Graphic Design Humber Polytechnic

Overview

While learning and mastering design concepts, you will generate creative solutions and produce visuals for effective multimedia communication. As you gain knowledge and skills, you will be exposed to the many topics and tasks required in contemporary design work. By taking the Graphic Design advanced diploma programme from Humber Polytechnic  you will become strategically and typographically skilled and master digital, editorial, interactive, information, motion, user experience, user interface and web design techniques. Additionally, relevant programming and entrepreneurship knowledge will round out a comprehensive skill set.

As part of our interaction and design common platform cluster, this programme will expose you to many aspects of design and allow you to collaborate with students in related fields. The first semester is shared with the Multimedia Design and Development programme. Your exposure to different types of design work and common programming elements will enable you to investigate your options and choose a focus prior to your second year of study.

Key facts

• With more than 25,000 designers, Toronto is at the centre of Canada’s design sector. And as North America’s third largest hotspot for design, there are many opportunities in Toronto for aspiring graphic designers. Our programme helps you develop the skills and training you need to pursue your chosen career.
• With your powerful combination of creative thinking and technical abilities, you’ll be ready to make your mark in a wide variety of employment contexts including advertising, communications, web design, publishing, commercial printing, public relations, user experience and multimedia production. Your wide-ranging design abilities and use of digital tools and software will assist you in creating original and appealing designs for a broad range of projects including magazine articles, billboards, promotional material, brand experiences, digital applications and corporate websites.
• As a freelancer you can enjoy the benefits of choosing your projects and clients, and setting your own rates and hours.