15 Weeks - 37.5 contact hours.The course combines three aspects of web site creation into one intensive course. The first part of the course focuses on creating web pages using Dreamweaver. The course delves into HTML and Cascading Style Sheets as well as best practices in creating web sites while teaching the most effective ways to use Dreamweaver. The second part of the course focuses on Adobe Flash and creating dynamic Flash-driven pages. The course introduces the student to programming with ActionScript as well as teaching the ins-and-outs of Adobe's Flash software. The final portion of the course teaches how to create a well-designed web site, whether in HTML or Flash, from the user's standpoint. This portion of the class examines the user-centric approach to web design to create fully accessible sites that are not just usable, but are user-friendly.

An understanding of HTML and CSS is required along with experience with imaging software such as Photoshop or Fireworks. Students should also have some experience with Flash and experience with Dreamweaver or other web design tool. Class attendance and project completion is required. Instructors: Ken Fricklas, Travis Stiles, and Dan Alexander.

Date: September 8 - December 15, 2008
Mondays, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 202
$990 - general public Register Now >>
$743 - membership discount Register Now >>
$50 - Lab fee

15 Weeks - 37.5 contact hours. Instructors: Duc Huynh and Kimberlee Lynch.

Formally known as Desk Top Publishing, this Certificate is for anyone interested in professional development in Graphic Design. This is a 15-week intensive program divided into four sections of comprehensive study in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and the Principles and Elements of Graphic Design in Print Media. Through a succession of hands-on projects, the focus will be on how programs are used in the design/print media setting, understanding the importance of communicating visually and building a solid graphic design foundation. Participants' final project will be designing and creating a 4-page newsletter. Class attendance and project completion is required. Students should have introductory experience in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator prior to taking this class.

Date: September 9 - December 16, 2008
Tuesday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays,10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 200
$880 - general public Register Now >>
$660 - membership discount Register Now >>
$50 - Lab fee

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. In this class, your first Flash project will be to build a Flash web site! Many key elements of Flash will be covered including 'real life' scenarios that will give you a solid overall understanding of the software. The key descriptive words for this class are 'fun', logical' and 'in context' with the end result of you gaining a quicker, more comprehensive understanding of Flash. You will finish this class with your own fully functioning Flash website and be equipped with the knowledge needed to take you to the next level of Flash study. Instructor: Erik Madsen and Sarah Lennon.

Date: October 1 - December 10, 2008 (no class Nov 26)
Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 204
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263- membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. This class covers the fundamentals of creating webpage content with HTML, then bringing that content to life through CSS styles. You will also cover user-centered planning and design, web standards, and cross-browser compatibility and testing. You will have open critique sessions and dialog, as well as weekly milestones for each of the two class projects you complete. Instructor: Alex Brown.

Date: October 1 - December 10 (no class Nov 26) 2008
Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays,10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 200
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263 - membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. Using the most current version of Adobe Illustrator, participants will be introduced and learn how to create two-dimensional resolution independent graphics and typographic elements. Instructor: Duc Huynh.

Date: October 1 - December 10, 2008 (no class Nov 26)
Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays,10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 202
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263 - membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. Using the most current version of Adobe Dreamweaver, in this introductory course students will learn techniques for designing, building, and maintaining successful web sites. Topics and themes covered will include user-centered design, on-line brand identity, and designing information architecture. To better succeed in this class, students should have previous experience with Adobe Photoshop or other image-editing software. Instructor: Ken Fricklas.

Date: October 2 - December 11, 2008 (no class Nov 27)
Thursday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays,10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 206
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263 - membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. Using the most current version of Adobe InDesign, students will be introduced and learn how to copy and paste Adobe Illustrator graphics, display an image at full resolution, easily export pdf files with built-in Distiller settings, and manage color between Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Acrobat. Participants will learn to construct documents, utilizing style sheets, paragraph formatting, master pages, basic typography, color specifications, output settings, file formats and more. Designed to enhance individuals' creativity in electronic page layout, this course will help participants build their creative skills using Adobe InDesign software. Instructor: Jeannette Stutzman.

Date: October 2 - December 11, 2008 (no class Nov 27)
Thursday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 200
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263- membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. Adobe Photoshop is the leading industry photo-manipulation and image creation application. Designers or fine artists can use the program as a paint, prepress, color correction, and darkroom tool. Using the most current version of Adobe Photoshop, this class is designed to introduce students to the broad range of image effects and techniques possible-from painting to cloning out photo flaws to collage and print preparation. Instructor: Jeannette Stutzman.

Date: October 6 - December 8, 2008
Monday 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays,10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 200
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263 - membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

12 contact hours. This intensive workshop is designed to improve your skills in DHTML and CSS using Dreamweaver CS3 or the most current version. You will cover selectors, positioning, and inheritance in CSS, as well as using the Adobe Spry framework to create advanced javascript behaviors such as tabbed layouts and advanced forms. If you have a design that you are having trouble implementing, bring it to class and together we will find a creative solution. This course is designed to bring your web design skills to a new level! To better succeed, you should have knowledge of HTML and basic CSS and be familiar with Dreamweaver, or Dreamweaver MX or later versions. Instructor: Ken Fricklas and Nini Coleman.

Date: October 11 & 18, 2008
Saturday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm with a 1 hour break for lunch
Location: Texas 204
$240 - general public Register Now >>
$180 - membership discount Register Now >>
$25 - Lab fee

Non-Credit – 12 contact hours
Calling all Flashtronauts! This two day intensive workshop will launch you with the skills to take your SWFs into orbit. It provides Flash designers with little-to-no prior ActionScript experience the
knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build more flexible and dynamic design-based Flash content. This course focuses on teaching students more advanced ActionScript topics that will remove a reliance on Timeline-based visual tools.
Instructor: Erik Madsen

Date: October 25 & November 1, 2008
Saturday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm with a 1 hour break for lunch
Location: Texas 204
$240 – general public Register Now >>
$180 – membership discount Register Now >>
$25 – Lab fee

12 contact hours. In this workshop you will expand on your knowledge of web design using advanced layout, CSS and XHTML techniques. In it you will cover such things as flexible layouts, designing without tables, and browser compatibility. You will apply Javascript for livelier sites and we'll cover the fundamentals of designing for dynamic content. You'll look at options for building dynamic, user-friendly, successful and complete websites, rather than collections of web pages. To better succeed in this workshop, you should have at least an introductory knowledge of HTML and CSS. Instructor: Alex Brown.

Date: November 8 & 15, 2008
Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm with a 1 hour break for lunch
Location: Texas 204
$240 - general public Register Now >>
$180 - membership discount Register Now >>
$25 - Lab fee

15 Weeks - 37.5 contact hours. The course combines three aspects of web site creation into one intensive course. The first part of the course focuses on creating web pages using Dreamweaver. The course delves into HTML and Cascading Style Sheets as well as best practices in creating web sites while teaching the most effective ways to use Dreamweaver. The second part of the course focuses on Adobe Flash and creating dynamic Flash-driven pages. The course introduces the student to programming with ActionScript as well as teaching the ins-and-outs of Adobe's Flash software. The final portion of the course teaches how to create a well-designed web site, whether in HTML or Flash, from the user's standpoint. This portion of the class examines the user-centric approach to web design to create fully accessible sites that are not just usable, but are user-friendly.

An understanding of HTML and CSS is required along with experience with imaging software such as Photoshop or Fireworks. Students should also have some experience with Flash and experience with Dreamweaver or other web design tool. Class attendance and project completion is required. Instructors: Ken Fricklas, Travis Stiles, and Dan Alexander.

Date: January 12 - April 27, 2009 (no class Feb 16)
Mondays, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 202
$990 - general public Register Now >>
$743- membership discount Register Now >>
$50 - Lab fee

15 Weeks - 37.5 contact hours.

Instructors: Duc Huynh and Kimberlee Lynch. Formally known as Desk Top Publishing, this Certificate is for anyone interested in professional development in Graphic Design. This is a 15-week intensive program divided into four sections of comprehensive study in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and the Principles and Elements of Graphic Design in Print Media. Through a succession of hands-on projects, the focus will be on how programs are used in the design/print media setting, understanding the importance of communicating visually and building a solid graphic design foundation. Participants' final project will be designing and creating a 4-page newsletter. Class attendance and project completion is required. Students should have introductory experience in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator prior to taking this class.

Date: January 13 - April 28, 2009 (no class March 17)
Tuesday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays,10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 200
$880 - general public Register Now >>
$660 - membership discount Register Now >>
$50 - Lab fee

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. Adobe Photoshop is the leading industry photo-manipulation and image creation application. Designers or fine artists can use the program as a paint, prepress, color correction, and darkroom tool. Using the most current version of Adobe Photoshop, this class is designed to introduce students to the broad range of image effects and techniques possible-from painting to cloning out photo flaws to collage and print preparation. Instructor: Jeannette Stutzman.

Date: February 9 - April 20, 2009 (no class Feb 16)
Monday 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays,10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 200
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263 - membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. In this class, your first Flash project will be to build a Flash web site! Many key elements of Flash will be covered including 'real life' scenarios that will give you a solid overall understanding of the software. The key descriptive words for this class are 'fun', logical' and 'in context' with the end result of you gaining a quicker, more comprehensive understanding of Flash. You will finish this class with your own fully functioning Flash website and be equipped with the knowledge needed to take you to the next level of Flash study. Instructor: Erik Madsen and Sarah Lennon.

Date: February 11 - April 15, 2009
Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays,10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 204
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263- membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. This class covers the fundamentals of creating webpage content with HTML, then bringing that content to life through CSS styles. You will also cover user-centered planning and design, web standards, and cross-browser compatibility and testing. You will have open critique sessions and dialog, as well as weekly milestones for each of the two class projects you complete. Instructor: Alex Brown.

Date: February 11 - April 15, 2009
Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays,10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 200
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263 - membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. Using the most current version of Adobe Illustrator, participants will be introduced and learn how to create two-dimensional resolution independent graphics and typographic elements. Instructor: Duc Huynh.

Date: February 11 - April 15, 2009
Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays,10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 202
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263 - membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. Using the most current version of Adobe Dreamweaver, in this introductory course students will learn techniques for designing, building, and maintaining successful web sites. Topics and themes covered will include user-centered design, on-line brand identity, and designing information architecture. To better succeed in this class, students should have previous experience with Adobe Photoshop or other image-editing software. Instructor: Ken Fricklas.

Date: February 12 - April 16, 2009
Thursday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 206
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263 - membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

10 Weeks - 25 contact hours. Using the most current version of Adobe InDesign, students will be introduced and learn how to copy and paste Adobe Illustrator graphics, display an image at full resolution, easily export pdf files with built-in Distiller settings, and manage color between Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Acrobat. Participants will learn to construct documents, utilizing style sheets, paragraph formatting, master pages, basic typography, color specifications, output settings, file formats and more. Designed to enhance individuals' creativity in electronic page layout, this course will help participants build their creative skills using Adobe InDesign software. Instructor: Jeannette Stutzman.

Date: February 12 - April 16, 2009
Thursday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Open lab Saturdays10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Texas 200
$350 - general public Register Now >>
$263- membership discount Register Now >>
Lab fee: $50

Non-Credit – 12 contact hours
Calling all Flashtronauts! This two day intensive workshop will launch you with the skills to take your SWFs into orbit. It provides Flash designers with little-to-no prior ActionScript experience the
knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build more flexible and dynamic design-based Flash content. This course focuses on teaching students more advanced ActionScript topics that will remove a reliance on Timeline-based visual tools.
Instructor: Erik Madsen

Date: March 7 & 14, 2009
Saturday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm with a 1 hour break for lunch
Location: Texas 204
$240 – general public Register Now >>
$180 – membership discount Register Now >>
$25 – Lab fee

12 contact hours. In this workshop you will expand on your knowledge of web design using advanced layout, CSS and XHTML techniques. In it you will cover such things as flexible layouts, designing without tables, and browser compatibility. You will apply Javascript for livelier sites and we'll cover the fundamentals of designing for dynamic content. You'll look at options for building dynamic, user-friendly, successful and complete websites, rather than collections of web pages. To better succeed in this workshop, you should have at least an introductory knowledge of HTML and CSS. Instructor: Alex Brown.

Date: March 21 & 28, 2009
Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm with a 1 hour break for lunch
Location: Texas 204
$240 - general public Register Now >>
$180 - membership discount Register Now >>
$25 - Lab fee