

50 - 100

The goal of this program is to increase diversity in the technical workforce by providing an education platform for web designers. This program aims to develop quality and quantity of technical professionals to fulfill business needs and generate greater economic impact in the greater Inland Empire region. Students will gain soft and technical skills necessary to become entry-level web designers. 

In addition to promoting critical thinking, developing information competency and technological literacy, a core component of the Moreno Valley College mission is to provide high-quality, affordable education by offering career-technical courses which lead to locally-approved and state-approved certificates. The Web Designer and Developer Certificates fulfill the college mission in several ways. All of the courses within the certificate promote critical thinking by requiring students to apply and to adapt learned skills, and concepts learned, to various tasks encountered daily on the Web / internet. Further this proposed program consists of mostly existing courses which already align to the college's mission.

The courses in the proposed program are up-to-date and contain relevant job skills needed in workplace. Some are a part of other certificates as well which align to job opportunities in such fields as advertising, computer programming, software developer, social media marketing, etc. Discipline and department review, meeting discussions, and advisory input affirm the need and relevance of the program courses and overall program. 

The program serves employment needs as well as providing students with a clear and speedy path toward upward mobility within an exciting and promising workplace with a strong future outlook and continued need. See the independently sourced information below for assessments and projections of the employment trends for this profession in California and nationwide. The outlook is good and is projected to grow rapidly over the next ten years. 

Below are some specific employment data for Web designers and developers for California and for the country as a whole.  Projections cover from present to the next ten years.