Duration: 1 Year

Program information

Web Design Program is built around professional skills that translate directly to the marketing, advertising, e-commerce and Web design industries. During two semesters of intensive, project-based Web design training, you’ll:

• Design and launch four to six websites
• Design additional interactive and online materials including motion graphics, banner ads, newsletters, micro-sites and content for mobile delivery
• Learn the current versions of Dreamweaver, Flash and other industry-standard Web design and rich media software
• Gain basic coding skills in HTML, CSS and Actionscript
• Learn about online marketing
• Learn about interaction design and usability
• Make connections with Web design professionals.

Flexibility in a Fast-paced Industry

Web design trends and technologies are constantly evolving, and so it’s curriculum. You’ll learn the most up-to-the-moment practices — but you’ll also develop core principles that never change, so you can adapt to whatever new Web design trends come along next month, next year, or next decade.

As only two-semester postgraduate Web Design certificate program, We offers the shortest path to a Web design career: You can be working in less than a year. We draw students from a wide range of design-related fields, including graphic design, illustration, architecture, industrial design and fine arts. These varied backgrounds, combined with small class sizes and collaborative assignments, produce a creative environment that mirrors the workplace at a marketing firm or ad agency.

Career Opportunities

Web Design Program has a sterling reputation, so our graduates are always in high demand. Employers with an ongoing need for Web design talent include:

• Advertising agencies
• Marketing firms
• Networks and other media companies
• Corporate creative services departments
• Government agencies
• Design firms

Initially, graduates usually work as Web designers. Over time they often move into careers as art directors, creative directors or studio principals.

Admission Requirements

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY

• Postsecondary diploma or degree in design, visual or fine arts

and/or

• Demonstrated competence through related work and/or educational experience

Applicants must be competent in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator or equivalent software. Applicants will be expected to have these competencies prior to the start of the first course.

APPLICANT SELECTION

Eligible applicants will be selected on the basis of:

• Demonstrated competence through related work and/or educational experience

and

• Response to a questionnaire
• Portfolio

Your portfolio of 15 – 20 pieces should consist of digital work and/or traditional work (scanned or photographed) submitted on CDs or as URLs. The questionnaire assesses suitability for a professional career in web design and outlines business/work experience and personal/professional goals.

There is a portfolio review fee.

Applicants who do not meet the admission requirements for this program will be assessed and advised individually and may be considered for other, related programs.

Courses

Note: Courses subject to change.