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Web Design and Development, A.A.S.

Requirements

Web design and development fuses together the design, development, and delivery of rich media content through the medium of the internet to hand held mobile devices as well as desktop computers. The curriculum integrates these digital mediums to entertain, educate, and communicate ideas and information through meaningful human interaction. This program provides motivated and dedicated students the opportunity to work with professionally active faculty members committed to the future of digital disciplines. The Associate of Applied Science in Web Design and Development will provide students with employable skills and a pathway to further education.

Total Program Credits: 63

General Education Requirements 17 Credits
  ENGL 1010 Introduction to Academic Writing CC 3
or ENGH 1005 Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC (5)  
Complete one of the following: 3
  Quantitative Reasoning QL (3)  
  Quantitative Reasoning with Integrated Algebra QL (6)  
  Introduction to Statistics QL (3)  
  Introduction to Statistics with Algebra QL (5)  
  College Algebra QL (4)  
  College Algebra with Preliminaries QL (5)  
Complete one of the following:  
  HLTH 1100 Personal Health and Wellness TE 2
or EXSC-1097 Fitness for Life TE (2)
Humanities or Fine Arts 3
Social/Behavioral Science 3
Biology or Physical Science 3
Discipline Core Requirements 46 Credits
  DGM 1110 Digital Media Essentials I 4
  DWDD 1400 Digital Design Essentials 3
  DWDD 1410 Interaction Design Essentials 3
  DWDD 1420 Communicating Digital Design WE 3
  DWDD 1430 Principles of Digital Design 3
  DWDD 1600 Web Essentials 3
  DWDD 1720 Scripting for Internet Technologies 3
  DWDD 2410 Interaction Design 3
  DWDD 2610 Principles of Web Languages 3
  Complete 9 credits of DWDD Electives 9
  Complete 9 additional advisor-approved electives 9

 Graduation Requirements:

  1. Completion of a minimum of 63 semester credits.
  2. Residency hours--minimum of 20 credit hours through course attendance at UVU.
  3. Overall grade point average of 2.0 (C) or above.
  4. Completion of GE and specified departmental requirements.

 

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track

Semester 1 Course Title Credit Hours
DGM 1110 Digital Media Essentials I 4
DWDD 1400 Digital Design Essentials 3
DWDD 1600 Web Essentials 3
ENGL 1010 Introduction to Academic Writing CC 3
HLTH 1100 Personal Health and Wellness TE 2
  Semester total: 15
Semester 2 Course Title Credit Hours
DWDD 1410 Interaction Design Essentials 3
DWDD 1420 Communicating Digital Design WE 3
DWDD 1430 Principles of Digital Design 3
DWDD 1720 Scripting for Internet Technologies 3
Social or Behavioral Science 3
  Semester total: 15
Semester 3 Course Title Credit Hours
DWDD 2610 Principles of Web Languages 3
DWDD 2410 Interaction Design 3
DWDD Elective 3
DWDD Elective 3
Biology or Physical Science 3
  Semester total: 15
Semester 4 Course Title Credit Hours
DWDD Elective 3
Advisor Approved Elective 3
Advisor Approved Elective 3
Advisor Approved Elective 3
Math Distribution 3
Humanities or Fine Arts 3
  Semester total: 18
  Degree total: 63

Department

Digital Media

The Digital Media department is in the  Scott M. Smith College of Engineering. To find the most up-to-date information, including Program Learning Outcomes for degree programs offered by the Digital Media department, visit their website.

Digital Media department

Program Details

Program Learning Outcomes
  1. Markup a website using semantically appropriate HTML5 tags.
  2. Use media queries and mobile first design to create responsive page templates.
  3. Build single page web and mobile applications using JavaScript.
  4. Implement user experience design strategies to build applications and web sites that lead to a call to action.
  5. Design simple and understandable user interfaces and interactions for desktop, mobile, and web.
  6. Design and build digital video, audio, photographic, and textual assets.
  7. Demonstrate the ability to be a contributing member of a team.
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