Certificate of Completion in Multimedia Studies

In keeping up with current cross-discipline trends, our Multimedia Studies Program offers one of the most flexible certificates available. Choose your courses from one of several areas of study to craft a certificate that fulfills your personal and career goals or just take individual courses to update your skills.

General requirements to earn a full multimedia certificate:

• Minimum 300 hours of course study.
• Effective Résumé Writing and Portfolio Development (included in 300 hour minimum).
  

MSP courses carry continuing education units (CEUs) where 1 CEU=10 course hours. In addition, the MSP accepts relevant course hours from other SF State departments, including academic units where 1 unit=15 course hours.

You need not apply for the full certificate in order to take any of our courses (except for Portfolio Development).

How to Apply

You can download the certificate application (PDF) here, or request one in person. (You will need Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file.)

For entrance to a certificate a $50, non-refundable application fee is required in the form of a check or money order, made payable to SF State-CEL (credit cards cannot be accepted). Enrollment in the certificate is not required to register for MSP classes.

Choose from the following categories, organized by emphasis.

Photoshop

• Photoshop I (also offered online)
• Photoshop II
• Photoshop III
• Photoshop IV (Adobe Certification)
• Photoshop Digital Realism

Digital Photography

• Digital Photography
• Aperture

Illustrator

• Illustrator I (also offered online)
• Illustrator II

Graphic Design & Print Production

• Graphic Design I
• Graphic Design II
• InDesign I
• InDesign II
• QuarkXPress (also offered online)
• Color Pre-press I
• Color Pre-press II
• Typography
• Branding Theory & Practice

Web Design & Development

• Web Design (online)
• Information Design I
• Information Design II
• Interaction Design (also offered online)
• Storyboarding
  
  
• HTML (also offered online)
• Cascading Style Sheets
• JavaScript
• Dreamweaver (also offered online)
• XML
• PHP
  
• Ajax
  
  
• Flash I (also offered online)
• Flash II
• Flash ActionScripting
• Flash III: Application Design
• Flash Video
• Flash for Mobile Devices
  
  
• Blogs, Podcasts & Internet Radio
• Online Marketing (online)

Maya (3D)

• Maya I
• Maya II
• Maya III
• Maya & Photoshop for Game Art
• Maya: Advanced Modeling
• Maya: Advanced Animation
• Principles of Animation
• Storyboarding

Digital Video

• Final Cut Pro 101
• After Effects
• After Effects: Compositing & Effects
• Digital Editing Fundamentals
• Digital Video Production
• DVD Studio Pro
• MOTION 101
• Photoshop for DV
• Premiere Pro
• QuickTime Pro
• Storyboarding
• Demo Reel Workshop
  (Required for DM Certificate Students)

Digital Audio

• Pro Tools 101
• Pro Tools 110
• Pro Tools 201
• Pro Tools 210P or 210M
• Pro Tools 310P or 310M

Computer Literacy

• Mac Basics

Career Development

• Breaking into the Industry
• Supervised Industry Internship
• Freelance Survival
• Portfolio Development
  (Required for MSP Certificate Students)
• Effective Résumé Writing