Catalog 2023-2024 
    
    Apr 16, 2024  
Catalog 2023-2024

Web and Mobile Design, Certificate of Proficiency


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57-58 CREDITS

The Web and Mobile Design certificate prepares students to design, build, and maintain websites and screen-based interactive content for mobile devices. Students begin study with theory courses and progress to learn software tools associated with web authoring, content management systems, creation and integration of digital media, and basic scripting for web and mobile devices. Students seeking digital publishing, prepress, or page layout skills should pursue the Design, AAS-T  degree program or the Digital Design, Certificate of Proficiency .

Web and Mobile Design certificate graduates will:

  • be prepared for entry-level jobs as web designers and mobile content designers
  • create, edit and integrate a variety of vector and raster graphics, data, and text within web, mobile and interactive projects
  • describe the importance of site navigation and usability in web and mobile design
  • demonstrate basic coding skills using HTML, CSS, and scripting languages
  • demonstrate an understanding of content management systems through use in projects
  • create effective solutions to design challenges using the elements and principles of design
  • demonstrate communication, critical thinking, cultural humility, information literacy, and teamwork skills
  • meet Quantitative Reasoning , Social Science , and Written Communication  general education distribution area outcomes

Lake Washington Institute of Technology does not offer every course each quarter. It is the student’s responsibility to consult the Class Schedule and work out an individual schedule with an advisor. Any developmental coursework a student may be required to complete may increase the program length.

Program Requirements


Recommended Course Sequence

The courses listed below are a suggested sequence; as long as prerequisites are met, courses may be taken in a different order.

Students who have not met the prerequisites for the required courses will need the Design Program Chair’s permission to enroll.

Technical Elective - 4-5 Credits


Select a course with ART, CSD, or DSGN as the prefix. The following courses are recommended.

General Education Requirements - 15 Credits


Diversity and Social Justice Requirement


Within the degree requirements, students must complete a 3-5 credit course that meets the college’s Diversity and Social Justice (DSJ) requirement. DSJ courses are designated in the college schedule and are designed to meet other general education or technical requirements simultaneous to meeting the DSJ requirement (e.g., ENGL& 101 with the DSJ attribute meets both the ENGL& 101 requirement and the DSJ requirement).

Note: Not all sections of a course meet the DSJ requirement. Students should review the class information to ensure the class section includes “course attributes: meets diversity requirement.”

Visit the DSJ requirement webpage to view the current list of general education and technical courses that meet the requirement.

Students who have taken a DSJ class in a previous certificate or degree, do not have to take another DSJ class.

Total Program Credits: 57-58


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