Digital Media and Programming

The Digital Photography program provides basic knowledge and skills required for a career as a photographer. The focus is to provide the fundamentals of digital photography and covers how to use the features of a digital camera. Students will learn the basic concepts of photography and the operation of a digital camera (no phone cameras). This program also covers establishing a photo management system and editing workflow used by professional photographers to accelerate the photo editing process and make organizing, editing, and sharing of digital photographs quick and easy. Advanced photo editing software tools will also be used for non-destructive mass image editing, printing, and publishing. Upon successful completion of this program, students will be prepared for an introductory career in photography which includes but is not limited to photographer/editor, school photographer, real estate photographer, and/or freelance photographer.

Provides students with the basic knowledge and skills needed for developing and designing websites. Front End Web Developers design the user interface and are responsible for visual design, user interaction and browser compatibilities. Students who successfully complete the program can use the skills learned in a variety of industries including graphic design and prototyping, website design, web marketing and consulting services.

Provides basic knowledge and skills needed to develop, customize, and manage websites using a CMS (Content Management System). The focus of this program is to provide the fundamentals of working with a CMS, including set-up, terminology, role management, functionality enhancement using plugins, and methods of customization by using child themes and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Content management driven websites require the use of databases and topics covered will include an overview of how to work with a database and its relationship to the CMS. In addition, this program teaches custom theme development using Pre-Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) and other front-end web languages. Upon successful completion of this program, students will be prepared to work as a WordPress developer, consultant, and/or content creator.

MongoDB, Express, React and Node, also known as the MERN stack, are a popular combination for building modern full-stack web applications. Companies such as Uber, Lyft, Coinbase, Accenture, Netflix, Pinterest, and more leverage these technologies to build fast, efficient, and scalable solutions that can handle the massive amounts of transactions on their platforms every day. In this program, the student will be introduced to full-stack web development with the MERN stack. The student will learn the JavaScript programming language and how to use it to build data-driven web applications using React and Node, work with data using MongoDB and Express, and learn to test, secure, and deploy applications. This program also covers many other complementary tools and technologies.

Provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop, publish, and market cross-platform mobile applications. Students will use open source tools to build mobile apps that are compatible with Android, IOS, and Windows Mobile.

The Programming with Python certificate program provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to program software using the Python programming language. The two courses provide instruction in fundamental Python topics, ranging from the essentials of the language, including control statements, functions, and data types, to object-oriented programming concepts.

Students who successfully complete the program can use the skills learned in a variety of industries and jobs including, network and system administration, cyber security, automation, embedded programming, and general software development. This program also serves as a foundation for additional training in web and game development.