Design courses?

[masrat858]

I've been searching all over the web for this but have not been able to find much, so I wanted to ask our community here and see if there's luck; by any chance, would any of us know of any affordable ACE-approved courses geared particularly toward those with graphic and web design experience?

[KayV]

Study.com has Digital Marketing and Advertising.
Do you have any IT certs? Charter Oak gives credit for many of them.

[masrat858]

Study.com has Digital Marketing and Advertising.
Do you have any IT certs? Charter Oak gives credit for many of them.

Thank you; I will look into that.

I don't have any at the moment, but I will be able to earn a few from this list within a couple of hours of work if they're accepted by them.

[Carnation]

Not exactly what you asked for but sessions.edu is nationally accredited and has graphic design, web design, photoshop type courses, certificates, and degrees.

Thought it was worth mentioning.

[adavis84]

To make sure I understand, you're looking for a way to get credits that make use of your current knowledge, right? Not learn a new skill?

If it's the former, there's this: https://www.sophia.org/online-courses/vi...unications

I breezed through it in a day. My background was in design for theatre/film rather than web/graphics, but the elements of visual design are pretty universal. TESU took it in as COM-231 Two-Dimensional Design.

ETA: not sure if this course meets your threshold for "affordable", though. $329 / 3cr might be too high for ACE for some folks.

[SweetSecret]

Do you have a design portfolio? Currently involved with any local colleges?

I earned a lot of my design credits by prior learning assessment (PLA) at local colleges I was enrolled in by just dropping off my portfolio for evaluation. The instructors went through it and gave me credits for courses they thought I didn't need to take... it did not cost me a dime. Both were art colleges, and I think they usually do that to lure students in. At any rate, when I transferred to TESU the FREE credits I got from those art colleges based on my portfolio came with me. I didn't have to write anything, nor did I have to jump hoops with TESU's Todd Siben for those... who I don't recommend dealing with. I think that man just wants to be more of a gate-keeper than actually being helpful to students.

Also, the Advertising & Marketing TECEP exams have a lot of crossover and I'd say are pretty relate-able to online marketing/advertising. For the cost of the TECEPs... I'd say use those to your advantage.