UX/UI Design

The advanced certificate offers a direct hands-on approach to the relationship between interactive media and human perception through ideation, research and prototyping techniques, always putting the end user at the center of the experience and stressing the importance of aesthetics and accessibility in a design system.

Web and Digital Design

This twelve-credit advanced certificate program provides the candidate with a solid foundation in web and digital design. Candidates are introduced to the key concepts, strategies, and tools needed to develop functional and responsive interactive websites. The program explores the important preliminary design activities of interface development, case studies, research and planning, asset creation, optimization, user testing, buying a website domain and publishing.

3D Modeling and Digital Animation

This twelve-credit advanced certificate program provides the candidate with a solid foundation in 3D modeling and the basic principles of 3D animation, including lighting, animation, texturing, 3D environments, props, rigging and character modeling Using the most up-to-date version of Autodesk Maya, the curriculum includes tools for Poly modeling, UV mapping, painting custom textures, introduction to NURBS, 3D lighting and camera effects, displacement maps, bump maps, and texture projections. As a final project, candidates create a basic character that is textured, rigged, and animation-ready.