Schools That Teach Web Design
In the two decades since the invention of the World Wide Web, art schools began offering web design classes. Students build upon their traditional art training by creating effective visual designs for websites. Schools also teach students skills like programming and user interface design to go along with their art expertise. Prestigious art schools are among the institutions with web design courses in their curriculum.
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Carnegie Mellon School of Design
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The Carnegie Mellon School of Design informs through a list of frequently asked questions on its website that studying web design is an option at the school. Carnegie Mellon offers a web portfolio class that teaches basic web design along with HTML, JavaScript, cascading style sheets and Adobe Flash skills. Students who want more advanced training can take classes at the university's Human Computer Interaction Institute (HCI).
Carnegie Mellon University School of Design
5000 Forbes Avenue
MMCH 110
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
412-268-2828
design.cmu.edu
California Institute of the Arts
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Students in the California Institute of the Arts' Bachelor of Fine Arts Graphic Design program have the opportunity to take several web and digital design courses. The small but highly-regarded school offers beginning and advanced web design classes. Students can also take a web portfolio class and create websites to augment projects in other classes.
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355-2340
661 255-1050
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Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
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The Rochester Institute of Technology's Bachelor of Science in New Media Interactive Development gives students a broad education in web design and interactive media. Classes are offered in web design and programming and graphical user interface design, along with several new media studio electives.
Rochester Institute of Technology
One Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
585-475-2411
rit.edu
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
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At the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, web design classes are offered during each term in the Art and Technology Studies department. There are classes in web design, Adobe Flash, web art, web databases and writing for the web. SAIC school also teaches mobile web design, including a class on iPhone applications.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60603
312 629-6100
saic.edu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
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The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication (EMAC). It was one of the first top art schools to offer classes in electronic media. Students can take web design and development, web art, web database, web programming and web advertising classes. RPI offers students a survey of web design in a class called Net Art that examines the history and theory of web-based art and virtual worlds.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth Street
Troy, NY USA 12180
518-276-6000
emac.rpi.edu
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References
- Carnegie Mellon School of Design: FAQ
- California Institute of the Arts: School of Art Class Catalog
- Rochester Institute of Technology: Bachelor of Science in New Media Interactive Development
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Film, Video and New Media
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Course Catalog
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