In as little as a year, students can enter the job market with specific skills and knowledge useful for employment and advancement.

Please see the Certificate of Achievement page for a list of all courses filling general education requirements.

Required Courses


Course Title Units
Total Requirements 30 Units
Program Requirements 21 Units
ART 100 Visual Foundations 3
     or ART 101 Drawing I  
GRC 116 Introduction to Digital Art and Design 3
GRC 200 Design Thinking and Methodologies 3
GRC 210 Typography I 3
GRC 220 Graphic Design I 3
Choose 6 units from the following program electives:
ART 260 Survey Art History I 3
ART 261 Survey of Art History II 3
GRC 175 Web Design I 3
GRC 282 Motion Graphics for Video 3
MKT 210 Marketing Principles 3
General Education Requirements 9 Units
English/Communications Requirements 3
Mathematics Requirement 3
Human Relations 1-3
General Elective 0-2

Suggested Course Sequence


GRAPHIC DESIGN - Certificate of Achievement
First Semester Units Second Semester Units
ART 100 or ART 101 3 GRC 210 3
GRC 116 3 GRC 220 3
GRC 200 3 Program Elective 3
Program Elective 3 General Education Course 6
General Education Course 3