Diploma - Fine Arts (Visual & Creative Arts)
- 2 years
- Duration
- 18,192 CAD/year
- Price
- Sep 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Brockville / Canada
- Location
- St. Lawrence College, Canada
- School
Program description
With this 2-year intense studio-based fine arts degree, you can begin your career as a practicing artist. Learn classic arts disciplines such as figure drawing, oil painting, and ceramics while also exploring the intriguing worlds of experimental 2D and 3D design, book arts, and digital media. Exhibit in one of our four on-campus exhibition spaces and participate in experiential learning opportunities through external design contracts and projects to build your artist CV while completing your diploma.
Studio classes allow you to specialize your skills and explore personal areas of interest with the help and knowledge of lecturers who are experts in their fields. You will get the opportunity to develop and implement exhibitions, public/community art projects, participate in a second-year student exchange in Barbados, and finish your Bachelor's degree at one of our Irish partner colleges. You will graduate with the abilities you need to traverse your chosen creative industry thanks to unique pillar courses concentrating on Concept Development and Planning, Project Planning and Exhibition Preparation, Business Development and Marketing, and Arts Leadership, Exhibition, and Portfolio.
Program structure
Semester 1
- Creative Practice 1: Concept Development and Planning
- Drawing and Design 1: Observational
- Introduction to Paint Mediums and Techniques
- Art History and Appreciation 1: European Tradition
- Communications for College
- General Education Course
Semester 2
- Creative Practice 2: Documentation and Exhibition Standards
- Drawing and Design 2: Interpretive
- Painting: Watercolour
- Painting: Acrylic
- Experimental Media: 2D and 3D Design
- Art History and Appreciation 2: Western Perspective
- General Education Course
Semester 3
- Professional Practice 1: Marketing and Business Development
- Figure Drawing 1: Anatomy and Gesture
- Painting: Oils
- Ceramics 1: Tools and Functional Design
- Studio 1
- Printmaking 1: Tools and Design
- General Education Course
Semester 4
- Professional Practice 2: Arts Leadership, Exhibition, and Portfolio
- Figure Drawing 2: Advanced Mediums and Portraiture
- Painting: Advanced Oils
- Experimental Media: Digital Media
- Ceramics 2: Sculpture and Advanced Surface Design
- Studio 2
- Printmaking 2: Book Arts and Advanced Techniques
Price
- Tuition 16,430 CAD
- Program Fees 0,00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees 1,762 CAD
Total tuition per 2 semester (one year) 18,191 CAD
Fees are estimates only
Requirements for applicants
Admission requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma, or equivalent
- Grade 12 English at the C or U level
- Grade 11 Math
- Completion of a course-related Portfolio Assignment
English Proficiency requirements are:
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS)-Academic - Overall 6.0 with no band less than 5.5 (SDS requires an overall 6.0, with no band less than 6.0)
- TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) or Home Edition - 78
- TOEFL Computer-based Test - 213
- Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL. In-person or Online)* - overall 60
- EIKEN (Test in Practical English Proficiency)* - pre 1
- The Michigan English Test* - Overall 58 with no individual score below 56, ECCE/ECPE 650 or higher
- Cambridge English Proficiency* - 173
- Duolingo (Temporarily accepted)* - 105
- Pearson Test of English -Academic (Online & In-person) - 55
*Note: Students from India are not eligible to submit the results of this test as proof of English proficiency.
About the university
St. Lawrence College has campuses in Kingston, Brockville, and Cornwall, Ontario. Our secure neighborhoods combine small-town atmosphere with big-city attractions, like shopping, eating, and nightlife.
The institution has 6,700 full-time and 20,000 part-time students in 89 academic programs and 829 full- and part-time employees, including 414 professors.
With modern, expansive facilities in three vibrant eastern Ontario cities and a solid track record of excellence, St. Lawrence College still combines all the benefits of a world-class education with the advantages of small-town living and personal attention to detail.
