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Design courses? - masrat858 - 02-10-2017
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?
Design courses? - KayV - 02-10-2017
Study.com has Digital Marketing and Advertising.
Do you have any IT certs? Charter Oak gives credit for many of them.
Design courses? - masrat858 - 02-10-2017
KayV Wrote: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.
Design courses? - Carnation - 02-11-2017
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.
Design courses? - adavis84 - 02-11-2017
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/visual-communications
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.
Design courses? - SweetSecret - 02-11-2017
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.