Do you have something to say? Are you naturally creative and able to visualize an end-product? Graphic Design might just be the career for you – and to be honest, with a forecast of nearly 39,000 job openings during 2009-2018, it could be a very wise and profitable choice!
Graphic and Web Design is fun AND provides a dynamic, exciting and fulfilling career. At Mactech Distance Education we will nurture your artistic ability and imagination. You’ll even get to use a new, sleek and sexy Mac computer to learn the most up-to-date, commonly used software in the industry. When you graduate, you’ll be proficient in both the practical skills and theoretical skills to enter this exciting and creative field.
Sound cool? Enroll in Mactech’s Creative Digital Media program today – we’ll help you design your great future!
If your aim is to work in any of these fields,
then THIS course is for you!
- Content Developer
- Graphic Artist
- Graphic Designer
- Layout Artist
- Layout Designer
- Marketing Layout Artist
- Assistant Prepress Technician
- Film Editor
- Video Editor
- Production Assistant
- Web Developer
- Web Page Designer
- Workflow Coordinator
So, why attend Mactech? We are:
- The only college in North America that is accredited by ISO 9001:2008 and CETAC.
- Partnered with some of the most respected leading technology companies such as Microsoft, Sage, Adobe, and CompTIA.
- Employers of the BEST and most experienced and specialized staff that is here
to work for YOU!
- And if that isn’t enough, – our 99% Student Satisfaction rate should speak for itself! We don’t claim to be the best, our students SAY we are!
National Average Wage
$60,320
There’s lots of opportunity for employment with this qualification; however, you’ll have competition. At Mactech, we teach our students to compete.
Think of the benefits of attending Mactech.
- Freedom to chose where and when you study.
- Lower cost to you and your family.
- Experience a social network of students from around the globe.
- You schedule the workload into your life with no disruption.
- You will get end-to-end support from people who actually want to help.
Classroom to Career
Get to work!! As employers ourselves, we KNOW what employers are
looking for and what you need to land that job when you graduate.
Throughout your program, we train and prepare you to beat out the competition.
When you succeed…We succeed.
Now's the Time to Start!
Sound good? There's no need to wait for others to enroll - You can start now! We have students beginning every day.
Call us now at 1-888-622-8324 and say hello to a brighter future.
Program Tuition
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Course Content
Keys to Success
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90 Hours
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Get creative and practical skills that promote success. Learn to focus on
content, take tests, and communicate ideas. Improve your time management and
listening skills. Wrap it up with tips on living a successful life.
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Mac OS X
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78 Hours
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The latest operating system software available for Mac, this module offers
fundamentals of using the program, working on the desktop and file and folder
management. Customize and organize your Mac, and maintain your “iLife”. |
Graphic Design Fundamentals
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168 Hours
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Encompassing all the fundamental practices and principles needed to be a dynamic
and successful Graphic Designer, this module provides information and exercises
on color theory, typography, and design ideas past and present. Everything the
modern designer needs to know. |
Adobe Illustrator
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148 Hours
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Illustrator is the premier tool for creating vector based drawings and
illustrations, and this program is essential for logo design. Learn drawing and
composing, patterns, effects, distort images, texture, gradients, symbols,
graphs and transparencies. Prepare a document for pre-press and printing or for
the web. |
Adobe Photoshop
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140 Hours
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This image-editing program allows manipulation of existing artwork or the
creation of new masterpieces that can be integrated into any or all of the
applications learned throughout the program. |
Adobe InDesign
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132 Hours
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This page layout program is used by businesses, print shops and home-office
professionals to create high-quality publications such as brochures and
newsletters. Set up documents with frames and link graphics. Work with tabs,
tables, and transparencies, or layout a book with a table of contents and an
index. When you’ve mastered these techniques, prepare and package a document for
printing. |
Macromedia Dreamweaver
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200 Hours
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Macromedia Dreamweaver is the standard in authoring tools for managing websites
and internet applications. Publish with ease, incorporate functionality into
websites, create dynamic responses to user input. Dreamweaver does it all in a
graphical user interface environment. |
Macromedia Flash
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98 Hours
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Flash enhances web pages by adding exciting multimedia action such as animation
and sound. In the final assignment, students create their own movie. |
Final Cut Pro
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146 Hours
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This program provides flexibility and features unparalleled for
digital video on the personal computer. Far superior to any
competing software for professional video editing, students
build and prepare tracks, trim and refine edits, customize and
capture footage. Lessons also include mixing audio, creating
titles, adding transitions, applying filters and outputting broadcast
quality footage. |