Earn your specialization in design and animation and turn your passion into a career
Multimedia Technologies Associate's degree - Digital Design and Animation specialization
Digital design and animation continues to push the boundaries of creative development in industries throughout the world. As a graduate of our Multimedia Technologies Associate’s degree with a Digital Design and Animation specialization, you can turn your passion for graphic design and animation into a career dedicated to interactive multimedia creation.
With our industry-experienced instructors guiding, developing, and elevating your design and animation skills through coursework that includes real-world projects, you will learn how to navigate with ease today’s most leading-edge industry digital design software. You will use Photoshop®, Illustrator®, Dreamweaver®, and Flash® to build user-friendly and engaging websites, render motion graphics, and create interactive media projects. As a Rasmussen College student, you will receive top-of-the-line software that is used by design professionals, including Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Master Collection Adobe® Creative Suite, as well as a VisTablet® for digital drawing.
With a comprehensive skill set and professional portfolio in hand, as a graduate, you will be equipped to hit the ground running as an interactive multimedia designer in any industry, or you can choose to further your education and seamlessly transfer your credits into our Digital Design and Animation Bachelor’s degree.
Enter your job search with a degree and a portfolio
The work you do in your courses can be used as a portfolio of digital design work to show employers the kind of work you are capable of.
Life is hard enough – getting a great education doesn’t need to be inconvenient. This blended online and residential program in the digital design and animation field offers you flexible, convenient online learning paired with the classroom experience required of a hands-on design program.
What more can we tell you? After more than a century at Rasmussen College, we’re experts at preparing students for success. If you would like to know more about our school, what we offer our students or anything else, please fill out a contact request or call us at (888) 549-6755. One of our program managers can answer your questions today.
Digital Design and Animation Courses
After you earn your Multimedia Technologies degree with a specialization in Digital Design and Animation, you will have a basic understanding of visual design, project management, and portfolio development. Understanding how to harness these skills will help you to be successful when creating multimedia material.
Some key courses include:
Drawing Design and Art Theory
You will complete a final drawing through the integration of various drawing approaches, concept development, design and planning, and final execution according to drawing skills learned in class.
Introduction to 3D Arts Animation
You will create an original logo utilizing spline modeling techniques.
3-Dimensional Animation
You will use preplanning, time management, and teamwork to produce complex animated scenes.
Digital Design and Animation Career Outlook
You'll leave Rasmussen College with a real world, professional digital design portfolio that will show potential employers what you can do. You will not only be able to show your future employers your creativity, but you can show them how your strengths in design can apply to their business.
Here's a snapshot of one possible career:
Salary & growth statistics provided by the BLS ‡ |
25th Percentile | 50th Percentile | 75th Percentile | Projected Growth |
| Multi-media Artists and Animators | $43,170 | $58,250 | $77,410 | 14% |
When you go on your first job interview, you'll be ready with a resume, cover letter and interviewing techniques you develop with your work with the Rasmussen College career placement staff.
‡"Occupational Employment Statistics Home Page." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, 27 July 2010. Web. 27 Sept. 2010.
"Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, Dec. 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.
BLS salary data may not reflect expected entry level earnings.
Seamless Credit Transfer Policies
Transferring your credits doesn't need to be difficult. At Rasmussen College, our transfer policies are designed to maximize your credit transfer and minimize your time to graduation. View our official Transfer Policy for a full description of each policy.
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