Computer Graphics, a DVS program, teaches students how to produce page layout templates and create page layouts. Students learn how to process images and text, incorporating them into page layouts and preparing the layouts for printing and multimedia distribution, while ensuring that they meet technical distribution standards.
Program
Put Academic Theory Into Practice
Computer Graphics prepares students to work as designers for companies that specialize in the graphic communications, multimedia and corporate sectors. These include magazines, newspapers, packaging companies and manufacturers of other print products. Computer graphics designers can also work for website producers and electronic product manufacturers. They can also be self-employed.
Admission Requirements
To be admitted to the Computer Graphics program, students must meet one of the following conditions:
Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or a recognized equivalent are not subject to any additional admission requirements.
Or
Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the year in which their training is to begin must meet the following condition: they must have obtained Secondary IV credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition of equivalent learning.
Or
Persons who are at least 18 years of age must have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the general development test ENG 4103-1 and MTH 3053-2, or recognition of equivalent learning.
Or
Persons who have obtained Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister are required to pursue general education courses, concurrently with their vocational training, in order to obtain the Secondary IV credits they lack in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister.
Course Outline
The duration of the program is 1800 hours, which includes 1020 hours spent on the specific competencies required to practice the trade or occupation and 780 hours on general work-related competencies. The program of study is divided into 22 modules, which vary in length from 15 to 120 hours. The total hours allocated to the program include time devoted to teaching, evaluation of learning and enrichment or remedial activities.
Code
Module
Hours
Credits
965011
Occupation and Training
15
1
965024
Managing a Computer Environment
60
4
965037
Vector Images
105
7
965046
Raster Images
90
6
965056
Requirements and Steps of the Graphic Communications Production Process
90
6
965066
Image Acquisition
90
6
965074
Colour Profile Management
60
4
965086
Composite Images for Standard Printing
90
6
965096
Composite Images for Visual Interfaces
90
6
965104
Tools for Proofreading English Texts
60
4
965116
Typographic Elements
90
6
965127
Simple Page Layouts for Print Documents
105
7
965137
Simple Page Layouts for Visual Interfaces
105
7
965146
Simple Page Layout Templates for Visual Interfaces
90
6
965156
Page Layout Templates for Print Documents
90
6
965164
Imposition and Finishing
60
4
965177
Complex Page Layouts for Print Documents
105
7
965184
Document Rasterization
60
4
965194
Preparing Documents for Digital Printing
60
4
965205
Preparing Documents for Standard Offset Printing
75
5
965216
Managing a Graphic Communications Microbusiness
90
6
965228
Workplace Integration
120
8
Program Fees & Materials
By successfully completing a program, students acquire not only the entry-level competencies required by the workplace in order to practise a trade or occupation, but also learning that provides students with a certain degree of versatility.
Day Fees
Description
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 3
Semester 4
Total
Service Fee
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
$200.00
Activity Fee
$40.00
$40.00
$40.00
$40.00
$160.00
Sub-Total
$90.00
$90.00
$90.00
$90.00
$360.00
Semester Day Total
$360.00 CAD
