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Apr 17, 2026
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Preliminary 2026-2027 Yavapai College Catalog
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DES 204 - Web Design
Description: Foundations of interactive design including page structure, basic information architecture, and component-based interfaces using industry-standard frontend languages. Students learn about WCAG-aligned accessibility, optimize media performance, and preparing web assets to specification.
Prerequisites: DES 100
Credits: 3
Lecture: 1
Lab: 6
Course Content:
- Web foundations: structure, content, presentationIntroductory frontend coding
- Semantic organization
- Information architecture
- Responsive layout concepts
- Web typography
- Media for the web (formats, optimization)
- Color and contrast for screens
- Component-based user interface concepts
- Basic interactivity and state behaviors
- Accessibility standards for the web
- Asset export and handoff specifications
- Historical and contemporary references
- Critique
Learning Outcomes:
- Evaluate design elements and principles in interactive artifacts. (5,6,8,13)
- Define the structure of a web page. (1)
- Plan basic information architecture with a sitemap. (4)
- Build basic deliverables using industry standard frontend languages. (2)
- Compose interfaces using components with variants. (9,10)
- Use semantic coding principles. (3)
- Develop deliverables through iterative refinement. (14)
- Apply WCAG-aligned accessibility standards. (11)
- Optimize media for web performance. (7)
- Prepare files according to established output specifications. (12)
- Critique peer work using discipline-specific terminology to propose revisions. (14)
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