Multimedia

Associate Degree Program

Multimedia design, by its very definition, provides unlimited opportunities for you to apply your creativity in the challenging world of communications. In Delaware Tech's Multimedia program, you'll develop the skill and experience needed to design, produce, and present creative solutions to communication problems through communications technology and media. The program blends the visual formats of video, photography, and web design necessary to bring presentations to life, with the opportunity to become Adobe certified in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro, and Adobe InDesign.

You'll find this program valuable if you want to design and implement multimedia presentations, design visual content for social media applications, and have a well-developed understanding of web design.

Offered at the following campus(es): Dover

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:

  • Web designer
  • Graphic designer
  • Independent, self-employed designer
  • Social media content developer
  • Marketing communications designer
  • Video editor

What You Will Learn

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Integrate the principles and elements of design and interactive graphics into cohesive problem solving techniques for interactive/web assignments.
  2. Critique design solutions and develop strategies for strengthening their conceptual and technical effectiveness.
  3. Structure a problem solving strategy for delivery of the client's message to his market, making efficient use of current design, production, and delivery technologies.
  4. Synthesize components of media delivery solutions into cohesive presentations that are technically and conceptually effective.
  5. Create or evaluate and select illustrative, photographic, layout, and/or responsive imagery for use in effectively evoking digital/web-based solutions for multiple devices.
  6. Integrate professional, ethical, and legal standards into business practice.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Suggested Pathway to Graduation

Semester 1

Number Course Title Credits
SSC 100First Year Seminar1
BUS 101Introduction to Business3
ENG 101Composition I3
VSC 109Drawing I3
VSC 115Intro To Design3
VSC 160Raster Graphics3

Semester 2

Number Course Title Credits
ENG 102Composition II3
 
HIS 131Art History I3
Or
HIS 131Art History I3
 
MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning3
VSC 161Vector Graphics3
VSC 165Photography I3

Semester 3

Number Course Title Credits
ElectiveSocial Science Elective3
MKT 212Principles of Marketing3
VSC 190Intro to Videography3
VSC 210Layout Graphics3
VSC 262Web Graphics3

Semester 4

Number Course Title Credits
VSC 276Advanced Web3
MKT 214Advertising and Promotion3
MKT 217Digital Marketing Fundamentals3
VSC 251Portfolio Workshop4
 
VSC 273Applied Practice Multimedia3
Or
VSC 293VSC Internship3
Or
VSC 294VSC Cooperative3

Approved Electives

Select one (1) social science elective.

Number Course Title Credits
POL 111Political Science3
PSY 121General Psychology3
SOC 111Sociology3

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 62 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).

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Campus-Specific Program Information
Contact Dover

Patti Bishop
Department Chair, Instructor,
and Program Advisor
pbishop2@ftigo.com
(302) 857-1310

Adobe Certified Associate Authorized Testing Center

The Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) certifications offer students a foundation for success by validating their digital skills. Certification testing is offered within the curriculum of several courses within the Visual Communication Department. Upon a successful attempt of the exam, the student is instantly able to promote the Adobe badge received and meet the popular demand of validating skills in the Adobe application.

This program is offered at the Dover campus.

This program is offered at the Dover campus.

This program is offered at the Dover campus.