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Multimedia Technologies Associate’s Degree—Web Design Specialization

With a Multimedia Technologies Associates degree specializing in Web Design, you learn how to efficiently use today’s most leading-edge design software, including Photoshop®, Illustrator®, Dreamweaver®, and Flash®, to build user-friendly and engaging websites, render motion graphics, and create interactive media projects.

As a graduate, your extensive understanding of web design strategies and tactics, as well as your professional portfolio of digital design work, can help you hit the ground running as a web designer. You can also choose to further your education and seamlessly transfer your credits into our Digital Design and Animation Bachelor’s degree.

Enter Your job Search With Living Examples of Your Work

Web designers around the country create new, engaging, and effective digital media every day. With our Multimedia Technologies Associate's degree with a Web Design specialization, you can gain the design and technical skills and knowledge you need to compete in this exciting and progressive field.

As a Rasmussen College student, you also receive top-of-the-line software used by design professionals, including Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Master Collection Adobe® Creative Suite, as well as a VisTablet® for digital drawing.

Your web design coursework is not purely academic. You gain hands-on experience in a wide range of website design tactics and develop sites to showcase this experience. This portfolio becomes an essential element to your career search as employers see your skill level and what you can do for their business.

Learn more about our Multimedia Technologies Associate's degree with a Web Design specialization by completing the form on the right or calling us at 888-549-6755. One of our program managers will be happy to answer all your questions.

Program Highlights
  • Learn from industry-experienced instructors to help you succeed in your career
  • Develop a professional portfolio of digital design work, so you can hit the ground running as web designer
  • Work on-on-one with a career services advisor to help start your path to a successful career in an exciting digital-design position.
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Web Design Courses

Your web design courses will be taught by instructors who know what they are talking about in the field of web design. Having been in the industry themselves, your web design instructors will have experienced many of the obstacles you will face as you are learning new cutting-edge techniques. They will be able to teach you the shortcuts and will guide you through complex assignments.

  • Create real-world projects using industry-standard tools such as Autodesk and Adobe
  • Top-of-the-line software and tools provided to you
  • Classes offered online and on campus
  • Curriculum based on a parallel path of learning theory and application

Sample Course List

Introduction to Computer Graphics
This course gives students an overview of desktop publishing and other graphic software that enables them to use the computer as a graphic design tool. Additional topics include file management, the Internet, basic keyboarding, and basic troubleshooting. This course will provide training in a variety of industry-accepted Adobe design software.
Dynamic Content Management
This course introduces students to the standards for designing relational databases. The course focuses on record creation, modification, and deletion as well as report generation and database design. In addition, Structured Query Language is utilized to obtain dynamic information for multimedia authoring.
Fundamentals of Web Authoring and Design
This course focuses on the students' basic authoring skills by focusing on the demands, details, and subtleties of creating web pages. HTML and supplemental client side scripting are the primary focus of the course. In addition, processes of graphic and multimedia creation - adding interactivity, color use, file management and formats, testing, publishing, and publicizing are addressed. Students use interactivity and multimedia elements to enhance their site design.
Multimedia Portfolio Development
In this course, students select a primary and secondary track to create an industry-quality portfolio consisting of enhanced and updated projects from previous classes as well as newly created projects. Students will create a final portfolio/demo reel using a consistent theme related to their identity package. This course will provide training in a variety of industry-accepted Adobe design software.
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Estimated Program Cost

  •   Full Time Part Time

  • Upper division courses

    Upper division courses

    Upper Division courses are either listed as 300-400 or 3000-4000 level, depending on the state.

     $299 $310

  • Lower division courses

    Lower division courses

    Lower Division courses are either listed as 100-200 or 1000-2000 level, depending on the state.

     $299 $395

  • Estimated Price

    Estimated Price

    Price if you are continuously enrolled in your program of study until graduation. Estimated price does not include $150 course fee.

  • Grants
    None Partner Success

  • Discounts
    None Corporate Military

  • Transfer Credits

    How many credits can you transfer?

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FACT

Our programs are created to prepare students for careers projected to be in strong demand in the future-giving our graduates increased opportunity to land the job they want.

Job Growth

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates a 13% job growth for Graphic Designers over the next 10 years.

  • 18%
  • 13%

Increased Affordability

Continuously enrolled students lock in their tuition rates. 93% of students receive financial aid assistance.

The Federal Pell Grant Program awards between $575 - $5,550 to eligible students based on financial need. The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants awards $100-$4,000 (based on availability) to eligible students based on financial need.

The Federal Pell Grant Program awards between $575 - $5,550 to eligible students based on financial need. The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants awards $100-$4,000 (based on availability) to eligible students based on financial need.

The FL Student Assistant grant is awarded to eligible undergraduate students with FL residency and based on financial need.

The ND state grant is valued at $1200/ year and is awarded to eligible undergraduate students with ND residency and is notified by the state regarding eligibility.

Credit Transfer

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GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT RATE

Placement Rate Methodology: 85% of March 2011 to December 2011 graduates available for employment were employed in their field of study or continuing their education as of September 30, 2012. This rate includes graduates across all Rasmussen College programs and campuses working in their field of study or continuing their education at Rasmussen College or another institution. This rate does not specify that each graduate was placed by Rasmussen College in their current position; some graduates find jobs on their own while others maintain previously held employment.

Bureau Of Labor Statistics (BLS)

BLS salary data represents national, averaged earnings for the occupations listed and includes workers at all levels of education and experience. This data does not represent starting salaries. Employment conditions in your area may vary.

Tuition Lock

Tuition rate is locked in for continuously enrolled students. A change in the number of credits taken during enrollment in any quarter may lead to different prices if a student moves from part-time to full-time status or vice versa.

Federal And State Grants

Students must meet applicable eligibility requirements for state and federal grant programs—please speak with a financial aid advisor for details.

Time To Complete

Time to complete is dependent on accepted transfer credits and courses completed each quarter.

Credit Transfer

Rasmussen College reserves the right to accept or deny credits based on policies listed in the college catalog.

Corporate Discounts

Discounts may vary by corporate partner and program. Please contact a program manager for more information.

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Estimated Potential Earnings

If you invested in your degree and started a career as a , the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) states the median yearly salary for this career is . At that rate, your estimated return on investment would be over the course of a lifetime.

A career as a is just one career option you can pursue with your degree. Your income potential can vary based on your specialization or industry, and you should explore all your options to find the career that is right for you.

A Degree Matters

Earning an Associate's or Bachelor's degree—regardless of the field of study—can greatly improve your income potential in today's job market. In fact, according to the BLS, degree holders earn, on average, significantly more than high school diploma holders:

National Average Lifetime Earnings**
Unemployment Rate**
Bachelor's Degree
$2,281,040
4.9%
Associate's Degree
$1,763,440
6.8%
Some College
$1,622,240
8.7%
High School Diploma
$1,367,880
9.4%
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**http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-14.pdf, http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm

Potential earnings calculated by multiplying median full-time salaries by 40 years http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm

Seamless Transfer Policies

  • Transfer up to 67% of the credits required to complete your degree
  • Credits accepted from nationally and regionally accredited schools
  • Course-by-course evaluation of all courses with a grade of C or higher
  • No expiration of your previously-earned general education and certain degree-specific credits
  • Credit through prior learning, work, and military experience
    • Test out of courses where you can demonstrate specific knowledge
    • Complete advanced placement (AP) exams and achieve a score of 3 or higher
    • Successfully complete college exams (e.g., CLEP, DSST, DANTES, etc.)
    • Successfully submit course waivers for approval from Rasmussen College
    • Submit credits transcribed by the American Council of Education (ACE)
    • Submit a military transcript
  • Transfer all general education courses from your previously earned Associate's or Bachelor's degree, regardless of course of study

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Information on transfer policies

Rasmussen College reserves the right to accept or deny transfer credits based upon policies in course catalog.

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Adobe Photoshop®, Creative Suite®, Dreamweaver®, Flash®, and Illustrator® are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc.
VisTablet is a registered trademark of VisTablet, Inc.
Autodesk and Autodesk 3ds Max are registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc.

 
 

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