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.

This program is offered at the Dover Campus.

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary 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 Earn

Competitive starting salaries range from $33,000 - $66,000

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.