Kick-start a career in the visual communication industry, exploring both hands drawn creative concepts and digital skills to produce innovative ideas.
You have an opportunity to learn the foundations, create and refine designs for a range of industry facing briefs and objectives. Develop your knowledge and understanding of digital design, print, typography, commercial branding and packaging.
Experiment with ideas that inspire and be mentored by leading industry experts who engage with you and your work. Realise and develop your designs to cultivate the design career of your dreams.
You can:
Study the standalone Graphic Design Diploma in just one year over three trimesters, full time.
Use the Diploma as a foundation for a direct pathway into our unique Bachelor of Design Arts degree. After completing the full Diploma, you can get credit for the first three trimesters of the Degree with a major in the aligned discipline.
Use the Diploma as an entry pathway to work in the field that you love. We provide extensive career support to help find a position that is right for you.
Program Objectives
Develop and enhance creative skills to benefit further studies in Graphic Design stream or one of the other creative disciplines.
Proficiency with a broad range of skills, including digital design, print, collateral, packaging and commercial branding.
Conceptualise, develop and produce technically refined designs to meet a variety of creative briefs.
Detailed knowledge of digital tools and design processes that can help achieve advanced design outcomes.
Careers
Branding and Packaging Designer
Illustrator
Typographer
Web and App Designer
Motion Graphics Designer
Environmental Designer