Preliminary 2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    May 16, 2024  
Preliminary 2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog

Media and Extended Realities Certificate


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The Media and Extended Realities Certificate offers students a comprehensive curriculum focused on digital design, extended realities (XR) development, and 3D modeling. Students will learn about architecture, lighting, sound design, hardware components for XR, 3D visualization software, and will culminate their studies with an experiential capstone project. This program equips graduates with the skills and knowledge necessary for a career in the field of digital design and extended realities.

Credit Hours Required: 33

Note: This program can be completed entirely online.

This certificate is not currently eligible for Federal Financial Aid. To explore other financial aid opportunities, please visit YC Admission.

Program Outcomes


Upon successful completion of the Media and Extended Realities Certificate program, the learner will be able to:

  1. Create immersive environments using fundamental architectural principles including temporal and narrative pacing, and lighting and sound design.
  2. Deploy extended reality (XR) applications using industry-standard platforms and devices.
  3. Craft a comprehensive user experience.
  4. Create 3D models and assets for use in digital experiences.
  5. Utilize industry-standard 3D visualization software.​
  6. Develop collaboration skills.
  7. Develop extended reality (XR) project management skills.