City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College
Web Design and Print Design About the Program Earning a web design certificate can be the first step to a career as a web designer or developer! Students will gain hands-on experience in our cross-platform, multimedia laboratory and learn to effectively design, maintain and manage web sites with speed, simplicity and continuity. Professional web design instructors will take you from the fundamentals of web design and image creation through animation techniques and portfolio design using today's hottest software. Drawing on your creative skills and general computer knowledge, this program will introduce you to image creation, site architecture, page layout, animation and coding-in short, all the prerequisites to a career in web design. These web design capabilities can also be used to promote your own business or enhance your current job. Topics include images, backgrounds, JPG and GIF compression, animation, tables, frames, layers, buttons, interactive forms, javascript behaviors, image slicing, rollovers, jump menus, cascading style sheets, masking, sound, actionscripting, vector graphics, optimization and much more. About the Web Design Certificate This certificate program is designed as an integrated series of classes. To qualify for the certificate you must complete the following five courses. Of course, you may take any class separately if you are not seeking a certificate. Photoshop Illustrator Dreamweaver I Dreamweaver II Flash
