Računarski informacioni sistemi: Staza za Veb i Digitalne Medije, BSc

This track covers the creative side of technology. Projects focus on real-world design solutions with a marketing approach. Comprehensive courses cover:

Graphic communications

Digital imaging

Web page production

Digital media

As a CIS major, you will learn to:

Cultivate creative, technical, and business skills.

Utilize critical thinking to analyze situations involving technology, data, and digital media.

Develop an ability to impact local and global computing regarding individuals, organizations, and communities through technology and analytics.

Assess technology and media-related problems and implement effective solutions both independently and as a team member.

Research and present potential computing strategies in the areas of creative digital media or modern technology systems.

Demonstrate skills in applied technologies, applications, and network communications, including practical knowledge of best practices for working in the industry.

Communicate computing concepts and processes using professional technical terminology.

Apply conceptual thinking to evaluate organizational needs, form strategic goals, and apply design processes.

Display an understanding of professional responsibilities, ethical, legal, and social issues in regard to technology and digital media.

Field Experience and Internships

The Beacon College Internship requirement is intended to encourage experiential learning as a complement to a student’s education, providing valuable work experience related to the individual’s academic program. CIS majors are required to perform 80 hours of work experience, which may be paid or unpaid, full-time or part-time.

Recent student internship experiences include:

Publication Design Internship, Akers Media

Graphic/Web Design Internship, Rock Paper Simple

Web Support Internship, WTJX Virgin Islands Broadcasting

Career Paths

Since virtually every industry uses technology in one form or another, there are many different career possibilities for CIS majors in the Web & Digital Media Track. Some of the most popular current options are:

Advertising Design

Digital Illustration

Digital Imaging

Digital Audio & Video Editing

Graphic Design

Publication Design

Photography

Photo Retouching

Web Design

Beacon College is an accredited, liberal arts institution of higher education, which uniquely serves the educational needs of students with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and other Learning Differences.

Beacon College is a competitive institution of higher education in the arts, sciences, business, and technology specifically devoted to the undergraduate preparation and success of students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and other learning differences. Beacon is recognized as one of the foremost American institutions in this undergraduate speciality in the arena of our mission and focus.

Beacon College was the first in the nation accredited to award bachelor degrees exclusively to students with learning disabilities and ADHD. The College is committed to student success, offering academic and personal support services that help each student achieve his/her goals. Beacon College is truly a community, welcoming, accepting, and supporting each member of it.

There is much about Beacon College that is uncommonly visionary and eminently successful. Our students and graduates offer living testimony to our educational mission's influence, value, and impact. Over the past decade, they have achieved successes unparalleled in American higher education.