Designing and creating visual messages is important for those entering the professional world. Both designers and non-designers benefit from skills that will enable them to illustrate their ideas and concepts. In this course students will learn principles of message design. A variety of industry standard software applications are available to support the research, writing, visualization, design, and production of messages. Students with a wide range of experience and computer skills will benefit from this course. The Digital Design course is an introduction to design, intended to help the student develop their understanding of basic design concepts and to develop basic design skills. Students will also get the opportunity to apply these principles to a variety of visual products such as advertisements, logos, brochures, resumes, etc.

An introduction to communication contexts and processes emphasizing both conceptual and practical dimensions. Participants engage in public speaking, small group problem solving and leadership, and writing exercises while acquiring theoretical background appropriate to understanding these skills.