Explore a creative career and learn the essentials of design principles in this exciting course.
Students will be utilise the latest Adobe Creative Cloud products including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Firefly, Adobe Fonts and Adobe Express. Through a mixture of theory and practical course work, students will learn to:
Graphic designers work in many different commercial and community contexts across both print and digital media.
At this level, the designer is likely to be working in junior or generalist roles. Their work may include or have links to areas such as advertising and promotion, branding, corporate identity, instructional design and digital media.
CRICOS: 105797G
QUALIFICATION COURSE: CUA40720
Duration: 60 weeks
Classes: Delivered over 2 days a week
Intakes: Monthly
Duration: 60 weeks
Classes: Delivered over 2 days a week
Intakes: Monthly (prerequisite required)
This qualification reflects the role of individuals who combine technical, creative and conceptual skills to create designs that meet client requirements and solve a range of visual communication challenges. Practice at this level is underpinned by the application of design theory and practice and the ability to analyse and synthesise information from a range of sources to generate design solutions.
Utilising the latest Adobe Creative Cloud products including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Firefly, Adobe Fonts and Adobe Express, students will gain a diverse range of skills in technical and theoretical design principles and their application in everyday design.
Expand on your creative talents through practical exercises in typography, branding, packaging, digital and online design, illustration and portfolio design, all while working in a collaborative, studio environment.
Completion of this course will award you the skills you need to work individually or collaboratively as a graphic designer, digital artist or illustrator within the creative industries environment. Successful completion also provides great articulation opportunities into higher education courses.
Entry Requirements
To enter this qualification, individuals must provide evidence of their technical skills and ability to:
Skills may have been acquired through personal or work experience, or through formal study.
For direct enrolment to Dip of Graphic Design, students would need to submit a portfolio:
Portfolio Criteria:
CRICOS: 105824J
QUALIFICATION COURSE: CUA50720
Are you innovative or creative? Do you like coming up with new ideas? Would you like to bring them to life?
EET offers the Certificate IV and Diploma in Design.
This course is directed at those who want to develop the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career in graphic design, and in areas such as advertising and promotion, branding, corporate identity, instructional design and digital media.
Our Trainers and Assessors are highly qualified and experienced and they use their industry experience to provide you with practical knowledge and skills.
This comprehensive course focuses on areas such as creative thinking, theory of design, creating and interpreting design briefs, design processes, experimenting with techniques, use of innovative digital images, develop and refine illustrative work and capturing images.
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