Web Design Certificate
64 Hours
This is an online, one-semester, non-credit certificate program, offered in the spring. Learn design principles and front-end programming using languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in this non-credit remote synchronous certificate program. Students will learn to use tools like Chrome Devtools, Adobe Photoshop, and Dreamweaver. Students will utilize the design thinking process to work as a collaborative web development team to prototype, evaluate, and test a finished portfolio piece. Portfolio pieces will be online websites ready for professional use.
Students must register for the entire program at time of registration.
Program tuition is $1,397.
To register for certificate program classes, you must call 914-606-7300 or email Carmen Marrinan at carmen.marrinan@sunywcc.edu
Career Pathways
Web Design Certificate
Course Descriptions
Web Design Strategy
Students will learn the fundamentals of website design and the production process. The course will introduce students to the design research process. Topics will include: user personas, sitemaps, journey maps, wireframes, and how to design a mock-up using the Adobe Creative Suite including basic image editing.
CE-DGART 2140PE
Coding HTML & CSS
This course provides students with how the web is structured and how to approach interface design. Students will learn the anatomy of HTML, HTML documents, elements, tables, attributes, how to embed images and multimedia, and how to style the web with CSS (Cascading Style sheet). Topics such as CSS Selectors, the box model, backgrounds and borders, styling text, and layouts will be explored. In addition, students will also learn how to debug HTML elements using the DOM inspector tool.
CE-DGART 2141PE
Coding Responsive & Interactive Websites
Students will take a deep dive into CSS programming and website interfaces for various devices for responsive design. The class explores topics such as responsive front-end frameworks, floats, positioning, flexbox, grid, typography, and media queries. Digital accessibility and 508 compliance will be addressed and incorporated into the curriculum. Websites will be developed into a mobile application.
CE-DGART 2142PE
Custom WordPress Website
Students will learn how to design and develop a fully customizable WordPress website. Topics like WordPress Themes and Child Themes, Plugins, Widgets, custom CSS, the WordPress admin/dashboard, and domain and hosting will be explored. The WordPress Website project produced in the class will include all the work students have created in the certificate program and may be used for their portfolios.
CE-DGART 2143PE
