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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. Then candidates learn how to use SASS, a CSS preprocessor, scripting languages such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML5), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3), Bootstrap 4 Library, JavaScript and the Lean UX process to design websites from scratch. Candidates also create interactive projects that explore web, smart phone, tablet, and kiosk navigation, information architecture, user accessibility, metaphor, and user interaction. As a result, the candidate develops a basic, yet professional, portfolio of work without needing to commit to earning a master’s degree.
The candidate will be able to:
- Understand and apply the basic concepts and current practices of front-end interactive Web design
- Engage in competitive research and planning
- Obtain, develop, and organize design assets
- Prototype and wireframe web site organization
- Construct a web site from scratch using current tools and languages
- Prototype a variety of design ideas for multiple end-uses
- Present design ideas in group settings
- Enter the Touro masters level web design program with 12 graduate credits
- Compete successfully for entry level web design positions in startup or corporate design settings
Semester 1
WMMN 609
Foundation and History of Design
- This course explores the principles and elements
of visual design, including the basic vocabulary of
visual forms, the various materials used in the
field, related technical and computer skills, and
important creative problem-solving strategies. A
variety of creative projects are designed to
challenge students to demonstrate their visual
creative skills, their grasp of visual literacy, and
their growing technical competence. Students
submit their work to class critiques that assess
their cumulative understanding of the concepts
and skills taught.t
3 Credits WMMN 611
Foundations of Web Design
- This course presents students with the
information and skills needed to use HTML and
CSS to build responsive websites. Students
develop sitemaps, wireframes, and style quides to
help them conceptualize an effective web design
strategy. They also learn how to create effective
email advertising. Students complete the course
with the necessary skills and knowledge to
jumpstart their career in web design and
development
3 Credits WMMN 602
Intro to Web Development for UX/UI Designers
- This foundation course introduces key concepts,
tools, and technoloqies needed to design, build
and troubleshoot web and multimedia projects,
including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Query, and
other server-side technologies. The goal is not to
make students into full-time programmers, but
rather to develop the solid proficiency needed to
participate in the web development process and
client/server communications. The course also
teaches students how to collaborate more
effectively with web developers and to continue to
learn on their own.
3 Credits WMMN 603
Responsive Web Development for UX/UI Designers
- In this advanced-level web design and
development course, students are introduced to
the key concepts and tools needed to develop
functional and responsive interactive websites.
The course explores interface design and user
experience, case studies, research and planning,
asset creation, optimization, user testing, buying a
website domain, and publishing the site to the
Internet. Students learn how to use SASS a CSS
preprocessor, scripting languages such as
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML5), Cascading
Style Sheets (CSS3), Bootstrap 4 Library,
JavaScript and the Lean UX process for product
desian. At the end of the course, students either
design a website from scratch or select a website
in need of a redesian for their final proiect
presentation.
3 Credits