Graphic Design

Centennial College’s Graphic Design program prepares you for a multidisciplinary design career, and has a graduate employment rate that exceeds 80 per cent. Facilitated at the Story Arts Centre, the courses in this advanced diploma program take a hands-on approach in an intimate studio environment, rather than having you sit passively in large lecture halls. With small class sizes, you have lots of opportunities to work one-on-one with your professors.

In this college graphic design program, you:

• 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 (RDG Ontario)
• Learn from professors who are current and professionally active in the design industry

Program Highlights

• The Centennial College Graphic Design program is formally recognized by RGD Ontario, which represents more than 3,000 graphic designers, managers, educators and students across Ontario.
• A combination of multidisciplinary design skills and practical experience sets you apart from the competition.
• You will be more flexible in your design solutions and more desirable in the marketplace.

The Graphic Design program will develop your abilities to:

• Think creatively and design effectively for print, motion, and interactive media.
• Execute your ideas professionally in any medium.
• Communicate effectively with employers and clients.
• Start your career in any facet of the design industry.
• Market yourself as a freelancer or start your own business.
• Affect social change through your design problem-solving skills.
• Understand all aspects of industry standard workflow, from initial creative, through to print production or interactive prototyping.