Digital Imaging and Design

Gaming, Anime, the G4TVchannel, computing – are these part of your life? Do you dream of learning how to put your creativity and interests to work and have a career in graphic arts? Check out the DID program here at TSTC – our instructors want to help you achieve your dream.

While you're in the DID Program, you'll learn to be a graphic designer and how to work in print, Web, and multimedia formats. You'll even do some of your studying in a 3D virtual environment –TSTC West Texas has islands in "Second Life." During your classes, whether they occur in a hands-on, face-to-face lab, through flexible on-line instruction, or through dynamic virtual world simulations, instructors will help you develop expertise in numerous software applications such as:

  • Photoshop
  • Indesign
  • Dreamweaver
  • Illustrator
  • Premiere Pro
  • Flash
  • 3dsmax 2008

Our Digital Imaging and Design instructors will help you develop the professionalism and skills that will set you apart in the graphic design field. Our goal is to help you understand your client's or employer's needs and deliver the product they require in the highly competitive field of graphic design.

The Graphics Design field requires you to solve problems and create solutions. We'll give you projects that will expand your skills with real-world scenarios. Your work will require you to make presentations to clients, so in your courses you'll have plenty of opportunities to practice and polish your presentation skills. Finally, this field also prepares you for independent or contract work, so in our Portfolios Course, we'll help you determine how much to charge for your services, and you'll learn to put together your own Web site to help your business along. Some of the other courses included in the Digital Imaging and Design Program are:

  • Computer Applications
  • Web Page Design and Web Page Programming
  • Web Authoring
  • Design Communications
  • Fundamentals of Photography
  • Digital Publishing and Digital Video
  • Introduction to Multimedia

Graduates of the DID program have found a wide and varied market for their graphic design skills. Career opportunities exist in fields such as:

  • Print design and advertising
  • Gaming (we give you the foundation for the design aspect)
  • Package design
  • Web page creation

And, if you like to work on your own, this is an excellent field. Take a look Digital Imaging and Design if these opportunities appeal to you.

Digital Imaging and Design Location In-state
Tuition		 Out-of-state
Tuition		 Time to
Complete
vTSTC Digital Media SL A.A.S.  ABI,SWTR $5,155.00 $12,292.00 16 Mo.
Digital Imaging and Design A.A.S.  ABI,SWTR $6,035.00 $14,459.00 20 Mo.
vTSTC Digital Media SL Certificate  ABI,SWTR $2,225.00 $5,150.00 8 Mo.
Visual Communications M.S.A.  ABI,SWTR $1,168.50 $2,689.50 4 Mo.
Visual Communication (High School Dual Credit only) M.S.A.  ABI,SWTR $1,168.50 $2,689.50 4 Mo.
Web Design M.S.A.  ABI,SWTR $1,079.00 $2,483.00 4 Mo.
Multimedia M.S.A.  ABI,SWTR $1,079.00 $2,483.00 4 Mo.
Graphic Design M.S.A.  ABI,SWTR $1,079.00 $2,483.00 4 Mo.