Design and Media Production Technology (DAM1)  Technical Certificate of Credit

Introduces students to the fundamentals of design concepts, including design, composition and layout, color theory and typography.

This course is an introduction to the creation of vector imagery. Students will learn to draw illustrations transform objects work with layers patterns brushes and filters use effects and create graphics for the various applications. The focus will be on learning the essential tools basic operation and commands used in the creation of vector graphics used in different media fields.

In the Raster Imaging course the student becomes acquainted with the concepts and software related raster image manipulation. The student is introduced to the workspace and tools used in an image editing software and will learn basic image editing techniques.

Introduces the fundamental concepts terminology and operations necessary to use computers. Emphasis is placed on basic functions and familiarity with computer use. Topics include an introduction to computer terminology the Windows environment Internet and email word processing software spreadsheet software database software and presentation software.

Provides an overview of information systems computers and technology. Topics include: Information Systems and Technology Terminology Computer History Data Representation Data Storage Concepts Fundamentals of Information Processing Fundamentals of Information Security Information Technology Ethics Fundamentals of Hardware Operation Fundamentals of Networking Fundamentals of the Internet Fundamentals of Software Design Concepts Fundamentals of Software (System and Application) System Development Methodology Computer Number Systems conversion (Binary and Hexadecimal) Mobile computing.