Please note: Graphic Design is also offered fully online.

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. Facilitated at the Story Arts Centre, the courses in this advanced diploma program will 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'll have lots of opportunities to work one-on-one with your professors.

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.

The Graphic Design program will develop your abilities to:

• Think creatively and design effectively for print, motion and interactive media;
• Professionally execute your ideas in any medium;
• 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;
• Effect 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.

companies Offering Jobs

Centennial College Graphic Design graduates have found a range of jobs with companies including, but not limited to, HJC New Media, RockHippo, Gamebridger, G4Box, Formative innovations, 4front Media Group, CX Interactive and Bash! Interactive.

Program Highlights

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

Career Outlook

• Graphic/web designer
• Interactive designer
• Motion graphics designer
• Art director
• Editorial designer
• Illustrator
• Type designer
• Print production artist
• Digital imaging professional

Education Pathways

Successful graduates of this Graphic Design program have the opportunity to apply their credits toward further study at the degree level