Digital Design Articulation

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Academic agreements are used to identify comparable courses or pathways between educational institutions. This allows students to receive credit at a receiving institution without having to duplicate courses recently completed and to continue their education between schools. In order to receive credit for course work included in these agreements, students must provide an official transcript to the receiving institution. Any additional requirements are stated below.

Snow College

AS Visual and Performing Arts

Students who have completed an OTECH certificate may receive up to 30 credits toward an Associate of Science degree at Snow College. This degree can then be transferred to any public university in Utah for further education. For more information, visit Snow College TechConnect.

Weber State University

AS/AA or AAS of Digital Media Production – (07/01/2024 to 06/30/2026)

*This agreement is in effect only when all criteria and conditions of the Career Pathways Program and Student have been met. Selection criteria must be met for acceptance into each postsecondary program. Program requirements from either partner may change without notice.
OTECH WSU
Course OTECH Title Credits Course WSU Title Credits
TEDG 1300 Audio/Visual Editing 3 COMM 2250 Essentials of Digital Media 3


AAS Web and User Experience – (07/01/2023 to 06/30/2025)

*If more than one course is listed, all of them need to be completed in order to receiver credit for the equivalent course.
OTECH WSU
Course OTECH Title Credits Course WSU Title Credits
PROG 2113 HTML and CSS 4 WEB 1400 Web Design and Usability 3
GDTE 1130 UX / UI Design 3 WEB 2600 User Experience Design 3
PROG 1170 JavaScript Project I 2 WEB 1430 Client-Side Programming 3
PROG 1175 JavaScript Project II 2
GDTE 1100 Adobe Photoshop 3 WEB 2200 Image Editing (counts towards 9 credits of electives) 3
GDTE 1110 Adobe Illustrator 3 WEB 2210 Computer Illustrations (counts towards 9 credits of electives) 3
GDTE 0800 Digital Portfolio I 1 WEB 2890 Client-Side Portfolio 3
GDTE 0900 Digital Portfolio II 2

AS/AA or AAS of Digital Media Production – (07/01/2023 to 06/30/2025)

*If more than one course is listed, all of them need to be completed in order to receiver credit for the equivalent course.
OTECH WSU
Course OTECH Title Credits Course WSU Title Credits
GDTE 1150 Adobe Premiere 3 COMM 2250 Essentials of Digital Media 3
GDTE 1160 Adobe After Effects 3

Web and User Experience (AAS Degree)

*Includes both OTECH Business and Web and Graphic Design Courses

*If more than one course is listed, all of them need to be completed in order to receiver credit for the equivalent course.
Course OTECH Title Hours Course WSU Title Credits
BTEC 1050 Computer Literacy 90 WEB 1700 Introduction to Computer Applications 3
BTEC 1060 MS Word 90 WEB 1701 Document Creation 1
BTEC 1100 MS Excel 100 WEB 1703 Data Manipulation, Visualization & Presentation 1
BTEC 1030 MS PowerPoint 60
MDTC 1027 Adobe Photoshop I 90 WEB 2200 Image Editing Solutions 3
MDTC 1401 Adobe Illustrator I 90 WEB 2210 Computer Illustrations 3
MDTC 1301 Adobe InDesign I 90 WEB 2220 Digital Publishing 3

TechTransfer

Students who have completed an OTECH certificate may receive up to 21 elective credits toward an Associate of Science in General Studies or any undergraduate degree. For more information, visit WSU Tech Transfer.

Utah Valley University

AAS Business Management – (08/15/2024 to 08/14/2025)

Students must meet current UVU admission requirements and deadlines, provide an official transcript, and pay all application/admission fees associated with the awarding of credit and acceptance into UVU.
*Before admission to UVU, students must meet with the applicable program advisor at UVU.
**Students of the Institution will have five years in which to start an applicable UVU program, at the discretion of the receiving academic department.
OTECH UVU
Course OTECH Title Credits Course UVU Title Credits
Completion of OTECH’s 30-credit Digital Design program 28 credits for electives in the AAS Business Management degree with certificate in technical area