Sessions College for Professional Design
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Sessions College for Professional Design is a fully online college offering career training programs for both aspiring and established creative and design professionals. Sessions offers professional certificates and Associate degrees in a variety of art and design fields. The main campus of Sessions College is located in Tempe, Arizona
on historic Mill Avenue. Courses are delivered entirely via the Internet
, thus allowing a diverse faculty and students to interact with one another from anywhere in the world.
and secured licensure from the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education .
since 2001. Additionally, Sessions College certificate programs have been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Secondary Schools since 2006.
s (CEUs) from the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
Sessions is a member of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
Sessions is a Workforce Investment Board
(WIB) provider in the state of Arizona through the Arizona HEAT program.
Sessions was an Inc. 5000 honoree in 2008 and was ranked #40 in the Inc. 5000 2008 Top 50 Education Companies.
Certificate program concentrations include Advanced Web, Brand Identity, Digital Imaging, Digital Photography, Flash Design, Illustration, and Print Design.
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...
on historic Mill Avenue. Courses are delivered entirely via the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, thus allowing a diverse faculty and students to interact with one another from anywhere in the world.
History
Sessions College was founded in 1997, in New York City by Morten Sohlberg, an entrepreneur and designer from Norway. The school was originally located and licensed in New York state; in 2009, Sessions moved its campus to Tempe, ArizonaTempe, Arizona
Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...
and secured licensure from the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education .
Accreditation
The school has been accredited by the Distance Education and Training CouncilDistance Education and Training Council
The Distance Education and Training Council is a non-profit national educational accreditation agency in the United States specializing in the accreditation of distance education institutions.- History :...
since 2001. Additionally, Sessions College certificate programs have been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
Commission on Secondary Schools since 2006.
State Licensure
Sessions College is licensed by the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education.Other Authorizations and Memberships
In 2009, Sessions College became an Authorized Provider of continuing education unitContinuing education unit
A Continuing Education Unit is a measure used in continuing education programs, particularly those required in a licensed profession in order for the professional to maintain the license. Examples of people who need CEUs include interior designers/interior architects, lighting designers,...
s (CEUs) from the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
Sessions is a member of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
Sessions is a Workforce Investment Board
Workforce Investment Board
Workforce Investment Boards are regional entities created to implement the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands....
(WIB) provider in the state of Arizona through the Arizona HEAT program.
Awards and Notable Achievements
The USDLA United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) awarded Sessions the Gold Best Practices Award for Distance Learning Programming in 2008 for the Graphic Design Master's Certificate Program and the Gold Best Practices Award for Distance Learning Programming in 2009 for the Louis H. Schilt Memorial Scholarship Program.Sessions was an Inc. 5000 honoree in 2008 and was ranked #40 in the Inc. 5000 2008 Top 50 Education Companies.
Degree Programs
Associate of Occupational Studies (AOS) degrees are offered in:- Graphic DesignGraphic designGraphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
- Web DesignWeb designWeb design is the process of planning and creating a website. Text, images, digital media and interactive elements are used by web designers to produce the page seen on the web browser...
Certificate Programs
Professional Certificates, Advanced Certificates with a single concentration, and Advanced Certificates with dual concentrations are available in:- Digital ArtsDigital artDigital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
- Fine Arts
- Game ArtGame art designGame art design, a subset of game development, is a process of creating 2D and 3D game art for a video game. A game artist is a visual artist who creates video game art, such as concept art, item sprites, character models, etc.- History :...
- Graphic DesignGraphic designGraphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
- Marketing Design
- Multimedia ArtsMultimediaMultimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
- Web DesignWeb designWeb design is the process of planning and creating a website. Text, images, digital media and interactive elements are used by web designers to produce the page seen on the web browser...
Certificate program concentrations include Advanced Web, Brand Identity, Digital Imaging, Digital Photography, Flash Design, Illustration, and Print Design.