This course is approved by the Kansas Board of Regents for guaranteed transfer among all Kansas Regents public postsecondary institutions. Additional courses may also be eligible for transfer. Please visit a JCCC counselor or the JCCC Registrar's office, and the Transfer Kansas portal to learn more.
An individual, with or without a college degree, with the goal to acquire or improve computer desktop publishing application skills, will accomplish that goal in this certificate. Emphasis is placed upon the acquisition of results-oriented career business and industry skills.
The desktop publishing certificate is intended for those seeking entry-level positions, as well as for those currently employed, who desire to enhance their job skills. This certificate provides current or prospective employers with tangible evidence of desktop publishing competency, on the part of the certificate completer.
Application courses for the certificate will encourage students to develop a “cross-platform” mastery, which is made possible by offering most on-campus courses in a dual-platform Macintosh and Windows computing environment.
(Major Code 4830; CIP Code 11.0202)
Desktop Publishing Program web page
Prerequisites for Required Courses
Prior to beginning this program students may be required to take the following prerequisite course, take an equivalent transfer course, passed the waiver test, or obtain a waiver from the program administrator.
| CSS 105 | Introduction to Personal Computers: Windows | 0-1 |
| or CSS 106 | Introduction to Personal Computers: Macintosh | |
| Total Hours | 0-1 | |
Required Courses
| CSS 138 | Operating Systems: Windows* | 1 |
| CDTP 155 | Desktop Photo Manipulation II: Photoshop* | 1 |
| CDTP 160 | Desktop Publishing II: InDesign* | 1 |
| CDTP 165 | Desktop Illustration II: Illustrator* | 1 |
| CDTP 168 | Desktop Publishing III: InDesign* | 1 |
| CDTP 175 | Desktop Photo Manipulation III: Photoshop* | 1 |
| CDTP 185 | Desktop Illustration III: Illustrator* | 1 |
| CDTP 190 | Applications for Visual Design* | 3 |
| or CDTP 135 & CDTP 140 & CDTP 145 | Desktop Photo Manipulation I: Photoshop and Desktop Publishing I: InDesign and Desktop Illustration I: Illustrator | |
| Program Electives (see below) | 4 | |
| Total Hours | 14 | |
Total Program Hours: 14-15
Program Electives
| CSS 108 | Word Processing I: MS Word* | 1 |
| CSS 110 | Spreadsheets I: MS Excel* | 1 |
| CSS 111 | Spreadsheets II: MS Excel* | 1 |
| CSS 123 | E-Presentation: MS PowerPoint* | 1 |
| CSS 125 | Word Processing II: MS Word* | 1 |
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This course has registration requirements.