Diploma - Visual Merchandising Arts
- 2 years
- Duration
- 16,011 CAD/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Mixed
- Format
- Toronto / Canada
- Location
Program description
How inventive are you? Love the creative process? Are you someone who can convey a brand's story visually?
This two-year course will train you to become a visual merchandiser who can skillfully design store layouts, window displays, and pop-up shops to promote a brand's values. You will use design-based tools to communicate your unique ideas while gaining practical experience with high-end retailers like Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Holt Renfrew, and Harry Rosen.
Skills
The following abilities will be honed throughout the course of this program:
- presenting and co-ordinating merchandise
- making financial decisions
- working with a wide variety of materials to solve design problems
- constructing promotional displays and advertising
- photographing displays and advertising
- understanding retail store operations
- preparing and executing displays for exhibitions and promotional events
- creating illustrations and layout for advertising
- using written and oral English that emphasizes good organization, clarity and correct grammar for communication in a business environment
Program structure
Semester 1
- Drawing and Design for Visual Merchandising I
- Design Fundamentals
- Display Techniques I
- Communicating Across Contexts or
- Communicating Across Contexts (Enriched)
- Lighting and Styling
Semester 2
- Drawing and Design for Visual Merchandising II
- Display Techniques II
- Evolution of Design
- Menswear Styling
- Materials and Prop Construction I
- plus: General Education Course
Semester 3
- Drawing and Design for Visual Merchandising III
- Window Installation I
- Fashion Styling
- Materials and Prop Construction II
- Photostyling and Digital Imaging
- plus: General Education Course
Semester 4
- Drawing and Design for Visual Merchandising IV
- Window Installation II
- Portfolios and Presentations
- Materials and Prop Construction III
- plus: General Education Course
Price
Tuition fees - 16,011 CAD
Books and Supply Costs - 2,034 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.
