Advanced Diploma - Graphic Design
- 3 years
- Duration
- 16,919 CAD/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Mixed
- Format
- Toronto / Canada
- Location
Program description
This three-year diploma program will teach you the theory and practice of design so that you can implement innovative strategies in your own digital, print, and experiential projects.
The program begins with instruction in fundamental principles and skills, continues with intensive cross-disciplinary study, and concludes with a graduate display portfolio and a practicum experience. The coursework in this major will get you ready for a career as a designer in the media sector.
Skills
Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:
- Design
- Typography
- Business writing
- Marketing
Program structure
Semester 1
- Communicating Across Contexts or
- Communicating Across Contexts (Enriched)
- Software Training I
- Typography I
- Colour and Design
- Design Thinking I
- Drawing
Semester 2
- Graphic Design I
- Software Training II
- Typography II
- Design History
- Photography and Video
- Design Thinking II
- plus: General Education Course
Semester 3
- Effective Business Writing or
- Business Communication for the Digital Workplace
- Graphic Design II
- Software Training III
- Typography III
- Design Production I
- Web Software I
- plus: General Education Course
Semester 4
- Graphic Design III
- Branding Design
- Information Design
- Web Software II
- Interactive Design I
- Marketing Strategies
- plus: General Education Course
Semester 5
- Graphic Design IV
- Marketing Design
- Interactive Design II
- Portfolio Preparation
Semester 6
- Graphic Design V
- Current and Future Trends
- Business of Design
- Professional Practices
- Field Placement or
- In-Studio Practicum
Price
Tuition fees - 16,219 CAD
Books and Supply Costs - 880 CAD
Please note: All costs are approximate, may vary by campus and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Requirements for applicants
Academic Requirements:
- Transcripts from high school for grades 10, 11, and 12 that include all prerequisite classes for the program.
- A high school or postsecondary degree (certificate of completion).
- Transcripts or certificates for any university or tertiary college courses or programs you have finished, whether they were taken domestically or abroad, may be submitted.
- An official/certified English translation must be included with any academic records that are written in a language other than English.
At any moment, Seneca has the right to check submitted transcripts. Seneca maintains the right to ask for authentic transcripts to be delivered directly to Seneca from the issuing school for courses and certificates obtained inside Canada. If such action is required, applicants will be informed.
English Proficiency Requirements:
If English is not your first language, show one of the following:
- Minimum of two years full-time study in an English-speaking nation
- Minimum one year of full-time postsecondary education in an English-speaking nation
- Successful completion of an intense English program like the English Language Institute
- English proficiency exam results from one of the international testing agencies. Only two-year-old tests are valid.
English language test score requirements
- CAEL CE and CAEL online - Minimum 60
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - Minimum 169 with no skill below 162
- Duolingo - Minimum score 105 to 110
- IELTS Academic - Minimum 6.0 with no skill below 5.5
- PTE Academic - Minimum score 58
- TOEFL iBT (including MyBest TOEFL and Home Edition) - Minimum 80 with no skill below 20
- TOEFL Revised Paper Delivered - No skill below 20
About the university
A public institution with many campuses in Peterborough, Ontario, and the Greater Toronto Area is called Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. At the bachelor, diploma, certificate, and graduate levels, it provides both full-time and part-time programs.
Seneca has been involved in foreign education for many years and today draws over 10,000 students from over 130 different nations each year. Through intense language instruction that may last anywhere from two months to more than a year, Seneca's English Language Institute helps overseas students become ready for post-secondary education. The college has a number of alliances with schools abroad and is growing its efforts in collaborative applied research and work/study abroad opportunities.
Seneca in a Nutshell
- With 30,000 full-time students and more than 70,000 registrations for continuing education each year, this institution is among the biggest in Canada.
- 7,000 foreign students from more than 150 nations make up a diversified student body.
- In terms of connections to other postsecondary institutions, Ontario colleges rank first.
- In Toronto, York Region, and Peterborough, there are ten campuses.
- Every year, on average, 8,000 bursaries and 2,600 Seneca scholarships/awards are given out.
