Digital Multimedia Design

Digital Multimedia Design explores the rapidly changing world of digital graphic design and multimedia communications with required courses in six areas:

  • Principles of design
  • Interface layout for print and electronic media
  • Image processing and illustration
  • Web and multimedia design
  • Internship experience
  • Portfolio preparation

Elective courses explore photography, typography, design history, information design, video production, computer illustration, drawing and painting, animation, design for mobile applications, and digital storytelling. 

By graduation, students produce professional portfolios to represent their best work and skills to prospective employers or for graduate school admissions.

Digital Multimedia Design exposes students to practical skills required for the following jobs: advertising art director, web designer, production assistant, mobile interface designer, digital illustrator, digital photo processor, freelance media designer, and broadcast designer among many others. 

An Honors Track is available to students with a minimum 3.5 GPA, permitting them to take 6 credits of master’s level courses in the Graduate School of Technology and apply the credits toward both their undergraduate degree and their master’s degree when the student enrolls in the Touro Graduate School of Technology.

Prof. Susan DeCastro serves as coordinator of the program.

Required for Major (45 Credits)

  • MCON 140 - Computer Concepts with Micro Applications - 3 credits
  • MCDN 150 - Foundations of Design I - 3 credits
  • MCDN 155 - Foundations of Design II - 3 credits
  • MCDN 230 - Digital Multimedia Design I - 3 credits
  • MCDN 231 - Digital Multimedia Design II - 3 credits
  • MCDN 235 - Computer Graphic Design I - 3 credits
  • MCDN 236 - Computer Graphic Design II - 3 credits
  • MCDN 262 - Digital Multimedia Design III - 3 credits
  • MCDN 263 - Web Page Design I - 3 credits
  • MCDN 264 - Web Page Design II - 3 credits
  • MCDN 267 - Computer Graphic Design III - 3 credits
  • MCDN 302 - Web Page Design III - 3 credits
  • MCDN 335 - Advanced Design Studio - 3 credits
  • MCDN 490 - Senior Portfolio - 3 credits
  • MCDN 498 - Internship in Digital Multimedia Design - 3 credits

Any Three Electives From the Following (9 Credits):

Computer Science

  • MCON 141 - Introduction to Programming - 3 credits
  • MCON 232 - Advanced Programming - 3 credits
  • MCON 270 - Visual Basic I - 3 credits
  • MCON 272 - Visual Basic II - 3 credits

The Arts

  • COAN 101/2 - Art of Western Civilization - 3 credits
  • COAN 201 - Jewish Art - 3 credits
  • COAN 301 - Aesthetics of Modern Art - 3 credits
  • COMN 122 - Mass Media in America - 3 credits
  • MCAN 166 - Intro to Visual Arts - 3 credits
  • MCDN 111 - History of Graphic Design - 3 credits
  • MCDN 221 - Photography - 3 credits
  • MCDN 224 - Drawing and Painting 1 - 3 credits
  • MCDN 225 - Drawing and Painting 2 - 3 credits

Computer Graphics

  • MCDN 201 - Exploring Typography - 3 credits
  • MCDN 291 - Principles of 2-D Animation - 3 credits
  • MCDN 303 - Multimedia Design - 3 credits
  • MCDN 320 - Information Design - 3 credits
  • MCDN 357 - Computer Illustration - 3 credits
  • MCDN 360 - Video Production Studio - 3 credits
  • MCDN 420 - Authoring Languages - 3 credits
  • MCDN 451 - Special Topics - 3 credits
  • MCDN 480 - Senior Project - 3 credits

Total Credits in Program: 54