Digital Art and Design Certificate (Minor)

The Digital Art and Design Certificate is an interdisciplinary minor that will empower undergraduate students with a foundation in the essential design skills and integral technical prowess for creating engaging forms of communication, necessary to insure an advantage in today’s highly competitive job market. Today’s most powerful digital media tools belong in the hands of CatholicU’s students, helping them to become a dynamic force in the digital age.

6 Course Breakdown

1 Required Course
ART 231 - Digital Art and Design I: Visual Communication

5 Certificate Electives from the list:
ART 101 - Fundamentals of Deisgn I
ART 102 - Fundamentals of Deisgn II
ART 222 - Digital & Social Media Design
ART 229 - Cell Phone Photography
ART 232 - Digital Art and Design II: Photo-Manipulation and Digital Painting
ART 239 - Digital Art and Design III: Packaging Design and Motion Graphics
ART 288 - Creative Studio: Art & Design
ART 315 - Web Design and Development
ART 329 - Digital Photography and Photoshop
ART 383 - Video Production
ART 386 - 3D Modeling and Animation I
ART 412 - Character Design
MDIA 302 - Video Production Media Rhetoric and Aesthetics
MDIA 312 - Video Production: Media Composition
MKT 350 - Digital Marketing
MKT 359 - Fashion Marketing
PHYS 122: Sound and Light in Nature, Arts and Technology
ARPL 102 - Design Tools

Other digital art and design related courses may also count as approved by the certificate advisor. These courses may be drawn from departments and schools across the University, including Art, Architecture, Computer Science, Marketing, Engineering, and Media Studies. 

For the application, or more information, please contact the certificate advisor, Professor Jonathan Monaghan.