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Web Design Certificate

GES 508 -- 420 hours

Course Objectives

    Students who complete the program can expect to learn to:

    * Prepare bitmap images for print or the Web using basic Photoshop retouching and correction techniques, collage, and compositing.
    * Create standards-compliant Web page layouts by hand-coding using HTML and CSS.
    * Publish Web pages to a Web server using Dreamweaver FTP.
    * Develop Web page and site layouts using Adobe Dreamweaver and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
    * Gain a basic understanding of creative and career options in the Web design field (optional elective).
    * Utilize the fundamentals of color, typography, and composition in developing page layouts.
    * Design Web layouts, graphics, navigation buttons, and banner ads using Adobe Fireworks.
    * Design basic Flash page graphics, animations, ads, and promotional sites.
    * Develop a systematic approach to Web design projects using site maps, wireframes, usability, and competitive analysis.
    * Develop a creative approach to Web design projects using mood boards and design comps. * Transform comp layouts into valid HTML/CSS Web pages using hand-coding.
    * Design Web page layouts for a range of different types of business clients.