Launch Yourself with A Graphic Design Diploma
Graphic Design program graduates find
lucrative positions with design and advertising companies, magazine
design firms, packaging design studios, marketing and communications
agencies, publishing companies, newspaper departments and TV production
facilities. One of these graphic design courses is offered at
Centennial College, a graphic design schools,
in the form of a two-year program that sees you: develop your visual
design skills for print, emphasizing visual fundamentals, creative
problem solving skills and the ability to deliver effective
communication solutions for corporate clients including motion design;
emerge with multidisciplinary creative skills for today’s diverse and
demanding industry; work directly with internal and external clients on
projects, simulating the workplace demands of the industry in a
practical and hands-on approach. “Graduates that possess strong
practical knowledge and good design skills coupled with emphasis on
producing high work are always sought after in the graphics industry,”
says Jim Jackson, Graphic Design Specialist, Marketing Department, AXA
Insurance.
To apply for Centennial College’s offering, you must
be able to present an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or
equivalent or being 19 years of age or older. In addition, you should
have completed the compulsory English 12C or U credit, or skills
assessment, or equivalent. Lastly you are required to submit a portfolio
that contains up to 15 pieces of original work in art and design. It
must demonstrate an ability and interest in graphic design, colour
integrated designs created in digital illustration and digital imaging
applications, and a short research paper about your design philosophy
and field of interest.
Formally recognized by the Association of
Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD Ontario), which represents
more than 3,000 graphic designers, managers, educators and students
across Ontario, this graphic design diploma program covers business and
creative topics. Specific courses within the Graphic Design courses
include: Design Process (you will research content of virtual and
client-oriented projects introduced during the program, generate ideas
for these projects and develop them into strong graphic images through
concept, multiple solution and refinement); Design & Imaging
(introduces three major software applications used throughout the
Graphic Media Design program: digital illustration, imaging and layout
application); Packaging (you will analyze the structure and meaning of
graphics in packaging and develop an understanding of environmental
implications), and many others such as Motion Graphics, Web Design, and
Illustration Workshop.
The combination of multidisciplinary
design skills and practical experience sets graduates apart from the
competition. Centennial graduates are more flexible and their design
solutions therefore offer more effective solutions those without this
experience.