Revised 08/2020

ART 220 - Advanced Design for the Web (3 CR.)

Course Description

Presents advanced features of web design and technology used by designers. Explores advanced design problems. Lecture 2 hours. Studio instruction 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

General Course Purpose

Designed to advance the student's education in design concepts, especially on how it applies to the current trends in the field. Expand on the necessary skills and tools needed to be successful in creating interactive web-based designs. Explore more front-end user interface design concepts and applications. Course continues the knowledge development in ART 116: Design for the Web I and ART 117: Design for the Web II.

Course Prerequisites/Corequisites

Prerequisites: ART 116 and ART 117.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Construct design aspects into a complex web site
• Design a complex, functional interactive site
• Consider design concepts through front-end user requirements
• Analyze design and interactive concepts based on user interaction
• Evaluate and use emerging technologies into front-end user designs
• Critique advanced designs
• Create a web site that functions in advanced technologies
• Plan advanced design for responsiveness
• Develop a web site with integrations of interactivity using industry standard software and coding
• Compose a design using open source platforms

Major Topics to Be Included

• Current design trends
• Front-end user interface design requirements
• Advanced HTML
• Advanced cascading style sheets
• Interactivity
• Interactive, web-based designing
• Accessibility in designing user interfaces