By immersing yourself in the language of technology, you will acquire the skills needed to create high-quality content for clients. With just a few semesters of study, you will hone your expertise in crucial areas such as web applications, digital workflows, web development, and content management.
As a result, you will be well-prepared to excel in today's rapidly-evolving digital landscape and make a real impact on the clients you work with.
JCCC offers stackable certificates that enable students to quickly enter the workforce.
By completing a single certificate, you can gain access to professional opportunities in web development. Alternatively, you can choose to continue your education and stack multiple certificates, acquiring additional skills while pursuing an Associate's degree in Web Development and Digital Media.
Students have the flexibility to tailor their education by selecting courses that align with their strengths and areas of interest.
This is JCCC's response to the web development bootcamp. It provides core foundational technical skills for all web-related careers. You will learn critical thinking skills along with appropriate methodologies to create and maintain web pages. This is an excellent starting point for the person who would like to have a web-related career.
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With an emphasis on code, development, and maintenance of websites, this path goes deeper into web development. You will learn how to build, program, and maintain web pages that meet business needs. Markup and coding is the focus of this course with less emphasis on design.
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Learn content creation in a hands-on lab environment. Students learn user experience principles along with media production skills to become proficient at creating digital media content. Content creation and production is the focus of this certificate.
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In just four semesters, you'll take a variety of Web Development and Digital Media course work. Core classes are required, then you have the freedom to choose from a variety of electives to tailor your education. After completing 64 credit hours, you will graduate with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Web Development and Digital Media.
Learn More chevron_rightWDDM courses are transferable to four-year universities. It will depend on the college the student is interested in transfering to. For the most reliable information, students are encouraged to reach out to the college they are interested in transfering to.
The WDDM department can provide course information to aid in determining equivalency in curriculum. To learn more about transfer information, please reference the Transfer Information Guide.
Those interested in one of the certificates or the Associate degree in WDDM need to be enrolled as a student at Johnson County Community College. For the most up-to-date information on admissions, please reference the Admissions Policy.
Students can, and often do, work while enrolled in the WDDM department. Students who are working may choose to take classes part time (9 credit hours or less).
Many of the classes offered within the department are offered in the evening or online to provide maximum flexibility. All classes are offered once a week in one longer session rather than two to three smaller sessions to provide less disruption to student schedules.
WDDM is frequently contacted by local community members who are looking for students to help them with various web-related projects and job opportunities. These opportunities are shared as they come in with all students and will be posted on the departmental website.
Additionally, students occasionally can receive internships after attending the CSIT Reverse Career Fair and speaking with local web development company representatives.
The CoLab at JCCC frequently works with WDDM students through the Student Agency, which is designed to assist community members with projects by finding students and mentoring faculty to develop one off contractual projects that typically last for the duration of a semester. These projects are paid and provide students an opportunity to work in a group with a real client, while gaining mentorship from faculty and staff on campus.
By the end of a student’s certificate/degree, they will have various projects that they can include in their portfolio. The department recommends that students keep all work from their classes and continue to update projects that they are looking to include in their portfolio.
Each student’s portfolio will differ depending on their area of focus. Some examples of projects include wireframes, prototypes, posters, logos, videos, podcasts, multi-page websites, web apps, etc. It is recommended that students use a project from each class they take to help showcase the skills and techniques acquired in that curriculum.
The department encourages students to reach out to faculty to provide feedback on portfolios as students prepare for graduation.
