Scheduled Course Offerings
Fall 2008
Course Information
This course prepares students to plan, create, and present
traditional portfolios, interactive Web or CD-ROM portfolios,
or video tape demo reels. Topics also include career-planning
skills, such as creating résumés, interviewing,
and developing client proposals. This course is beneficial for
a broad range of majors which use portfolios for employment interviews,
freelancing, or transfer to a four-year university program.
To do well in this class you should plan to dedicate between 8-12 hours per week to class activities, homework, and assignments (This assumes a 16-week Fall or Spring semester. Summer semesters are of a shorter duration, which increases the weekly workload.)
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able
to:
- set career goals, and research trends in the marketplace
and identify jobs in related field.
- create marketing documents such as a résumé,
cover letter, thank you letters, list of references, and business
cards.
- explain how to prepare for and conduct oneself during an
interview or client proposal meeting.
- examine and categorize the significant components in a media
design portfolio.
- formulate and employ an artistic style that strengthens the
dramatic effect of a portfolio presentation.
- evaluate commercial portfolio examples and estimate whether
it would lead to a successful interview.
- develop and implement design goals that encompass all facets
of the influence strategy for a portfolio.
- develop a production plan for a portfolio.
What you will need for
this course: |
Online Course |
| Basic Computer Literacy including file management |
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| Readiness for online learning (Take
this quiz) |
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