Come and learn about Lake Washington Technical College and our Multimedia Design and Production Program.

1. Multimedia Design and Production Department

2. About LWTC
• 2 year college located in Kirkland, WA
• We recently began offering a 4-year degree in Design
• Around 6,000 students
• Full-time Equivalent of 3,373 students
• Programs that we offer
• Program List
• Program Costs and Tuition Fees
Source, LWTC Fall 2009 Factbook

3. MMDP: Who are we?
• The Multimedia Design & Production
(MMDP) degree is designed to prepare
students to work in a variety of settings as
graphic designers, Web designers, desktop
publishers, and graphic art technicians.
Graduates will able to plan, analyze, and
create visual solutions to produce Web sites,
printed materials, and interactive online
experiences.
• There are three main options for obtaining
an Associates Degree within the
Multimedia Design and Production Degree
• Animation/Game Design
• Video and Web Production
• Print/Web

4. Animation/Game Design
• Facutly: John Gabriel
• Students in the Animation/Game
Design track are prepared to create
animated graphics applicable to:
gaming, marketing, advertising,
educational, and various other
types of interactive media that use
3D animation.
• Classes taught in the
Animation/Game Design track
include:
• 3D animation with MAYA
• UNREAL Editor
• ZBrush
• Character Rigging

5. Print/Web Design
• Instructors: Caroline Kapp,
Stacie Chappel and more
• The Print/Web degree is
designed to prepare students to
work in a variety of settings as
graphic designers, Web
designers, desktop publishers,
and graphic art technicians.
• Classes
• Adobe Creative Suite
(Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign)
• Dreamweaver
• Flash

6. Video and Web Production
• Instructor: Rob Nyland
• Graduates of the Video and Web Production
Degree will be able begin jobs as video editors,
camera operators, sound designers, motion
graphics artists, and DVD creators.
• Classes Taught
• Video Production
• Final Cut Pro 1 and 2
• After Effects
• DVD Studio Pro
• Digital Sound (Pro Tools and Soundtrack
Pro)
• Scriptwriting/Storytelling

7. MMDP Graduates
• Graduates of the MMDP AAS
have gone on to continue their
education at:
• Vancouver Film School
• Digipen
• University of Washington
• Phoenix School of Art and
Design
• Students have also gone on to
get jobs at:
• Microsoft
• Seattle Times
• Paramount Pictures
• Alaska Air
• Nintendo
• T-Mobile

8. Bachelors of Technology in
Applied Design
• In the Fall of 2009, LWTC began offering its first ever
Bachelors degree in Applied Design
• Created for students with Associate degrees in Design related
fields who want to complete their bachelor’s degree
• Classes provide theoretical concepts to back up technical skills.
• With the introduction of the degree, Lake Washington
Technical College now has a pathway to take students from
High School all the way through a Bachelor’s Degree.

9. Any Questions?

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