Digital Media, Certificate of Proficiency

This certificate is designed to provide high school students an opportunity to obtain a certificate of proficiency while still enrolled in high school, which not only gives initial employability skills, but also stacks into associate degrees at UVU.

Program Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Total Credit Hours		16
General Education Requirements		6 Credits
ENGL 1010	Introduction to Academic Writing CC (Course must be completed with grade 'C' or higher. )	3
or ENGH 1005	Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC
Complete one of the following: (Course must be completed with grade 'C' or higher. )		3
MAT 1030	Quantitative Reasoning QL (3)
MAT 1035	Quantitative Reasoning with Integrated Algebra QL (6)
STAT 1040	Introduction to Statistics QL (3)
STAT 1045	Introduction to Statistics with Algebra QL (5)
MATH 1050	College Algebra QL (4)
MATH 1055	College Algebra with Preliminaries QL (5)
MATH 1090	College Algebra for Business QL (3)
Discipline Core Requirements		10 Credits
DGM 1110	Digital Media Essentials I	4
Choose 6 credits from one of the following categories:		6
--Animation and Games
DAGV 1400	Scripting Essentials (3)
DAGV 1300	Animation Essentials (2)
DAGV 130L	Animation Essentials Lab (1)
--Digital Cinema
DGM 1061	Digital Cinema Editing I (3)
DGM 1520	Filmmaking I (3)
--Digital Audio
DAPR 2000 & DAPR 200L	Digital Audio Essentials and Digital Audio Essentials Lab (4)
DAPR 2080	Podcast and Radio Production (3)
--Web Development
DWDD 1600	Web Essentials (3)
DWDD 1400	Digital Design Essentials (3)

Graduation Requirements

1. Completion of a minimum of 16 semester credits.
2. Overall grade point average of 2.5 or above.  
3. All DGM courses must be completed with grade 'C' or higher.   
4. Residency hours-- minimum of 5 credit hours through course attendance at UVU.

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track.

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Semester 1		Credit Hours
Math Requirement		3
ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005	Introduction to Academic Writing CC or Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC	3
DGM 1110	Digital Media Essentials I	4
	Credit Hours	10
Semester 2
2 courses from one of the tracks		6
	Credit Hours	6
	Total Credit Hours	16

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Develop critical thinking skills to solve industry-related problems.
2. Describe the industry opportunities for Digital Media.
3. Create media for use in an introductory level project.
4. Produce a introductory level project using current industry tools.