Visual Communication

Two Years Profecional Certificate Visual Comunication

Program Overview
Visual Communication is the process of designing and delivering cultural messages and stories to diverse audiences through film, video, or newer digital technologies which are not simply techniques, but, more broadly, the defining elements of our culture and society.

This Professional Certificate Program is designed to offer students a flexible set of interdisciplinary theory core courses and practice seminars sequences seeking to develop new skills and knowledge while building a body of work and professional experience in an international learning environment.

This two-year program in Visual Communications gives students the opportunity to enter the global world of communications.
In the quickly developing sector of visual communications, technologies are constantly evolving and continue to offer a wide variety of creative outlets. Digital medias, beyond the traditional ones, promote the development of new and unique visual languages which translate into alternative communication fields.

YEAR 1

CORE COURSES

Italian Language (45 lecture hours) (*)

DI PH ID 180 Introduction to Digital Photography

(90 hours: 45 lecture hours + 45 studio hours with T.A.)

DI VC CG 150 Introduction to Computer Graphics (45 lecture hours)

CP PU MP 320 Magazine Editing and Publishing

(90 hours: 45 lecture hours + 45 studio hours with T.A.)

DI VC DF 190 Visual Communication Design Fundamentals Studio I

(45 lecture hours)

DI PH PS 220 Introduction to Photoshop (45 lecture hours)

SEMINARS

FT FC CP 200 Art Media: Introduction to the Creative Process

(15 lecture hours)

DI VC PM 220 Presentation Media (15 lecture hours)

DI ES SG 385 Sustainable Graphic Design for a Contemporary Green

World (15 lecture hours)

DI VC CB 310 Commercial and Business Advertising (15 lecture hours)

PS PD PO 350 Portfolio Development I (30 lecture hours)

SEMESTER II (Spring)

CORE COURSES

DI PH ID 300 Intermediate Digital Photography

(90 hours: 45 lecture hours + 45 studio hours with T.A.)

DI VC DF 250 Visual Communication Design Fundamentals Studio II

(45 lecture hours)

FT FC FM 350 Fashion Magazine Project I (45 lecture hours)

DI VC WD 200 Web Design (45 lecture hours)

DI DM RM 260 Introduction to Rich Media: Podcast Production

(90 hours: 45 lecture hours + 45 studio hours with T.A.)

DI VC SP 420 Special Project in Visual Communication and Publishing

(90 contact hours) or Italian Language (45 lecture hours)

SEMINARS

DI VC II 225 Introduction to Interface (15 lecture hours)

DI VC DI 270 Digital Imagery (15 lecture hours)

DI VC GI 210 Digital Graphic Illustration (15 lecture hours)

DI VC VB 280 Visual Communication Business (15 lecture hours)

PS PD PO 360 Portfolio Development II (30 lecture hours)

YEAR 2

SEMESTER I II (Fall)

CORE COURSES

DI VP CV 200 Introduction to Creative Videomaking

(90 hours: 45 lecture hours + 45 studio hours with T.A.)

DI VC DF 300 Visual Communication Design Fundamentals Studio III

(45 lecture hours)

DI VC MM 340 Multimedia Studio I (45 lecture hours)

PS PD PO 380 Portfolio Development III

(90 hours: 45 lecture hours + 45 studio hours with T.A.)

PS IN TA 420 Teaching Assistant Internship (90 contact hours)

SEMINARS

DI VC AD 330 Introduction to Art Direction (15 lecture hours)

DI VC PP 312 Professional Practices (15 lecture hours)

DI VC CC 325 Creative Communication for the Third Sector

(15 lecture hours)

SEMESTER IV (Spring)

CORE COURSES

DI VC DF 350 Visual Communication Design Fundamentals Studio IV

(45 lecture hours)

DI VC MM 380 Multimedia Studio II (45 lecture hours)

DI VP VE 380 Digital Video Editing

(90 hours: 45 lecture hours + 45 studio hours with T.A.)

PS PD PO 400 Portfolio Development IV

(90 hours: 45 lecture hours + 45 studio hours with T.A.)

PS IN IN 450 Internship (150 contact hours)

(*) All students enrolled in Certificate Programs are required to take a

three week course of Italian Language before the start of the Certificate

Program.