Credential

Upon completion of this program you will be awarded with an Ontario College Advanced Diploma.

Program Description

Centennial College’s Graphic Design program will prepare you for a multidisciplinary design career. The courses in this advanced diploma program take a hands-on approach. With small class sizes, you’ll have lots of opportunities to work one-on-one with your professors.

In this program, you 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 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.

The Graphic Design program will develop your abilities to:

• Think creatively and design effectively for print, web, motion, and interactive media;
• 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;
• Understand all aspects of industry standard workflow, from initial creative, through to print production or interactive prototyping.