Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences
Certificate Requirements
Certificates in Information Design and Digital Media Production Certificate Requirements
- These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2013 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
- You can also reference the graduation requirements for the year in which you enrolled on the portal; view graduation requirements by year (PDF) in the right-hand column of your MyResources page.
- Read the course descriptions.
- Prerequisite: Upon admission, if you have not passed the Hypermedia Proficiency Examination, you are expected to complete PBDS 660: Introduction to Web Development with a grade of B or better before undertaking any other coursework; this course does not count toward the completion of the degree program.
These 12-credit programs require the following:
Required Courses (6 credits)
Graduate Certificate in Information Design
- Interaction and Interface Design (IDIA 612)
- Research Methods (IDIA 642)
Graduate Certificate in Digital Media Production
- Interaction and Interface Design (IDIA 612)
- Designing for Mobile Web (IDIA 616)
Electives (6 credits)
Choose two courses from the appropriate certificate program.
Graduate Certificate in Information Design
- Designing for Mobile Web (IDIA 616)
- Dynamic Web Sites (IDIA 618)
- Interactive Multimedia (IDIA 619)
- Information Architecture (IDIA 630)
- Humans, Computers and Cognition (IDIA 640)
- Special Topics (IDIA 750)
- Learning and Cognition (APPL 603)
Graduate Certificate in Digital Media Production
- Dynamic Web Sites (IDIA 618)
- Interactive Multimedia (IDIA 619)
- Video Aesthetics & Technique (PBDS 639)
- Motion Graphics for Interactive Media (PBDS 670)
- Special Topics (IDIA 750)