Preliminary 2025-2026 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Apr 19, 2025  
Preliminary 2025-2026 Yavapai College Catalog

ART 130 - Web Design


Description: Introduction to design and production of web pages for publishing on the internet using industry standard software. Application of design principles.

Credits: 3
Lecture: 2
Lab: 3

Course Content:
  1. HTML
  2. Tour interface
  3. Site Management
  4. Site Plan
  5. Web images
  6. Links and anchors
  7. Cascading styles (CSS)
  8. Industry-standard software skills
  9. Application of principles and elements of design       
  10. Introduction to traditional, historical or contemporary example of art
  11. Critique

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Develop web pages using industry standard languages and tools. (1,2,3,5,6,7,8)
  2. Identify the main elements of dominant operating systems. (2,3)
  3. Explain version control to manage web documents. (3)
  4. Implement the three phases of web design: content, interaction and presentation. (4)
  5. Optimize media and files. (5)
  6. Format interactive web documents. (1,5,6,7,8)
  7. Compose aesthetic styles using CSS. (7)
  8. Identify the formal elements and principles of design. (9,11)
  9. Analyze the formal elements and principles of design. (9,11)
  10. Interpret the formal elements and principles of design. (9,11)
  11. Recognize traditional, historical or contemporary examples of art. (10,11)
  12. Use media-specific terminology to critique and evaluate works of art. (10,11)

Required Assessment:
  1. Critique and evaluation of art and artifacts.