Earn Your Web Design Specialization Online or On Campus & Begin Your Digital Design Career
Multimedia Technologies Associate's degree - Web Design specialization
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.
Our industry-experienced instructors will guide and elevate your web design skills as you complete coursework that includes real-world assignments and challenges. You will 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 Rasmussen College student, you will also 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. As a graduate, you will have an extensive understanding of web design strategies and tactics, as well as a professional portfolio of digital design work, so you can hit the ground running as 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
Your web design coursework will not be purely academic. You will gain hands-on experience in a wide range of website design tactics and develop sites to showcase this experience. This portfolio will become an essential element to your career search as employers will see the level of work you are capable of producing and what you can do for their business.
Our web design specialization is available online and on campus to enhance each student’s learning experience with the flexibility and convenience of online classes matched with the classroom experience required of a hands-on design program.
Want to learn more? We’ve spent more than a century at Rasmussen College preparing students for success. If you would like to know more about our school, our on-campus and online degree programs, or anything else, please complete a contact request or call us at (888) 549-6755. One of our program managers will answer all of your questions.
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.
Some key courses include:
Dynamic Content Management
You will create robust and efficient database designs using MySQL.
Multimedia Technologies
You will utilize modern multimedia programming environments such as Flash to create animations and interactive web applications.
Audio-Video Editing
You will make use of non-linear audio-video editing software applications such as Premiere and After Effects to create and modify short video clips.
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Web Design Career Outlook
It's a competitive market but you've got an advantage – you'll leave Rasmussen College with strong multimedia skills that today's employers demand. And, because it's all about landing that great job, the Rasmussen College career placement staff starts helping you before you leave school with resumes, cover letters and interviewing techniques. And one more big plus – these services are available to you throughout your career.
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% |
‡"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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