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Online Web Design degree program objectives

The Associate of Occupational Studies (AOS) in Web Design program is designed to prepare students for professional Web design careers. Students will be challenged to develop technical, creative/visual, and communications skills for the Web design industry. Students will also develop their portfolios to present their creative and technical projects to potential clients and employers.

These goals are summarized in the online Web Design degree program objectives below. Review the Web Design curriculum to learn about the courses that satisfy these goals.

In the Web Design AOS program, students are expected to develop the ability to:

• Create sophisticated, appropriate color palettes and use color and contrast effectively in their work.
• Design and lay out typography for readability, impact, or expression.
• Create drawings in traditional media that show a command of proportion, perspective, and value contrast.
• Prepare images for professional publication with Photoshop retouching, correction, compositing, or collage.
• Create engaging and readable layout designs that attract the eye using fundamental design and composition techniques.
• Develop effective logo designs from a client brief using an iterative design process.
• Create simple, stylized logos, icons, and illustrations in Illustrator.
• Manipulate framing, perspective, distance, and lighting to take professional-level digital photographs in a range of settings.
• Create consistent, visually appealing page designs using HTML and CSS via Dreamweaver or via hand coding.
• Design Web graphics that are polished, consistent, and optimized, which communicate effectively and are integrated into an interface design.
• Design basic Flash illustrations, images, animations, and interfaces for the Web.
• Manage a professional Web design process including competitive research, mood boards, site maps and wireframes, color design and imagery, CSS layouts, and basic usability testing.
• Program interfaces in JavaScript and in ActionScript that show a proficiency in writing accurate code and developing richly interactive Web features.
• Apply in their work an understanding of English composition, business writing, psychology, computer science, marketing and art history.
• Write papers and presentations that demonstrate critical thinking, clear organization, and professional style, grammar, and spelling.
• Represent their design services to potential clients or employers and manage different aspects of the Web design process.
• Identify current areas of strength and prepare and maintain a portfolio of their best design work in print or on the Web.

Prospective students can use these online Web Design degree program objectives to compare the program with others and to construct a learning plan upon entering the program.

Employment Opportunities

Program graduates are prepared for entry-level positions in Web design and development. Potential employers for Web design program graduates include specialized design firms (e.g. Web design firms), advertising firms, and computer systems design firms. More information on job opportunities in this field of study can be found at O*NET OnLine.