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School of Web Design & New Media

"The new media are not just mechanical gimmicks for creating worlds of illusion, but new languages with new and unique powers of expression."
     ~ Marshall McLuhan

Academy of Art University’s top new media and web design school teaches students an overall knowledge of graphic, print, web and motion graphic design. Students can also specialize in usability practices and experience design. Web Design & New Media continues to update the range of options and industry standard skills offered to ensure student success in the professional world. A state-of-the-art usability lab gives students the tools to create interactive products that are usable for a memorable experience.

Web Design & New Media Class Descriptions and Schedules

Web Design & New Media classes in:

Contemporary Visual Design and Communications, Web and Interactive design and production, Print design and production, Motion Graphic Design, Photography and Imaging, Typography, Digital Video, Digital Audio, Hand coding HTML, Flash, ActionScripting, PHP and MySQL server-side scripting, and more!

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Web Design & New Media Career Opportunities

Interactive/Web Designer, Graphic Design and Print Production, Motion Graphics Designer, Visual Designer, Imaging Specialist, Art Director, Producer, Creative Director

Web Design & New Media Firms Hiring Our Grads Include:

Adobe, American Greetings, Auctiva Corporation, Ayebiz, Inc., The Barbarian Group, Basement Media, bebe, Bill Graham Presents / LiveNation, Cheil Communication, CNET, CNN, Code and Theory, Crescent Jewelers, Dentsu/Thailand, Design Reactor, Email Labs, FOX News, HandHeld Entertainment Inc., Healthy Pets, ImageMovers Digital, IOTA Design, Kaiser Permanente, L.inc, Linden Lab, Macys.com, Media Zone, Microsoft, National Geographic, Nippon Design Center, NIRO JAPAN, OC Weekly, Red Interactive Agency, Rodale, Sct Cards and Publishing Co., Ltd., RG/A, ScreamStream Interactive, SINA.com, Single Bound Creative, Threshold Corporation, Toyota, Wallace Church, Williams-Sonoma Inc., www.iwin.com*, XLR8, Yahoo

Web Design & New Media Degree Programs

Undergraduate Degree Programs
Graduate Degree Program

Online Web Design & New Media Degree Programs

Associate of Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts

Professional Development and Continuing Art Education

Reach your individual goals in Web Design & New Media by taking non-prerequisite classes

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