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DIPLOMA PROGRAMS
 

COMPUTER GRAPHICS

DIPLOMA PROGRAM

 

 

After Completion of the program the graduate will be able to do the following tasks:

• Design and build a media rich or convergence website
• Create interface designs for streaming content and web casting
• Use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and Macromedia's Fireworks to create design layers and content for import/export into 3D Studio Max.
• Know the fundamentals of Linear (Traditional) and non Linear (Non-Traditional) narrative and story design.
• Know and understand the design issues as related to greater interactivity between the user/client and server
• Use of color in design
• The use of line Texture, negative and positive space, proportion and composition through purposeful experiments.
• Communication in two and three dimensions and appreciation of the importance of such communications
• Produce ads
• Brochures and promotional material using the page layout application QuarkXpress
• Create original illustrations using the vector based drawing tools of Adobe Illustrator.
• Understand the concepts of raster - based image editing and creation.
• Use and integrate advanced features using the professional color Postscript illustration tools of adobe illustrator and adobe dimensions
• Understand and create importable images to and from popular graphics file formats including prepress considerations and requirements.

COURSE OUTLINES

Title of Subject/module Actual Contact Hours Learning Sequence

1. Level 1
• Introduction to computer (PC & Mac)
• Design Fundamentals
• Page Layout 1 (PC)
• Digital Drawing 1
• Digital Imaging

200 hours
I

2. Level 2
• Page Layout 2
• Web Design – Flash & Dreamweaver
• Digital Prepress Basics
• Canadian Copyright and the LAW

200 hours
II

3. Level 3
• Project Presentation
• Studio Practices – Studio Management
• Portfolio

200 hours
III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructor-led training
: 400 hours
Lab
: 200 hours
Total program
: 600 hours / 30 weeks