Diploma of Graphic Design
Course Overview
This course has been designed to deepen your creative and technical skills by honing in on your creative mindset to create design ideas that are not only engaging, but also provide communicative solutions to a range of visual communication challenges in any industry.
Exploring the history, core principles and the human psychology of graphic design, this course will deepen your understanding on the visuals that surround us and the stories they are telling.
Throughout the course, you will develop your understanding of the design process within a business environment and explore the fundamental skills of design and layout, typography, and the importance of brand identity through visual representation. As a student of this course, you will learn to deliver engaging materials for every medium, from digital advertisements, which include 3D design, to print publications, brand packaging and billboards.
Course Structure
The following units will be taught:
- BSBMKG437 Create and optimise digital media
- CUADIG304 Create visual design components
- CUAGRD502 Produce graphic designs for 2-D and 3-D applications
- CUAGRD503 Produce typographic design solutions
- CUAGRD514 Create and manipulate graphics
- CUAGRD501 Research visual communication history and theory
- BSBCRT512 Originate an develop concepts
- BSBPEF501 Manage personal and professional development
- CUAGRD516 Develop graphic design practice to meet industry needs
- CUADES511 Implement design solutions
- CUAPPR513 Present a body of own creative work
- CUADES413 Develop and extend design skills and practice
- CUAGRD515 Design and manipulate complex layouts
- BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace for a work area
- CUAACD531 Refine drawing and other visual representation tools
- CUAACD522 Work with photomedia in creative practice
- BSBMKG551 Create multiplatform advertisements for mass media
- CUAPHI523 Employ colour management in a digital imaging workplace
- BSBCRT413 Collaborate in creative processes
Entry Requirement
| Admission Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Academic Entry Requirements | Completed Australian Year 12 or equivalent; |
| Academic Entry Requirements | To enter this qualification, individuals must provide evidence of their technical skills and ability to: produce multiple examples of graphic design work that respond effectively to different design challenges; produce typography that supports the overall design solution; use graphic design industry software. Skills may have been acquired through personal or work experience, or through formal study. |
| Minimum Age to Apply | Be aged over 18; |
| Language Requirement | |
|---|---|
| IELTS Score (Minimum) | IELTS 5.5 English language equivalence if a non-native English speaker; |
Career Opportunities
- Web Designer
- Junior Art Director
- Illustrator
- Brand and Identity Designer
- Advertising
- Magazine and Publishing Design
- Graphic Designer