Certificate of Completion in Multimedia Studies

In keeping up with current cross-discipline trends, our Multimedia Studies Program offers one of the most flexible certificates available. Choose your courses from one of several areas of study to craft a certificate that fulfills your personal and career goals or just take individual courses to update your skills.

Certificate of Completion

General Requirements to earn a full certificate:

• Minimum 300 hours of course study.
• Effective Résumé Writing and Portfolio Development (included in 300 hour minimum).

Multimedia Studies courses carry continuing education units (CEUs) where 1 CEU=10 course hours. In addition, the MSP accepts relevant course hours from other SF State departments, including academic units where 1 unit=15 course hours.

You need not apply for the full certificate in order to take any of our courses.

How to Apply

You can download the graduation application (PDF) here, or request one in person. (You will need Adobe Reader to view this PDF file.)

A $50, non-refundable application fee (check or money order), must accompany your application and be made payable to SFSU-CEL.

For certificate advising, please contact Afitap Boz at aboz@sfsu.edu or 415.817.4227.

Choose from the following areas of study.

Web Design & Development

ActionScript 3.0 (2.1 CEU)
Cascading Style Sheets (1.8 CEU)
Digital Publishing for Multiple Platforms (0.6 CEU)
Dreamweaver (1.5 CEU)
Flash (2.1 CEU)
HTML5 (1.8 CEU)
HTML5 Advanced (1.2 CEU)
JavaScript (1.8 CEU)
jQuery Advanced (1.8 CEU)
WordPress (.9 CEU)

UX/UI Design

Designing for Social Media (.6 CEU)
Information Design I (2.4 CEU)
Information Design II (1.8 CEU)
Interaction Design (1.8 CEU)
Mobile UX/UI Design (.6 CEU)

Mobile Application Design & Development

ActionScript 3.0 (2.1 CEU)
Digital Publishing for Multiple Platforms (0.6 CEU)
HTML5 Advanced (1.2 CEU)
iApp Design (.6 CEU)
jQuery Advanced (1.8 CEU)
jQuery with Dreamweaver (1.2 CEU)
Mobile Content Development (.6 CEU)
Mobile UX/UI Design (.6 CEU)

Digital Graphics

Color Pre-Press (1.5 CEU)
Digital Publishing for Multiple Platforms (0.6 CEU)
Graphic Design I  (1.8 CEU)
Graphic Design II  (1.8 CEU)
Illustrator I  (1.8 CEU)
Illustrator II (1.8 CEU)
InDesign I (1.8 CEU)
InDesign II (1.8 CEU)
Photoshop I (1.8 CEU)
Photoshop II (1.8 CEU)
Photoshop III (1.8 CEU)
Photoshop IV (1.8 CEU)
Photoshop: Digital Realism (2.1 CEU)
Typography (1.5 CEU)

Video & Audio Post Production

After Effects (2 Units)
Final Cut Pro 101 (2 Units)
Premiere Pro (2 Units)
Pro Tools 101 (1 Unit)
Pro Tools 110 (2 Units)
Pro Tools 201 (2 Units)
Pro Tools 210M (2 Units)
Pro Tools 210P (2 Units)
Pro Tools 310M (2 Units)
Pro Tools 310P (2 Units)

(For MSP Students, 1 Unit equals 15 Course Hours)

Career Development

Effective Résumé Writing (.9 CEU)
Portfolio Development (3 CEU)
Supervised Industry Internship (1.8 CEU)

iApp Design & Development Intensive Certificate

In Development

Web Design Intensive for Business Professionals
(3 CEU)

Our 30-hour certificate is designed for working professionals who need to quickly gain a foundation in web development. Course hours from this certificate can count towards a full Multimedia Studies certificate.
Weekend 1: Fundamentals of Web Design & Development
Weekend 2: Designing Websites with Dreamweaver
Weekend 3: Basics of Interactive Design with Flash
You save 22% by taking the Web Design Intensive Certificate versus individual modules.

Student Loans

Wells Fargo Client Services offers an "Education Connection Loan" for those seeking professional career training. Call 800.658.3567. We are listed as:

SF State University Extended Learning
Multimedia Studies Program
School Code #00115403