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Submitter's Information

Name

David Yamamoto

Title

Professor, Chair of Photography

Region

Los Angeles

College

Glendale Community College

CTE Dean

CTE Dean's Name

Peter Green

CTE Dean's Email

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Program Details

Program Title

Digital Content Specialist

Submission Type

New Program

TOPs Code

Digital Media (061400)

Projected Start Date

09/01/22

Catalog Description

This program provides the creative and technical skills to create, edit, optimize, and distribute digital content including web graphics, photographic images, and video. Completers will be able to develop, deploy, and manage web servers and optimize digital content for deployment on client side websites. The program will provide the employment skills required for Digital Content Creators, Digital Content Managers while providing skills to support Photographers, Graphic Designers and Video Editors. This program requires 23 units.

Enrollment Completer Projections

5

Program Proposal Attributes

Program Award Type(s) (Check all that apply)
  • A.S. Degree (S)
Program Goal

This program will provide the creative and technical skills to create, edit, optimize, and distribute digital content including web graphics, photographic images, and video. Completers will be able to develop, deploy, and manage web servers and optimize digital content for deployment on client side websites. The program will provide the employment skills required for Digital Content Creators, Digital Content Management while providing skills to support Photographers, Graphic Designers and Video Editors.

This program already exists as a certificate of achievement at GCC and this proposal would allow an option for an Associate degree.

Course Units and Hours

Total Certificate Units (Minimum and Maximum)

n/a

Units for Degree Major or Area of Emphasis (Minimum and Maximum)

23/23

Total Units for Degree (Minimum and Maximum)

23/23

Course Report

Program Requirements Narrative

Coursework includes multiple disciplines necessary to have broad skills in Photography, Media Arts, and Graphic Design to create and maintain digital assets as well as IT coursework to support deployment of those digital assets.

Program Requirements
CourseTitleUnitsYear/Semester
(Y1 or S1)
PHOTO 100Introduction to Photography3Y!
PHOTO 111Lighting 14Y1
PHOTO 130Photoshop and Lightroom for Photographers4Y1
ART 250Web Graphics3Y1
ART 251Web and Mobile Design3Y2

CS/ISIntro to Website Development3Y2
Media !)#Intri ti Motion Picture Production3Y2

Supporting Documents

Los Angeles Regional Questions

District

Glendale

College

Glendale Community College

LA Workforce Council Voting Member

Federico Saucedo

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Phone

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Reason for program recommendation request

New Program

Place of program in college's curriculum/similar program
Media Arts, Graphic Design, Photography
List similar programs at other colleges in the Los Angeles Region
Similar programs in the region: East LA College (3-year average = 13 awards) El Camino College (3-year average = 8 awards) LA City (3-year average = 23 awards) Long Beach (3-year average = 2 awards) Mt San Antonio (3-year average = 27 awards) Pasadena (3-year average = 2 awards) Santa Monica (3-year average = 22 awards)
Annual Enrollment projects (non-duplicative)
96
List of colleges contacted for collegial consultation
Priority Sector

ICT/Media Art

If this is a program modification, please provide a brief description of the changes to the program. A bulleted list of key changes is acceptable.
This program exists as an approved certificate and this request allows the program to be competed as an AS.

Submission Details

Published at

08/29/22 - 11:30 AM

Status

Recommended

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