Graphic Design

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
• Location: Online

Program Availability

• September 2023
• January 2024

Program Overview:

Please note: Graphic Design is also offered in class (Program Code: 6420)

Centennial College's Graphic Design program, which has a graduate employment rate that exceeds 80 per cent, will prepare you for a multidisciplinary design career. This asynchronous graphic design program provides students with the same learning experience as the face-to-face program does, but students can learn from their own homes, with no scheduled classes to attend. Content is delivered in weekly modules, with readings, videos, exercises, discussion groups, and assignment deadlines each week. Office hours are available on a regular basis to allow students to interact with faculty in an online chat forum.

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.

Note: Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.