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Get started in a program that allows you to use your creativity through animation and motion graphics! Learn to tell stories, promote products, and advertisements in a visually animated format in The Aims Graphic Design and Rich Media program. Our faculty can facilitate your learning experience to communicate with illustrations, photography and video on the web and in motion graphic design formats. Our program has state-of-the-art Apple computers and industry driven software that is supported by Aims, which maintains cutting-edge technology in all of its classrooms. The faculty have the knowledge and passion needed to help students grow and they are dedicated to student success.
Degree Requirements for: Animation, A.A.S.
Student Learning Expectations: Animation, A.A.S.
Choose a program that excites you and gives you the opportunity to use your creativity through design and technology! The Aims Graphic Design and Rich Media program will show you how to communicate using typography, color, photography and illustrations together for print, web and animation design. The program has state-of-the-art Macintosh equipment and software and support of the college in maintaining cutting-edge technology. The success of the program depends on continued support of local businesses in Northern Colorado. Companies contact the program when they are looking to employ new workers because they have confidence in the program’s students and know that they have the skills needed for an entry-level position in their company. The faculty have the knowledge and passion needed to help students grow and have real-life experiences and they are dedicated to student success.
Degree Requirements for: Graphic Design, A.A.S.
Student Learning Expectations: Graphic Design, A.A.S.
Learn all the skills necessary to produce 2D Animations, 3D Models and Animation. Photo editing and Illustration courses have been added in order to make students more proficient and have a higher mastery level of their skill set. This certificate stresses storyboarding techniques, tweening, key framing and character drawing and design. Ramp it up into the 3D world and develop models, build textures, set lights, cameras, animate your scenes and storylines using advanced tools often seen in movies and games.
Certificate Requirements for: Animation Certificate
Information on Gainful Employment for: Animation Certificate
This is the basics, just the basics of 2D Animation that stresses storyboarding techniques, tweening, key framing and character drawing and design. Then ramp it up into the 3D world and develop models, build textures, set lights, cameras, animate your scenes and storylines using advanced tools often seen in movies and games.
Certificate Requirements for: Basic Animation Certificate
Take it to the next level by learning all of the essential applications that will make you a triple threat out in the industry. Get the inside track into advanced photo techniques, advanced illustration and page layout tools that will teach you valuable pre-press skills to get your foot in the door at any print company.
Certificate Requirements for: Graphic Application Certificate
Information on Gainful Employment for: Graphic Application Certificate
Get a basic understanding of the applications that drive the graphic design industry in this short but comprehensive introduction into photo manipulation and drawing tools that can get you started down a career path in graphic design.
Certificate Requirements for: Graphic Software and Application Certificate
Set yourself apart from the crowd. Take a look at our newest certificate that has the “best combination of our courses to provide students with a strong employable skill set. Students will gain a good working knowledge from these courses. If you have just a bit of talent and you will find yourself very marketable in the fast paced world of graphics, web design and motion graphics.
Certificate Requirements for: Graphics, Web, and Motion Certificate
Get involved with this Web Design certificate that will provide you with all the introductory courses necessary to build and design web sites. Learn basic coding practices, style sheets and HTML markup; add that to color, typography, layout and design principles and you will be on your way to producing some of the finest sites on the web.
Certificate Requirements for: Web Design Certificate
Information on Gainful Employment for: Web Design Certificate
Build on what you have learned in the Web Design certificate and move into advanced techniques using style sheets, work with content management systems, and produce content for mobile devices.
Certificate Requirements for: Web Design Specialist Certificate
Information on Gainful Employment for: Web Design Specialist Certificate
This is the basics, just the basics of Web Design that stresses design principles in page layout, navigation, typography for the web, style sheets and editing in the browser. This certificate is aimed at high school students in concurrent enrollment that want to get started in a few introductory courses to design web sites.