Advanced College Diploma - Graphic Design (11571)

Humber’s Graphic Design advanced diploma program (GDes) develops creative and strategic designers who wish to execute a wide range of visual communication strategies through interactive media such as web and screen, user interaction, motion design, and traditional print-based media.

Through a mix of theory and hands-on practical training, students will combine art and design to produce unique visual communication solutions. Humber's Graphic Design program will allow students to explore: creative strategy and design process, typography, editorial and publication design, package design, user experience (UX), user interface (UI), web design, information design, and motion design. Additionally, this program will prepare students for their career through professional practice and entrepreneurship to round-out a comprehensive skill set to attain employment or freelance work.

As part of the interaction and design common platform cluster (IDC), students will be trained on industry-based skills, technology and current design software techniques. The first semester is shared with the Multimedia Design and Development program. Students' exposure to different types of design work and common programming elements will enable them to investigate their options and choose a focus prior to their second year of study.

Students will participate in a mandatory work placement which follows the last semester of study. Students research the design industry to take advantage of opportunities to market themselves to prospective employers to find their own work placement locally or abroad.