Certificate of Achievement, Digital Media: Multimedia Interaction & Game Design

This certificate is designed to prepare students for entry-level and self-employment in interactive media design fields including: web and mobile design, augmented and virtual reality, games and game engines, motion graphics, special effects, and experiential multimedia.

Program Outcomes: 

Demonstrate the ability to apply the core principles of User Interface and User Experience for interaction and gamification in various multimedia applications.  

Possess the necessary technical knowledge to design and implement graphic user interfaces for print, web, mobile apps, and multimedia.

5-10 Certificates 

The Digital Media Interactive & Game Design program prepares students for entry-level employment in Interactive Media Design fields. Interactive Media Design and the Gaming industries play a significant role in the Southern California economy with one out of every 10 California workers being employed in creative economy related industries. LBCC’s proximity within the Los Angeles / Orange County regional media and entertainment industries gives our students firsthand access to meaningful employment opportunities. An emphasis is placed on creating a balance between creative and technical skills by learning to collaborate in a hands-on environment. Entry-level Interactive Digital Media artists can begin a career the fields of 2D and 3D entertainment (games, animation and films), info-graphics, motion graphics (TV, web, film, corporate), and interactive media (web, mobile, user experience design). Students completing this certificate will be able to demonstrate the creation of interactive digital media projects using creative and technical skills. 

The Digital Media Interactive Game Design program fulfills the mission statement of the Long Beach Community College District by providing workforce development that meets the needs of student in our area. This program will train students in critical 21st century skills needed for employment within the southern California creative economy.  This program speaks directly to the value of excellence promoted at our college by providing innovative approaches to multidisciplinary curriculum within the Visual and Media Arts Department. Students completing this program will be able to enter in to a variety of available positions within the Digital Media industry. 

The DMA program upholds the LBCC Mission and ‘is committed to providing equitable student learning and achievement, academic excellence, and workforce development by delivering high quality educational programs and support services to our diverse communities.’ In particular, the area of Interaction and Game Design represents an opportunity to give visibility, through digital story-telling, to our diverse student body. While traditionally underserving non-majority groups, the mainstream comics and animation field, this industry is currently in a transformative moment where we are celebrating diverse narratives and raising up talent from the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities. This new certificate program helps to raise our students up to be a part of this transformative moment in a highly influential and fast-growing industry that finds its center largely in Los Angeles and the wider Southern California community.

Program Requirements

Required Courses:

DMA 2,Introduction to Digital Media Arts                                                     3units

DMA 10, Game Design                                                                                        3units

DMA 15,Interaction & Web Design                                                                 3units

DMA 20,Digital Animation: 2D                                                                         3units
DMA 25, Motion Graphics                                                                                 3units

DMA 40,Multimedia Design                                                                             3units
Complete TWO courses from the following:

DMA 1,Introduction to Computer Graphics                                                  3units

DMA 5,Graphic Design: Branding                                                                    3units

DMA 30,Digital Animation: 3D                                                                         3units

DMA 3,Digital Illustration                                                                                  3units

DMA 90,Special Studies: Design & Multimedia                                             3units

Total Units Required: 24

This program creates a content focus within Digital Media Arts, distinguishing Interaction and Game design from the Comics/ Animation and Graphic Design courses & certificates. While some of the core course overlap for fundamental DMA skills, this certificate specifies a path for students interested in Interactive and Non-linear applications as well as Virtual and Augmented Reality. In addition to supporting DMA students, it also gives collaboration opportunities for faculty and students in the drawing, painting, illustration, and film areas which also deal with visual storytelling.

• Pasadena City College: Design Media Art – Game Design & Development, Design Media Art - Interactive Art & Design • Cerritos College: Video Game Design and Development • Rio Hondo College: Certificate of Skill Proficiency - Game Development • Santa Monic College: Associate of Science Degree - Game Design, Certificate of Achievement - Game Design, B.S. in Interaction Design

100-200