Specialist in computer design and media technologies is a creative person who is able to apply his knowledge in the following areas:
 

• media design and media technologies (preparation and processing of sound, video, graphics and animation);
• WEB design and WEB programming (development and administration of WEB sites and portals);
•  interior design and landscape design;
• publishing and advertising.

  Computer design and media technologies specialist can work for design firms and publishing houses, develop WEB sites and WEB portals, perform large amount of technical work preparing multimedia materials.The advantage of the specialization is the concentration of knowledge and skills, which let specialist perform large amount of varied work, from advertising to positioning of an organization in the WEB network or development of specific projects.In other words, computer design and media technologies specialist is a creative designer possessing various competences. Specialists of this kind are in high demand in many spheres of economy.
The preparation process includes the in-depth study of several sets of academic disciplines, such as

• Graphics design
• WEB design
• Media Technologies
• Three-dimensional modeling and animation
• WEB programming and WEB administration
• CAD systems.

Each set of academic disciplines provides students with theoretical and practical preparation. In addition to basic disciplines students learn “Algorithms and Programming”, “Network Technologies”, “Software Engineering”, “Artificial Intelligence”, “Visual Communication”, “Digital Art”, “Means of Site Promotion and Advertising”, “Audio , Video Technologies and Polygraphy”, “Creation of Digital Movies and Internet TV”. Practical training includes learning modern graphics packages, animation and design (Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Page Maker, Quark Express, Sound Forge, Adobe Premiere 3D Studio Max, Maya, Solid Works, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD), basic information technologies (DHTML, CSS, XML, CMS, SQL, ASP.net, IIS, Apache) and programming languages (JavaScript, Java, PHP, MySQL, C#, VB.net).

Course duration: 4 academic years
Awarded Qualification: Systems Analyst
Specialization: computer design and media technologies