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CAS Digital Literacy

With the increasing spread of digital tools and communication channels, the question of how to design them is becoming more and more important. The CAS Digital Literacy imparts knowledge, competences and skills that enable the design of diverse digital communication channels. Courses on Creative Coding, UX/UI, Immersive Environments, AI/Deep Learning, Digital Participation, Video Documentation and Moving Graphics provide an up-to-date insight into the applied practice and theoretical reflection of digital design in this CAS.

Key data

Degree
CAS FHNW Certificate of Advanced Studies
ECTS points
15 ECTS
Next start
After successfully participating in at least 5 weeks of either the Summer or Winter Workshops of HGK FHNW
Teaching language
German / English
Place
Basel
Fee
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Picture: Intersect, Dirk Koy, 2022, Videostill

Choice mandatory modules

Generative AI in the Context of Art and Design

Next Start: 20 January 2025

to Generative AI in the Context of Art and Design

From Web to Print

Next Start: 27 January 2025

to From Web to Print

Game Design

Next Start: 3 February 2025

to Game Design

Tender Computing

Next Start: 10 February 2025

to Tender Computing

Generative Design

Next Start: 23 June 2025

to Generative Design

UX/UI Design

Next Start: 30 June 2025

to UX/UI Design

Inquiry by Design

Next Start: 14 July 2025

to Inquiry by Design

Perception Studies

Next Start: 2025

to Perception Studies

Elective Modules

Artistic Research and Storytelling

Next Start: 29 January 2025

to Artistic Research and Storytelling

Editorial Design

Next Start: 3 February 2025

to Editorial Design

Typography Basics · Combining Typefaces

Next Start: 10 February 2025

to Typography Basics · Combining Typefaces

From experience to art

Next Start: 24 March 2025

to From experience to art

The Multispecies Spaces Lab

Nächster Start: 4 April 2025

to The Multispecies Spaces Lab

Poster Design

Next Start: 7 July 2025

to Poster Design

Type Design

Next Start: 21 July 2025

to Type Design

The Listening Academy Basel

Implementation date open

to The Listening Academy Basel

Hacking Gutenberg

Next Start: June 2025

to Hacking Gutenberg

Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE)

Through digital media and the democratisation of communication channels that goes hand in hand with it, the critical handling of their visual and interaction-based design has become decisively more important, because the social relevance of information and communication has thus fundamentally changed.

visit the Institute

Institute Digital Communication Environments IDCE

FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland Basel Academy of Art and Design, Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) High-rise: D 5.03 Freilager-Platz 1 CH - 4142 Münchenstein near Basel