Students seeking admission to The Art Institute of Pittsburgh — Online Division must meet the following requirements shown below.
The prospective student must be a high school graduate with a minimum, cumulative, final high school CGPA of 1.5 or higher, or hold a General Education Development (GED) Certificate, or associate's degree or higher as a prerequisite for admission.
Students entering the Web Design program will be required to take The Art Institute of Pittsburgh's Computer Literacy test-out exam and successfully pass it. Those who do not pass the exam will be required to enroll in the Computer Literacy course (CPU101) and successfully complete it, or provide evidence that the course was taken at the college-level in the past five years, before they will be permitted to enroll. Computer Literacy credits will not count toward graduation requirements and all costs associated with the course will be the sole responsibility of the student.
Some courses in the Web Design program require written papers and proposals, and computation ability is needed in most programming courses. Therefore, to be admitted to the Web design diploma program, students must place into our college-level mathematics and composition courses through presentation of appropriate transfer credit or placement at this level through acceptable scores on the SAT, ACT, or ACCUPLACER test.
Online Orientation
Each student who enrolls at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh — Online Division is required to complete an online student orientation prior to the start date of the student's first course. The online orientation helps the student become familiar with different features of the online classroom environment and prepares the student for his or her role as an active learner in the online classroom.
Software Requirements
- Adobe Acrobat Professional
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Adobe Captivate
- Adobe Creative Suite (including Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks)
- Adobe Flash
- Microsoft Office Professional
- Norton Antivirus
- QuickTime Compatible Video Editing Software (Recommended: Adobe Premiere Elements or Apple iMovie)
- Windows Media Player
Minimum Technology Requirements
Both PC and Mac users should have at least a 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphic card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM, as well as a DVD-ROM drive.
- PC: As a general guideline, students should not have computer specifications less than a Pentium 4 CPU or AMD Athlon 64 processor and one of the following Operation Systems with 4GB of RAM and at least 10 GB of hard-disk space available for installation:
- Windows XP with Service Pack 3
- Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended)
- Windows 7
- Mac: As a general guideline, students should not have computer specifications less than a Multicore Intel processor, MAC OSX v10.5.7 or v10.6, 4GB of RAM and a DVD-ROM drive. Students should also have at least 10GB of hard-disk space available for installation.
Web Browser Requirements
PC: At least one of the following browsers with Java enabled:
- Internet Explorer 9.0 (recommended)
- Internet Explorer 8.0 (supported)
- Mozilla Firefox 4.0 (recommended)
- Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (supported)
- Google Chrome 5.0 and higher (supported
Mac: At least one of the following browsers with Java enabled:
- Safari 5.0 (recommended)
- Safari 4.0 (supported)
- Mozilla Firefox 4.0 (recommended)
- Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (supported)
- Google Chrome 5.0 and higher (supported)
Hardware Requirements
- CD or DVD burner
- Color Inkjet Printer
- Color Flatbed Scanner
- Digital Camera
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