Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design (Online)
Centennial College
Key Information
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Campus location
Online Canada
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CAD 2,721 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
May 2024
* 2-semester tuition fee for Canadian students; $14,502.50: 2-semester tuition fee for international students
Introduction
Program Details
- Program Code: 6020
- School: School of Communications, Media, Arts, and Design
- Credential: Ontario College Advanced Diploma
- Program Type: Post-secondary program
- Program Length: 3 years/ 6 semesters
- Start Date: Fall
- Location: Online
Centennial College's Graphic Design program, which has a graduate employment rate that exceeds 80 percent, will prepare you for a multidisciplinary design career. Facilitated at the Story Arts Center, the courses in this advanced diploma program will take a hands-on approach in an intimate studio environment, rather than having you sit passively in large lecture halls. With small class sizes, you'll have lots of opportunities to work one-on-one with your professors.
In this college graphic design program, you'll:
- Master industry-standard Adobe software including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
- Learn creative problem solving and design thinking.
- Design for print, including advertisements, magazines, books, and packaging.
- Design responsive websites, mobile apps, and create exciting motion graphics.
- Explore drawing, photography, illustration, and type design.
- Learn professional practice skills to land a great job or start your own design business.
- Contribute something unique and innovative to the design community in a thesis course.
- Learn on the job and get course credits through an industry field placement in your final semester.
- Interact with industry professionals.
- Become a student member of the Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD Ontario).
- Learn from professors who are up-to-date and professionally active in the design industry.
Program Highlights
- RGD, which represents more than 3,000 graphic designers, managers, educators, and students across Ontario, formally recognizes the Graphic Design program.
- A combination of multidisciplinary design skills and practical experience will set you apart from the competition.
- You'll be more flexible in your design solutions and more desirable in the marketplace.
The Graphic Design program will develop your abilities to:
- Think creatively and design effectively for print, motion, and interactive media;
- Professionally execute your ideas in any medium;
- Effectively communicate with employers and clients;
- Start your career in any facet of the design industry;
- Market yourself as a freelancer or start your own business;
- Effect social change through your design problem-solving skills;
- Understand all aspects of industry-standard workflow, from initial creative, to print production or interactive prototyping.
Admissions
Curriculum
Program Outline
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Career Opportunities
Companies Offering Jobs
Centennial College Graphic Design graduates have found a range of jobs with companies including, but not limited to, HJC New Media, RockHippo, Gamebridger, G4Box, Formative innovations, 4front Media Group, CX Interactive, and Bash! Interactive.
Articulation Agreements
Successful graduates of this Graphic Design program have the opportunity to apply their credits towards further study at the degree level. Listed below are the degrees from partnering institutions that are available for this program.
Please note that each partnership has a specific minimum grade requirement in order to qualify to transfer credits, which are assessed by the partner institution.
Please visit our website at www.centennialcollege.ca/admissions/applying/education-pathways/outbound-pathways for more information on articulation agreements.
Career Outlook
- Graphic/web designer
- Interactive designer
- Motion graphics designer
- Art director
- Editorial designer
- Illustrator
- Type designer
- Print production artist
- Digital imaging professional
Further Education
Qualified graduates may be eligible to participate in an articulated program with select universities, institutes, and professional associations. These partnerships allow you to apply academic credit towards further study.
The Graphic Design program has educational partnerships with Australia's Griffith University (BDes and Bachelor of Digital Media) and Lakehead University (Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science - Media Studies).
Areas of Employment
- Web design and interactive design studios
- Graphic design studios
- Advertising agencies
- Magazine design firms
- Package design studios
- Marketing and communications agencies
- Publishing companies
- Motion design facilities
- Brand design firms
English Language Requirements
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