Interactive Art & Design

Interactive Art & Design is a field where art and design practices meet technology. Entry-level employment in fields like web design, interaction design, graphic design, game design, creative coding, entertainment, and mobile apps. Emphasis on interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration. Students will develop a portfolio and participate in a shared incubator course with all Design/Media Arts students.

Required: Students must select 3 courses (9 units) from any of the emphases to complete the certificate.

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

The program is expected to produce 20–25 certificates per year after it is fully established. 

This previously approved curriculum is being updated because our Design/Media Arts department is transitioning from the ART catalog code to a new DMA catalog code. Course sequences, numbers, and names have been updated for clarity and student-friendliness.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
DMA 002 -OR- DMA 004	History of Design and Media Arts -OR- History of Digital Games	3.0	S1 (Foundation)
DMA 012	Digital Art: Painting & Drawing	3.0	S1 (Foundation)
DMA 070 -OR- DMA 072	Motion Graphics -OR- 2D Animation	3.0	S1 (Foundation)
DMA 050	Web Design & Development	3.0	S2 (Options for Web Design & Development)
DMA 032	Interaction Design	3.0	S2 (Options for Web Design & Development)
DMA 062	Creative Coding for the Internet	3.0	S2 (Options for Web Design & Development)
DMA 032	Interaction Design	3.0	S2 (Options for Interaction Design & User Experience)
DMA 034	User Experience Design (UX)	3.0	S2 (Options for Interaction Design & User Experience)
DMA 064	Creative Coding for Mobile Devices	3.0	S2 (Options for Interaction Design & User Experience)
DMA 090	Game Design I	3.0	S2 (Options for Game Design & Development)
DMA 092	Game Design II: Game Engines	3.0	S2 (Options for Game Design & Development)
DMA 080A -OR- DMA 080B	3D Modeling & Sculpting -OR- 3D Animation & Simulations	3.0	S2 (Options for Game Design & Development)
DMA 060	Creative Coding	3.0	S2 (Options for Creative Coding)
DMA 062	Creative Coding for the Internet	3.0	S2 (Options for Creative Coding)
DMA 064	Creative Coding for Mobile Devices	3.0	S2 (Options for Creative Coding)
DMA 098 -OR- DMA 075	Design/Media Arts Incubator -OR- Exhibition and Presentation of Visual Art	3.0	S3 (Capstone)

This certificate contains a foundation sequence in the first semester, a flexible second semester, and a capstone course at the end.

The flexible second semester helps the certificate meet the needs of students within a rapidly changing Design/Digital Media Arts marketplace. This also enables students returning from the workforce to skill up the chance to receive a certificate that caters to their individual needs.

Our capstone course is consistent across most of our certificates and will bring a diverse array of Design/Media Arts students together to work with industry professionals and in teams.

There are no hidden prerequisites.

No other programs exist.

College Program Control Number Title TOP Code Program Award Citrus 14642 Digital and Web Design 061460 S Citrus 14643 Digital and Web Design 061460 C Citrus 35368 Website Development 061430 C Cypress 12359 Multimedia Art 061460 C Cypress 31194 Multimedia Production Basics 061410 B East LA 13529 Multimedia 061410 A East LA 21167 Multimedia (Level I) 061410 C East LA 13530 Multimedia (Level II) 061410 C El Camino 15254 Digital Arts: Web Design 061430 C Fullerton 37148 Web Design Skills 061430 B Fullerton 37106 Web Design 061430 C Glendale 10412 Digital Character Design 061440 S Glendale 21304 Digital Character Design 061440 C Golden West 16713 Video Game Development 061420 C Golden West 19324 Video Game Development 061420 A Golden West 30392 Digital Media 061400 C Golden West 31956 Digital Media 061400 A Irvine 33817 Web Authoring 061430 S Irvine 33784 Web Authoring 061430 C LA Trade 35215 Digital Media 061400 S LA Trade 35202 Digital Media 061400 C Long Beach 08822 Art: Computer Art 061460 A Long Beach 35418 Digital Media: Interactive Design and Animation 061400 C Orange Coast 22384 UX Design 061430 C Orange Coast 08651 UX Design 061410 S Rio Hondo 35766 Entertainment Art-Digital Characters 061400 C Rio Hondo 35765 Entertainment Art-Digital Environments 061400 C Saddleback 12351 Web Designer 061430 S Saddleback 22853 Web Designer 061430 C Santa Ana 14257 Art: Digital Media Arts-Web Design 061430 A Santa Monica 13430 Digital Media 061410 S Santiago Canyon 24420 Web Associate 061430 N

We anticipate having around 900 enrollments in this certificate per school year. This is calculated by taking the 20 courses, multiplying by our maximum course size of 24, and multiplying by 2 for Fall and Summer. This does not include Winter and Summer projections.