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Media Arts & Contact Information Chair: Leigh Cotnoir Department: Media Arts and Dean: Al Taccone Technologies Technologies https://www.miracosta.edu/ Office: Building OC4800, academics/degree-and- 760.795.6811 certificate-programs/creative- and-applied-arts/media-arts- and-technologies/index.html

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Min Choi Karl Cleveland Leigh Cotnoir

Associate Degrees Associate in Arts Degrees Graphic and Design Students may earn one of the above-named associate degrees by completing a certificate of achievement and the general education courses required for MiraCosta College's Associate in Arts degree (see Associate Degrees). Students should meet with a MiraCosta College counselor to identify required courses and to develop a written educational for the specific degree or certificate they wish to earn. Certificates Certificate of Achievement This certificate provides students with the design and technical skills needed to gain employment in the graphic design field with organizations and small businesses that design and distribute publications in both print and digital media. Students who complete this certificate will also be prepared to work as or pursue a graphic design degree at a four-year university. Students learn principles and professional practices in graphic design and publishing using current The Media Arts & Technologies program provides a focused applications as well as concept development through sequence of courses for students who wish to transfer to project planning and management. Employment opportunities a four-year institution or gain employment in the fields of include graphic , graphic artist, specialist, graphic design, web and interactive design, video production, photographic assistant, layout artist, and graphic production , digital media, and print production and delivery. assistant. Career options include graphic design, (UI) design, (UX) design, , web Program Student Learning Outcome Statement development, programming, video editing, Upon completion of this program, the student will be video production, media content development, information able to plan, design, and produce professional- , production, and layout design. Specific graphic that apply design, layout, and typographic career positions include , web designer, principles and demonstrate effective video editor, web developer, user interface (UI) designer, user solutions. experience (UX) designer, interactive designer, production assistant, video production assistant, special effects artist, Foundation courses (15 units): background artist, product modeler, product , and MAT 110 Digital Imaging 1: 3 artist. MAT 120 Media Design 1: Production 3 Academic and Career Pathway: Creative and MAT 125 Web Design 1: Fundamentals 3 MAT 135 Graphic Design 1: Principles 3 MAT 155 Graphic Design 2: 3 Emphasis courses (select 12 units): 12

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At least 6 units must be at the 100-level and at least 3 MAT 140 3D Animation 1: Maya units must be at the 200-level selected from the courses MAT 150 Animation and below. MAT 200 Video 2: Post-Production and MAT 145 UI/UX Design Special Effects MAT 170 Digital 1: MAT 270 Advanced Design Studio MAT 180 Digital Publishing: Adobe InDesign Elective courses: MAT 185 Graphic Design 3: Design and Students may substitute 3 units from these elective Layout courses below in lieu of 3 units from the emphasis MAT 210 Digital Imaging 2: Advanced courses listed above. Photoshop MAT 190 Programming for Animation, MAT 230 Advanced Publishing: Output for Interactivity, and Games Print MAT 292 Internship Studies MAT 270 Advanced Design Studio FILM 101 Introduction to Film Elective courses: or FILM 101H Introduction to Film (Honors) Students may substitute 3 units from these elective FILM 112 Film History II: 1945-Present courses below in lieu of 3 units from the emphasis or FILM 112H Film History II: 1945-Present (Honors) courses listed above. MTEC 110 Recording Arts I MAT 105 History of Graphic Design Required to graduate (3 units): 3 MAT 150 Animation and Interactivity MAT 290 Portfolio Development MAT 220 2: Advanced Illustrator Total Units 30

MAT 292 Internship Studies Note: MAT 292 or MAT 296 may be substituted for courses within Required to graduate (3 units): 3 this certificate with approval of the MAT Program Director. MAT 290 Portfolio Development Certificate of Achievement Total Units 30 Web Development and Design Note: MAT 292 or MAT 296 may be substituted for courses within This certificate trains students in the skills necessary to gain this certificate with approval of the MAT Department Chair. employment in the dynamic field of web and interactive media content design, development, and delivery. Students gain Certificate of Achievement skills in all phases of website design, including site planning Video and Media Design and , (UX), This certificate provides the skills students need to gain user interface (UI) and graphic design, web programming employment in the corporate, broadcast, technical, and production, animation and motion graphics, audio and educational, and industries. Students learn video integration, and designing for interactivity. Employment how to create video programs and digital media content opportunities include web designer, web developer, web for broadcast, cable, DVD, , and mobile delivery as producer, front end developer, interaction designer, interactive well as for dedicated computer presentations. Students gain developer, UI designer, UX designer, UX engineer, production skills in all phases of video production, 3D and traditional assistant, information architect, mobile content designer, animation techniques, special effects, DVD authoring, and , and project manager. project management. Employment opportunities include video Program Student Learning Outcome Statement editor, video production assistant, camera operator, product animator, DVD author, mobile content developer, special Upon completion of this program, the student will be effects artist, and special effects animator. able to plan and develop professional-level graphical user interfaces, web pages, and websites that utilize Program Student Learning Outcome Statement appropriate tools and techniques and demonstrate Upon completion of this program, the student will be able effective communication solutions. to plan, design, and produce professional-level videos, Foundation courses (15 units): interfaces, applications, or experiences that integrate media, utilize appropriate tools and techniques, and MAT 110 Digital Imaging 1: Adobe Photoshop 3 demonstrate effective communication solutions. MAT 120 Media Design 1: Production 3 MAT 125 Web Design 1: Fundamentals 3 Foundation courses (15 units): MAT 135 Graphic Design 1: Principles 3 MAT 110 Digital Imaging 1: Adobe Photoshop 3 MAT 165 Web Design 2: Tools and Techniques 3 MAT 120 Media Design 1: Production 3 Emphasis courses (select 12 units): 12 MAT 125 Web Design 1: Fundamentals 3 At least 3 units must be advanced 200-level courses. MAT 135 Graphic Design 1: Principles 3 MAT 145 UI/UX Design MAT 160 Video 1: Production 3 MAT 150 Animation and Interactivity Emphasis courses (select 12 units): 12

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MAT 175 Web Design: JavaScript and jQuery university gain the skills necessary for self-publishing their written MAT 190 Programming for Animation, work. Interactivity, and Games Program Student Learning Outcome Statement MAT 225 Web Design: PHP and WordPress MAT 235 Web Design 3: UX and UI Design and Upon completion of this program, students will be able Production to demonstrate proficiency with digital imaging and print publishing tools and techniques. MAT 270 Advanced Design Studio

Elective courses: Required courses: Students may substitute 3 units from these elective MAT 110 Digital Imaging 1: Adobe Photoshop 3 courses below in lieu of 3 units from the emphasis MAT 170 Digital Illustration 1: Adobe Illustrator 3 courses listed above. MAT 180 Digital Publishing: Adobe InDesign 3 BUS 133 Project Management MAT 230 Advanced Publishing: Output for 3 CS 130 Fundamentals of Scripting Print or MAT 155 Graphic Design 2: Typography CSIT 146 E-Commerce and Web Presence Total Units 12 CSIT 155 Social Media for Business MAT 292 Internship Studies Certificate of Proficiency Required to graduate (3 units): 3 MAT 290 Portfolio Development This certificate forms a solid foundation in graphic design Total Units 30 proficiency. These skills are essential in all types of visual media where a message must be conveyed to a specific Note: MAT 292 or MAT 296 may be substituted for courses within target market. This certificate is designed to be completed in this certificate with approval of the MAT Program Director. conjunction with other MAT certificates to enhance a student’s ability to create more effective and dynamic communication or Certificate of Proficiency for professionals who would like to enhance their job skills. Digital Media Foundations This certificate provides students with a broad-based Program Student Learning Outcome Statement foundation in media arts. It includes core classes in the areas Upon completion of this program, students will be able to of digital imaging, graphic design, web design, and video and demonstrate proficiency with graphic design principles and media production. It is designed for students seeking stronger techniques. digital literacy and media design skills for their current or future jobs. It also allows students to gain broad exposure to the Choose 15 units from the following courses: 15 varying disciplines within media arts while taking a sequence of MAT 105 History of Graphic Design courses that counts toward the certificate of achievement and MAT 135 Graphic Design 1: Principles associate degree programs offered by the department. MAT 155 Graphic Design 2: Typography Program Student Learning Outcome MAT 170 Digital Illustration 1: Adobe Illustrator

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be MAT 180 Digital Publishing: Adobe InDesign able to demonstrate proficiency with digital media production MAT 185 Graphic Design 3: Design and tools and design techniques. Layout Total Units 15 Required courses: MAT 110 Digital Imaging 1: Adobe Photoshop 3 Certificate of Proficiency MAT 120 Media Design 1: Production 3 Video and Animation MAT 125 Web Design 1: Fundamentals 3 This certificate forms a solid foundation in the skills students MAT 135 Graphic Design 1: Principles 3 need to create video, special effects and animation media programs for delivery in traditional formats, over the Web, or via Total Units 12 mobile devices. Career opportunities include video editor, video Certificate of Proficiency production assistant, special effects artist, background artist, product modeler, product animator, and storyboard artist. Digital and Print Publishing This certificate provides focused skills necessary to gain Program Student Learning Outcome Statement employment in the field of digital and print publishing. Students gain specific skills in graphic design, manipulation, Upon completion of this program, students will be able , digital illustration, and preparation for final output. to demonstrate proficiency with video and animation Graduates of this program are able to move into employment production tools and techniques. opportunities as graphic artists, digital imaging assistants, Required courses: layout artists, and graphic production assistants. In addition, students majoring in English who are transferring to a four-year MAT 140 3D Animation 1: Maya 3

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MAT 150 Animation and Interactivity 3 MAT 110: Digital Imaging 1: Adobe Photoshop MAT 160 Video 1: Production 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None MAT 200 Video 2: Post-Production and 3 Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Special Effects Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Total Units 12 Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

Certificate of Proficiency In this key foundation course students use Adobe Photoshop to Web Design create digital imaging designs of professional quality. Through This certificate provides the focused skill set necessary to the manipulation of photographic and other raster graphic gain employment in website design. Depending on which , students generate unique artwork that involves photo courses are selected, students gain specific skills in web editing, tonal and correction, masking, layer adjustments, markup, web programming and production, graphics techniques, blending modes, and advanced production, web animation techniques, UI and UX design, compositing. Students study layout and design techniques, content management, and website planning and architecture. application of color using CMYK and RGB, and appropriate Graduates of this program will be able to move into typography practices. This course involves considerable hands- employment opportunities in web design, web development, on instruction and multiple projects. interactive design, content development, user interface (UI) MAT 120: Media Design 1: Production design, and user experience (UX) . Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Upon completion of this program, students will be able to Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring demonstrate proficiency with web design and development tools and techniques. This course introduces the fundamental skills needed for the design and production of multimedia projects and interactive Required courses: programs. Topics include capturing and editing video, images, Five of the following: 15 and audio, basic and animation, and interactive CSIT 146 E-Commerce and Web Presence program design and development. The course also covers MAT 125 Web Design 1: Fundamentals proper formats for playback through various presentation MAT 145 UI/UX Design platforms and the basics of network protocol. MAT 150 Animation and Interactivity MAT 125: Web Design 1: Fundamentals MAT 165 Web Design 2: Tools and Techniques Units: 3 Prerequisites: None MAT 175 Web Design: JavaScript and jQuery Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC MAT 190 Programming for Animation, Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Interactivity, and Games Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer MAT 225 Web Design: PHP and WordPress MAT 235 Web Design 3: UX and UI Design and This course introduces the fundamentals of building webpages, Production including HTML coding, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), image optimization, web typography, interface design, Total Units 15 basic JavaScript, and Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) for Courses uploading websites. Students also learn about browser and platform issues, modern coding best practices, responsive MAT 105: History of Graphic Design design, and management techniques for personal websites. Units: 3 MAT 135: Graphic Design 1: Principles Prerequisites: None Units: 3 Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Prerequisites: None Lecture 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Course Typically Offered: Fall Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. The course surveys the origin and evolution of graphic design Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring from the nineteenth century to the present day. It will explore This course introduces the principles the development and influence of graphic communication and concepts of successful graphic design. Topics include through genre, design, style, and format from historical, multi- form, color palettes, text/image relationships, typography, cultural, and global perspectives. Topics include the influence structures, and layout design. The course develops and of art and technology on graphic design, types of graphic refines each student's personal design sensibility by applying representation, significant historical design movements, and the appropriate and creative design presentations within cultural importance of graphic design in contemporary culture and a and historical contexts. global economy.

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MAT 140: 3D Animation 1: Maya MAT 155: Graphic Design 2: Typography Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Advisory: MAT 120. Advisory: MAT 135. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Course Typically Offered: Fall

This course introduces students to the concepts and design of This course covers the essential concepts of typographic design 3D modeling, animation, and rendering using Autodesk Maya. and its incorporation into all forms of visual communication. Topics include storyboard development and , Topics include historical development and cultural impacts, efficient modeling and texturing techniques, 3D environment , ligature, word/image fusion, and structural and design (including lighting and camera angles), object experimental design. Students develop a solid understanding and camera animation, and rendering considerations. The of how to use type and letterforms to improve the quality of course also covers proper formats for delivery through various comprehension and communication. mediums. MAT 160: Video 1: Production MAT 145: UI/UX Design Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Advisory: MAT 120. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides an introduction to user interface (UI) This course offers detailed coverage of the video production and user experience (UX) design and prototyping. Students environment. It covers the process of creating and editing video learn user-centered design approaches to research, design, programs from concept and through shooting and , and test user interfaces for screen-based media, recording, culminating in acquiring, editing, and mastering a such as websites and apps. Topics include UX research digital video production. Topics also include proper formats for and strategy, user personas and user scenarios, information delivery through various mediums. architecture, , prototyping, testing, MAT 165: Web Design 2: Tools and Techniques and industry tools and techniques. Students collaborate to Units: 3 design and prototype digital products. Prerequisites: None MAT 150: Animation and Interactivity Advisory: MAT 125. Units: 3 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Prerequisites: None Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Advisory: MAT 120. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. This intermediate-level course builds on the skills developed Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring in MAT 125. It introduces students to techniques for designing websites using industry-standard web design and development This course introduces students to 2D animation and interactive tools including Dreamweaver and Photoshop. Topics media design techniques and tools. Students learn to integrate include , coding, and animation, text, graphics, audio, and video to create rich, optimization, animation, and producing websites using HTML, interactive user experiences. The course emphasizes design CSS, and JavaScript. principles for time-based media and effective user interface MAT 170: Digital Illustration 1: Adobe Illustrator and interaction design. Students produce animation projects Units: 3 and interactive applications for delivery on the Web and other Prerequisites: None platforms. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Students use Adobe Illustrator to create and manipulate vector graphic images into personal artwork and commercial output. Students generate effective typography and vector shapes, utilize a variety of color palettes and libraries, develop unique brushes and patterns, and convert raster images into vector art. Through hands-on instruction and multiple projects, students transform objects, manipulate , utilize blends and gradients, understand the differences between CMYK and RGB, and import and export different graphic file formats.

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MAT 175: Web Design: JavaScript and jQuery MAT 190: Programming for Animation, Interactivity, and Units: 3 Games Prerequisites: MAT 125. Units: 3 Advisory: MAT 165. Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Advisory: MAT 150. Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Course Typically Offered: Spring Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall even years This course introduces web design students to JavaScript and jQuery for interactive web development, including how This course emphasizes programming for interactive media, JavaScript can be used in conjunction with HTML and CSS including 2D games and rich Internet applications. Students to add interactivity, animation, , and advanced learn to code within the context of the using functionality to web pages. Students explore interface design ActionScript, Processing, and/or JavaScript and explore the and core programming concepts in JavaScript and jQuery to creative and technical aspects of designing interactive user create rich user experiences, manage dynamic content, create experiences that integrate media, animation, and interactivity. animation, and make web pages more interactive and intuitive. Additional topics include , experience Students learn to design and script user interface elements design, interactive storytelling, , animation common on websites, such as content sliders, interactive techniques, and developing content for delivery across a galleries, and more. Students also learn to use the HTML5 variety of platforms and devices. canvas element with JavaScript to draw, animate, and create MAT 200: Video 2: Post-Production and Special Effects interactive graphics for HTML5 games or web applications. Units: 3 Topics also include integrating and customizing jQuery plugins, Prerequisites: None working with AJAX, and using API interfaces to web services, Advisory: MAT 110 or MAT 160. such as and social media. Acceptable for Credit: CSU MAT 180: Digital Publishing: Adobe InDesign Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Units: 3 Course Typically Offered: Fall Prerequisites: None Advisory: MAT 110 and MAT 170. This course offers detailed coverage of the video post- Acceptable for Credit: CSU production environment. Students learn techniques for creating Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. complex video sequences by combining video, animated Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring graphics, Foley effects, advanced editing techniques, green screen, and other special effects using industry-standard This course introduces students to Adobe InDesign, the page software. The course emphasizes instruction in advanced video layout software program used by professional graphic artists to editing techniques, as well as final project output for delivery publish ads, business cards, brochures, postcards, newsletters, through various presentation platforms. magazines, , and more. It involves considerable MAT 210: Digital Imaging 2: Advanced Photoshop hands-on instruction and projects similar to those faced by Units: 3 today's . Students learn how to prepare Prerequisites: MAT 110. for professional publication, how to format type, import Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in images, use styles, generate tables, create swatches, and ART 252. apply shortcuts. Students learn typographic and publishing Acceptable for Credit: CSU techniques, basic design principles, and how to apply spot Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. and process color. Students will examine, troubleshoot, and Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring package digital files for output to a commercial press and for the Web. This course builds upon knowledge and skills gained in MAT MAT 185: Graphic Design 3: Design and Layout 110. Students use Adobe Photoshop to acquire advanced Units: 3 digital imaging techniques for image design and production. Prerequisites: None Through specific projects, students develop higher-level Advisory: MAT 135. compositing skills, utilize advanced color management tools, Acceptable for Credit: CSU create a responsive design for web and mobile Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. devices, apply animation and sound, and generate 3D objects. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Multiple projects reinforce acquired knowledge through preparation of digital files for print and online delivery. This course covers the process of creating effective, efficient, and dynamic layouts to solve complex design problems. Students explore every stage of the design process, including concept development, intuitive design, and structural hierarchy and grid design. The course emphasizes developing a creative problem-solving approach and refining a personal design sense.

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MAT 220: Digital Illustration 2: Advanced Illustrator MAT 235: Web Design 3: UX and UI Design and Production Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: MAT 170. Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Advisory: MAT 165. Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: Spring Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Spring This is an advanced course for MAT students who are planning to pursue a career in graphic design. This course builds upon This course emphasizes user experience (UX) and user concepts gained in MAT 170 and addresses advanced vector interface (UI) design and production. Students learn to plan, design skills for developing , three-dimensional packaging, design, and develop complex, real-world, professional-level , advertisements, business cards, digital , websites in a team environment using modern web standards, and for the Web. best practices, and workflows. Topics include site planning and research, content strategy, information architecture MAT 225: Web Design: PHP and WordPress development, user personas and user scenarios, usability Units: 3 analysis and testing, programming and production techniques, Prerequisites: None and emerging industry trends. Advisory: MAT 165. Acceptable for Credit: CSU MAT 270: Advanced Design Studio Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Units: 3 Course Typically Offered: Fall Prerequisites: None Enrollment Limitation: Audition with portfolio and instructor This course develops skills for building database driven, approval. dynamically generated websites using PHP, HTML, CSS, Acceptable for Credit: CSU JavaScript, and WordPress, with design considerations for Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. and responsiveness. Students develop dynamic Course Typically Offered: Fall websites and content management system (CMS) web applications using modern design techniques as a basis This capstone course provides advanced students firsthand for creating professional, commercial, or other dynamic, experience in the function of a professional studio environment interactive applications. Topics include PHP scripting where they create real-world projects for real-world clients. fundamentals, templating principles, and reusable modular Students experience client relations, project development and code that integrates with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the management, problem solving, team management, asset WordPress CMS. Students also learn how to customize and management, and project delivery considerations. create WordPress themes, leveraging web design software MAT 290: Portfolio Development such as Adobe Dreamweaver and open-source code editors to Units: 3 create professional, data-driven websites. Prerequisites: None MAT 230: Advanced Publishing: Output for Print Advisory: It is recommended that students complete most Units: 3 courses within a MAT certificate or degree program before Prerequisites: None enrolling in MAT 290. Advisory: MAT 180. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Course Typically Offered: Spring odd years Students develop a professional portfolio that showcases their This advanced publishing course takes students through the design, media, and/or artistic skills and completed projects. process of producing and a press-ready publication Topics also include developing a personal and related at a professional printing company. Students explore print marketing materials, such as a website, resume, business technologies (e.g., offset printing, variable-data printing, and card, and cover letter. The portfolio's content and format are direct digital printing), learn the steps required for , determined by individual student goals in order to market production, binding, trimming, and finishing, and apply themselves as a or prospective employee. prepress techniques using Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator. The course includes a professional print bureau tour.

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MAT 292: Internship Studies Units: 0.5-3 Prerequisites: None Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per unit. Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or internship studies concurrently. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

This course provides students the opportunity to apply the theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship position in a professional setting under the instruction of a faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during community college attendance. MAT 296: Topics in Media Arts & Technologies Units: 1-3 Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 1 hour. Lecture 2 hours. Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in Media Arts and Technologies that are not included in regular course offerings. Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its own title and 296 number designation in the class schedule. MAT 299: Occupational Cooperative Work Experience Units: 1-4 Prerequisites: None Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per unit. Enrollment Limitation: Career Center approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or internship studies concurrently. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

Cooperative Work Experience is intended for students who are employed in a job directly related to their major. It allows such students the opportunity to apply the theories and skills of their discipline to their position and to undertake new responsibilities and learn new skills at work. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during community college attendance.

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