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Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design - Visual Communication
Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design - Visual Communication

Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design - Visual Communication

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  • Level:3-Year Undergraduate Advanced Diploma
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Admission Requirements

Entry requirements:

Students applying to Graphic Design - Visual Communication must meet the following requirements:

  • OSSD including Gr 12 C English

English requirements:

If English is not your first language or you've received your education in a language other than English, students must produce evidence of their English Language Proficiency:

  • Internet-based (iBT) TOEFL: 80 with no score less than 20
  • Paper-based (PBT) TOEFL: 550
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS): 6.0 with no band less than 5.5
  • Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL): Overall 60
  • Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 76
  • PTE Academic (Pearson Test English): 58+
  • Duolingo: 105+

Course Information

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Students in Fleming’s accelerated graphic design program learn and work in a unique, contemporary design studio space; in this “classroom as design lab and studio,” they discover what it takes to become a professional designer, and how to thrive in this fast-paced industry.

Students gain the skills and understanding required to communicate ideas in digital and printed media through extensive and varied applied learning experiences. At the end of six continuous semesters, they are fully-prepared to hit the ground running, ready to launch their design careers in any industry that requires creative problem solving through visual communication.

In this program you will:

  • Learn in a laptop-based environment which provides maximum flexibility to work offsite as well as in class.

  • Experience the design studio model that emphasizes collaboration, communication and experimentation – skills that are highly valued by employers.

  • Develop and build your art, design and technical skills in modular small projects, working towards comprehensive collaborative projects to further test your abilities.

  • Live the life of a designer, working independently and with your team, on an ambitious, large- scale project that requires branding, diverse multi-media graphic materials. This will include projects across a full range of media and platforms including print publications, advertising, web, mobile, social media, signage and environmental graphics.

  • Gain additional, hands–on experience with an extensive work placement in a design studio, agency, or in–house design department.

  • Understand how art fundamentals and principles inform successful design.

  • Learn from our expert faculty as well as designers who are shaping today’s industry.

  • Graduate with a substantial portfolio, and the ability to prepare and deliver effective presentations.

WHY CHOOSE FLEMING

Fleming College’s Haliburton School of Art + Design is known for providing innovative art and design programming. Offered at our campus in Peterborough, this new Graphic Design advanced diploma program is structured to simulate the setting and pace of a real-world design environment to prepare students to enter the workforce faster, fully-prepared to be successful.

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SEMESTER 1

  •  Content Design I

  • COMP 548

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 1 requisite course

  •  Drawing

  • DESN 16

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 1 requisite course

  •  Photography for Graphic Design

  • DESN 18

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 1 requisite course

  •  Printed Matter

  • DESN 14

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 1 requisite course

  •  Storytellng and Design

  • DESN 12

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 1 requisite course

  •  Visual Communication and Design in Context I

  • DESN 17

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 1 requisite course

  •  Visual Language - Form

  • DESN 13

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 1 requisite course

SEMESTER 2

  •  Content Design II

  • COMP 549

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Illustration

  • DESN 20

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Typography I

  • DESN 21

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Visual Communication and Design in Context II

  • DESN 22

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Visual Identity

  • DESN 23

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Visual Language - Image

  • DESN 19

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  General Education Elective

  • Units/ Hours: 45

SEMESTER 3

  •  Book Design

  • DESN 27

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Classroom as Design Lab: Project I

  • DESN 24

  • Units/ Hours: 84

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Integrative Communication and Environmental Graphics

  • DESN 26

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Typography II

  • DESN 25

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Writing for Design

  • DESN 28

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

SEMESTER 4

  •  Applied Dimensional Design and Packaging

  • DESN 30

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Classroom as Design Lab: Project II

  • DESN 29

  • Units/ Hours: 135

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Content Design III

  • COMP 550

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  General Education Elective

  • Units/ Hours: 45

SEMESTER 5

  •  Community Client

  • APST 144

  • Units/ Hours: 120

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Editorial Design

  • DESN 32

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Entrepreneurship and Internship

  • DESN 31

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 3 requisite courses

  •  General Education Elective

  • Units/ Hours: 45

SEMESTER 6

  •  Independent Project

  • APST 145

  • Units/ Hours: 42

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Internship - Graphic Design

  • FLPL 208

  • Units/ Hours: 270

  • 24 requisite courses

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

There is a high demand for graphic designers and career opportunities in the industry are diverse.

Career Settings

Potential career settings include:

  • advertising

  • branding agencies

  • graphic design studios

  • package design studios

  • retail advertising

  • in-house design departments in large and medium sized enterprises

  • not-for-profit and government agencies

  • marketing firms

  • self-employment

Areas of Specialty

Areas of specialty include:

  • branding and corporate identity

  • advertising

  • digital

  • interactive

  • environmental

  • exhibition

  • packaging

  • book design

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Morcare Insurance - $709

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