College Diploma - Graphic Communications

Innovative. Idea-driven. Important. Graphic communications revolutionized society with the printing press. Now it’s leading a new revolution into the digital age. It’s an industry of team players who combine artistic, technical, and entrepreneurial talents to get the job done.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Graphic Communications diploma program will challenge students both creatively and technically. Saskatchewan Polytechnic's training ensures students meet national skills standards set out by the Canadian Printing Industries Sector Council. Students will graduate with the kind of practical, hands-on skills students need to succeed—in both traditional and digital printing environments, as well as publishing, advertising, design, and communications.

Graphics Communications is a two-year diploma program offered full-time at Saskatchewan Polytechnic Regina campus. Come here to develop practical, hands-on skills in electronic file management, industry-standard software applications, and print management, production, and administration. This includes training in:

• Colour copier operation • Colour theory and colour management • Design and typography • Digital photography • Hydraulic cutter operation and maintenance • Image editing and page layout • Industry-standard software and hardware systems • Logos, graphs, vector graphics, PDF creation • Mixing inks • Preflighting, proofing and output methods • Screen printing • Sheetfed offset press operation and maintenance • Wide-format printing • Vinyl decal/sticker creation

At graduation, students will have developed a professional portfolio, completed a four-week work experience and have experience managing and producing a “live job” from concept through delivery.

Graphic Communications graduates are working in many different areas—advertising agencies, graphic design firms, electronic pre-press studios, sign shops, commercial and quick-print shops, newspaper, magazine and book publishers, in-house marketing departments, and government communications departments. Look for entry level jobs in design, production art, packaging design, signage, image editing, bindery and finishing, digital print operation, print production planning, management, screen printing and press operations, branding and marketing.