What is Web Design? About the Major. The design and construction of web sites incorporating graphical user interfaces, aesthetic content, streaming media and dynamic databases. The Graphic Internet Technology program prepares creative students for a rewarding and challenging career in the fast-growing field of web design, by imparting occupational skills leading to a prestigious two-year degree, and eventually lucrative employment. Students will develop a wide variety of internet communications skills and will learn to design, produce and distribute communications with the internet. Graduates will work in major corporations, web design studios, internet service providers, government departments and various types of communications organizations. What Skills Will I Learn? Web Site Creation Software (Macromedia Dreamweaver) Photo Editing Software (Adobe Photoshop) Animation/Video Production Software (Adobe After Effects, Macromedia Flash) HTML, CSS and XML authoring. Production of Dynamic Web Pages and PHP. Storyboarding and Timelines. Web Design Business Practices. Portfolio Preparation. Where Can I Work? How Much Can I Earn? Web designers work in advertising agencies, graphic design studios, in-house information technology departments, magazine and newspaper publishers, Internet service providers, and even on their own as freelance artists. Wage and Salary Estimates from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics: Multimedia Artist Career Videos from America's Career InfoNet (RealPlayer required): Webmaster © 2007 ela/Miami Dade College School of Entertainment and Design Technology