Advanced College Diploma - Graphic Design (6420)

Program Description Centennial College's Graphic Design program will prepare students for a multidisciplinary design career. Facilitated at the Story Arts Centre, the courses in this advanced diploma program will take a hands-on approach in an intimate studio environment, rather than having them sit passively in large lecture halls. With small class sizes, students will have lots of opportunities to work one-on-one with their professors.

In this college graphic design program, students will: • 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 their 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 their 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.

The Graphic Design program will develop students' abilities to: • Think creatively and design effectively for print, motion and interactive media; • Professionally execute their ideas in any medium; • Effectively communicate with employers and clients; • Start their career in any facet of the design industry; • Market themselves as a freelancer or start their own business; • Effect social change through their design problem-solving skills; • Understand all aspects of industry standard workflow, from initial creative, through to print production or interactive prototyping.