Media & Communication Arts - Interactive Web Media, AAS

Suggested sequence (may be modified to meet your needs):

Credit Hours Required: 75

Media & Communication Arts-Interactive Web Media - Additional Program Information

Program Description:

The Media & Communication Arts-Interactive Web Media programs provide training for designing for interactive and web technologies. The courses provide skill training in the areas of content strategy, user-centered experience and design processes to be applied to web and interactive design.

Program Outcomes:

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate computer skills for the media and communication arts industry.

2. Apply the fundamentals of art and design.

3. Demonstrate critical and analytical thinking within a design-art context.

4. Demonstrate visual, presentation, and communication skills necessary for successful employment in the media and communication arts industry.

5. Demonstrate entry-level skills in a rapidly changing media and communication arts industry.

6. Apply mathematical concepts indicative of the media and communication arts industry.

7. Demonstrate a professional work ethic.

8. Create and plan a basic intermediate multimedia project used for internet, web pages, and CD.

9. Learn the tools needed to build an advanced Flash project.

Career Opportunities:

• Media & Communication Arts-Interactive Web Media

Transfer Pathways:

Students intending to transfer and complete a bachelor’s degree need to make early decisions concerning an academic major and a transfer destination. Statistics show that students who make these decisions early are more likely to persist to graduation than their undecided counterparts. Students planning to transfer credits earned at Macomb are strongly urged to see a counselor or academic advisor as early as possible in their college careers.

• Transfer Plan Database