This program provides students with specific skills that make them job ready for the publishing industry, whether it is for printing or the web. Digital Publishing Specialists use Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator programs, along with Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint, to format and combine text, numeral data, photographs, charts, drawings, and other visual graphic elements to produce digital and/or printed publication-ready materials.
Program Learning Outcomes: Given client data, students will utilize marketing research tools, apply creative techniques, choose and utilize appropriate software program(s), and analyze and solve graphic design and page layout problems to produce an effective publication. Also, working as a member of a Digital Publishing team, students will demonstrate professional work habits, meet scheduled timeline milestones and deadlines, and communicate effectively via oral presentations and written documents.
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Occupational Goal of developing workforce readiness in this field. This certificate will also encourage retention of mainstream and underserved students, finish and complete their Community College education, transfer to a four-year academic institution and pursue jobs in the digital publishing industry.
Course | Title | Units | Year/Semester (Y1 or S1) |
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CIS 36A | Adobe Acrobat | 1.0 | Y1 |
CIS 37 | Microsoft Word | 3.0 | Y1 |
CIS 38 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 3.0 | Y1 |
CIS 40 | InDesign | 3.0 | Y1 |
CIS 60A | Photoshop I | 3.0 | Y1 |
CIS 64, Illustrator, 3.0, Y1
OFTECH 5, English Skills for the Office, 3.0, Y1
One of the following:
OFTECH 1A, 1B, or 1C, Keyboarding 1A, 1B or 1C, 1.0, Y1
OFTECH 1, Keyboarding 1, 3.0, Y1
OFTECH 9, Keyboarding Improvement, 3.0, Y1
This certificate's purpose is to help students secure an internship, apprenticeship or entry level/junior position as a publication designer in the Publication Design industry. The certificate's goals are to help students build the necessary skills and create a portfolio of high quality Publication Design work that will make them viable for employment. The certificate's goals will be achieve by providing students with the ability to produce both print and digital Publication Design solutions demonstrating their ability to work under industry professionals and by constantly aligning the course offerings with the frequently evolving trends in the print and digital design industry.
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