Graphic Designer 1 – Certificate of Achievement

Cassandra Storey   ·  02/18/21

SDCE supports repackaging of current curriculum.

Tina Recalde   ·  02/18/21

San Diego Mesa recommends approval with caution based on the premise of existing courses being repackaged, but is concerned with LMI and low wages.

Jesse Lopez   ·  02/17/21

Based on available LMI and COE's comments, Miramar College supports this new program. Palomar's strategy to create more attractive stackable certificates is supported by their industry advisory board. Stackable/Mini certificates have also proven to be an effective strategy to improve enrollment and student outcomes across the CA community college system.

Nichol Roe   ·  02/17/21

While technically a new program, this creates stackable certificates with the AS and does not develop any new curriculum.

Dr. Javier Ayala   ·  02/16/21

LMI is low.

Dr. Al Taccone   ·  02/05/21

MiraCosta's graphic design enrollment is non-existent. As such MiraCosta suggests endorsement with caution in the hopes that the re-packaging of the Palomar curriculum results in better enrollment and student outcomes, though, the wages are not going to be driven by what is offered, but rather, by what the market dictates.

Tina Ngo Bartel   ·  02/03/21

Palomar College submitted the appropriate LMI from the COE. According to the LMI, there appears to be an oversupply of workers in the market and/or the labor market demand has been met with existing programs. Several institutions have programs for these occupations. Entry-level wages for these occupations range between $4.63 and $16.95 per hour. Based on available LMI, the COE would not endorse a *new* program, but we would encourage Palomar College to obtain employer endorsements. The Region/Deans’ Council will have to decide if they want to move forward with this program if the LMI doesn’t support it. However, because this is a stackable certificate of existing courses, no new curriculum would need to be developed.

margie fritch   ·  02/01/21

The following “stackable certificates” that are being proposed are innovative strategies to motivate working adults to update or expand their skillsets. They can be completed in as little as one semester, or longer if the student continues to work and is unable to take a full load. The certificates are intended to introduce higher education as a solution that potentially will give them employable skills quickly and / or the confidence to continue to complete an Associates Degree in their major program. More importantly, the “stackable certificates” package existing courses in new configurations to attract our potential audience in the industry and lead to existing certificates that were approved decades ago. Graphic Designer I is a generalist entry to an AS Degree or Certificate of Achievement in many of our programs such as Digital Imaging, Graphic Communications, Digital Media, and Digital Video. Indeed, it introduces the core Adobe software products that are the foundation for all nine (9) of our programs. These foundational software programs have been taught in our Graphic Communications Department since it was transitioned to digital technology in the late 1980’s. While new certificates are being proposed, no new curriculum is actually being developed. The goals is to provide exit points along a student’s pathway. Additionally, at the advisory board meeting on February 26, 2020, it was recommended that we offer “minicertificates” to prepare their employees quickly without taking them out of the workforce. The Board Members also asked for short courses and weekend sessions geared towards people in the workforce to update skills. They encouraged us to think outside of the traditional educational model to accommodate working adults, because they recognized the need for working adults to maintain career and technical currency and skills in a more fluid timeline.