Technical Certificates
Digital Production/DTP
21-credit technical certificate
Learn the prepress skills required to use page layout, illustration, and image editing software packages to prepare electronic files for publication. Gain the skills to preflight, trap, and impose a document to ensure that a job can be run correctly on a press. Classes are taught using Apple computers and a variety of hands-on projects.
| First Semester | |||||
| Course Num | Course Name | Credits | |||
| 201-111 | Fundamentals of Design | 3 | |||
| 204-113 | Page Layout/InDesign | 3 | |||
| Total Semester Credits | 6 | ||||
| Second Semester | |||||
| Course Num | Course Name | Credits | |||
| 204-121 | Digital Illustration | 3 | |||
| 204-131 | Image Editing/Photoshop | 3 | * | ||
| Total Semester Credits | 6 | ||||
| Third Semester | |||||
| Course Num | Course Name | Credits | |||
| 204-123 | Page Layout/QuarkXPress | 3 | * | ||
| 204-133 | Integrated Digital Design | 3 | * | ||
| Total Semester Credits | 6 | ||||
| Fourth Semester | |||||
| Course Num | Course Name | Credits | |||
| 204-139 | Digital Workflows | 3 | * | ||
| Total Semester Credits | 3 | ||||
* (Prerequisites or substitutes may apply to this class. Click on course title for specific information.)
What is a Technical Certificate?
A WCTC technical certificate provides an excellent means for those already employed in business to cross train or to expand their knowledge through short-term training opportunities.
How to Get Started
- Prospective certificate students do not need to complete an application for admission to WCTC.
- First semester students may register during Open Registration for General Public.
- Prerequisite and program restrictions may apply.
- After completion of the first certificate course, students declare their intent to complete a certificate.
- Second semester students are eligible to receive priority registration.
For more information, call 262.691.3400.