MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3147 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2018 Fall Last Admit Term: 2020 Summer Award: AAS Total Credits: 62-67 CIP Code: 09.0702	Primary College: Initiating College: Mesa Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: Field of Interest: Computer and Information Technology Instructional Council: Computer Information Systems (12) GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: 15-1255.00

Description: The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Digital Media/Multimedia Technology is a discipline that integrates business concepts with multiple digital media types including text, graphics, animation, audio, and video. The Associate of Applied Science in Digital Media/Multimedia Technology prepares students for technical career opportunities with corporations, organizations, educational institutions, government agencies, entertainment, and advertising industries that produce media as content, or which require multimedia content to support, enhance and/or market their product or service.

The curriculum brings together business concepts and digital media to prepare students for careers such as a Digital Multimedia Producer, Multimedia Scriptwriter, Multimedia Developer, Multimedia Designer, Computer-Based Training or Instructional Designer, Digital Graphic Designer, Webpage Developer, Interface Designer, Video/Audio Specialist, Video Editor or Animator.

Required Courses

CIS103 Introduction to Social Media 3
CIS105 Survey of Computer Information Systems 3
+CIS108 Electronic Portfolio Development 1
CIS120DB Computer Graphics: Adobe Illustrator 3
CIS120DC Adobe Animate: Digital Animation 3
CIS120DF Adobe Photoshop Level I: Digital Imaging 3
CIS120DK Introduction to Digital Video Editing 3
CIS120DL Digital Video Compositing: After Effects 3
CIS133DA Internet/Web Development Level I 3
+CIS220DK Advanced Digital Video Production: Premiere 3
+CIS233DA Internet/Web Development Level II 3
GBS211 Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues of the Internet Studies 3
MKT110 Marketing and Social Networking 3
MTC191 Electronic Music I 3

Credits: 40

Restricted Electives
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General Electives
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General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 22-27

General Education Core	Credits: 12-17

First-Year Composition	Credits: 6
Any approved general education course in the First-Year Composition area

Oral Communication	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course in the Oral Communication area

Critical Reading	Credits: 0-3
CRE101 College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking 3 OR Equivalent as indicated by assessment (0-3)

Mathematics	Credits: 3-5
MAT120 Intermediate Algebra (5) OR MAT121 Intermediate Algebra (4) OR MAT122 Intermediate Algebra (3) OR Satisfactory completion of a higher level mathematics course.

General Education Distribution	Credits: 10

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course in the Humanities, Arts and Design area

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 3
SBU200 Society and Business 3

Natural Sciences	Credits: 4
Any approved general education course from the Natural Sciences area

Program Competencies
1. Demonstrate CIS/Computer concepts and programming techniques. (CIS105) 2. Create digital video movies using basic video import, export, and editing functions. (CIS120DK,CIS120DL, CIS220DK) 3. Utilize Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) documents to embed Flash movies for delivery to the World Wide Web. (CIS120DC) 4. Utilize Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and other technologies to deliver digital media for delivery to the World Wide Web and social media. (CIS103, CIS120DC, CIS120DK, CIS120DL, CIS133DA, CIS220DK, CIS233DA, MTC191) 5. Perform the basic applications for graphic design and image correction using Adobe Photoshop. (CIS120DF, CIS120DB) 6. Create an electronic portfolio of work. (CIS103, CIS108) 7. Design and develop interactive websites using HTML5/CSS3, social media, and marketing strategies. (CIS103, CIS133DA, CIS233DA, and MKT110) 8. Discuss Legal, ethical and regulatory issues pertaining to the Internet environment and cyberspace. (GBS211)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 27, 2018

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