DIGITAL / Graphic DESIGN courses
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DIPLOMA OF GRAPHIC DESIGN & DIGITAL MEDIA (1 year)
This course area will open up opportunities for individuals, intent on working in
the graphics and multimedia industry. The course is contemporary, innovative
and provides a balance in skills based education with applied creative direction.
It will provide students with the opportunity not only to develop their skills in
typography, print and editorial design, branding and identity, information design,
packaging, software usage, web design, image manipulation, interface design,
interactive animation and digital video production but to set the benchmark
for innovation and creative difference. The College is committed to providing
industry with a diverse resource of talented individuals whose passion and
commitment to design equals that of their practical and management skills.
Students will learn and comprehensively cover the Adobe CS3 software
programs of Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and InDesign, Dreamweaver,
Fireworks, Flash & Final Cut Pro.
The program culminates with the development of a professional quality design
portfolio with both digital and paper based components. Potential careers
include Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Producer, Art Director, Video
Producer, Sound Designer, Animator, Game Designer, Typographic Designer,
Print Designer, Package Designer, Publication Designer, Branding and Identity
Designer, Corporate Communications Designer, Environmental and Retail
Designer, In House Graphic Designer, Communications Director and Music
Industry/Entertainment Designer.
Subjects: Multimedia Imaging & Graphics, Design Communication, Interactive Design & Animation, Graphic Design Studio, Digital Video Production, Web Design, and Design In Context
Study OptionsThe college has both full-time and part-time courses, offered during the daytime, weekend or evening, as well as single subject enrolment. The courses have entry in March and mid year in July.
| DIPLOMA OF GRAPHIC DESIGN & DIGITAL MEDIA | ||
| START DATES | TIMETABLE | |
| Full–Time (1 year) | Intake: 11 Mar - 11 Dec | 1st Sem: Wed 10–5pm Thu 10–5pm Fri 10–5pm 2nd Sem: Mon 10–5pm Tue 10–1pm Tue 6-9pm |
| Mid Year Intake: 12 Aug - 30 Jun | ||
CERTIFICATE OF DIGITAL MEDIA (1 Semester )
With the speed that technology evolves designers who wish to be at the cutting edge must be ready to embrace new mediums as they are presented. The Advanced Certificate of Digital Media at LaTrobe College is an innovative course that will give students the tools necessary to design for a range of mediums combining computer generated 2D and 3D images and video footage to create multi layered imagery for screen and internet. The course provides students with the opportunity to learn and develop their skills in interactive design, web design, image manipulation, interface design, 3D modelling, animation and digital video production. Software taught will include Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Final Cut Pro, Sound Edit. On completion, students will have developed a level of proficiency with industry standard software products in key areas found in today’s multimedia and web design environment.
Subjects: Multimedia Imaging & Graphics, Design Communication, Interactive Design & Animation, Digital Video Production & Web Design
| CERTIFICATE OF DIGITAL MEDIA | |||
| START DATES | TIMETABLE | ||
| Full–Time (1 year) | Intake | 10 Mar - 6 Jul | Mon 10–5pm Tue 10–5pm Wed / Thurs 10–5pm |
| mid year Intake | 12 Aug - 9 Dec | ||
CERTIFICATE OF GRAPHIC DESIGN (1 Semester )
The Certificate of Graphic Design enables students to develop contemporary creative and technical design skills and gain a thorough knowledge of industry requirements in the graphic design field. Students will learn a range of up-to-date graphic design programs, develop and refine creative and technical design skills and produce a graphic design folio and web site for industry design job interviews or for future freelance clients. Students will learn and comprehensively cover the Adobe CS software programs of Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and InDesign. They will also learn the web development programs of Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash. Graduates of this program are qualified to obtain, at a minimum, entry-level employment as graphic designers, web designers, computer graphic artists and production artists.
Subjects: Multimedia Imaging & Graphics, Design Communication, Web Design, Graphic Design Studio 1 & 2
| CERTIFICATE OF GRAPHIC DESIGN | |||
| START DATES | TIMETABLE | ||
| Full–Time (1 semester) | Intake | 11 Mar - 3 Jul | Wed 10–5pm Thu 10–5pm Fri 10-5pm |
| Mid Year Intake | 12 Aug – 11 Dec | ||
| Part–Time (1 year) | Intake | 11 Mar - 8 Dec | Wed 6–9pm Thu 6–9pm |
| Mid year Intake | 12 Aug – 7 Jul | ||
DIPLOMA OF ART & DESIGN (2 years)
(21885Vic Diploma of Visual Arts - 2 Years)
This course is the nationally requognised state accredited 21885VIC Diploma of Visual Arts. In this course students will be introduced to and learn to apply a wide range of key conceptual and practical skills enabling them to develop visual art and design studio work in a range disciplines from drawing, digital
imaging & graphics, painting, digital and print design, sculpture and studio methods & techniques. The course aims to give students a broad range of experience within visual art and design in order to; Assist them in finding and determining their ultimate career direction and the most appropriate discipline to study. To help them develop an extensive and competitive folio of varied artwork specifically for university and college entrance interviews. Through small group classes and ongoing tutorial advice, gain intensive individual
nurturing and help to develop ideas and direction. Experience using the college gallery for special projects and for displaying work in group exhibitions. The folio artwork created in this course will enable students to be extremely
competitive at tertiary interviews for all Visual Art and Design uni courses.
Along with fully equipped digital and art studios the course is further enhanced with the annual New York City Art Trip, exhibiting trialling and practice with the LaTrobe Street Gallery; drawing and studio projects in regional victoria held at the Union Bank Art Centre in Clunes; and individual studio spaces at our nearby studios Queensberry Street Studios.
Year One:
Design Communication, Drawing & Mixed Media 1 & 2, Studio Painting Metods & Tech 1 & 2, Studio Art 1 & 2, Product Design Studio, Art History Modernism & Contemporary Art,
Multimedia Imaging & Graphics 1, Photography 1
Year Two:
Graphic Design Studio 1 & 2, Drawing & Ideas 1 & 2, Studio Practice 1 & 2, Web Design
Photography 2 & 3, Galleries & Exhibition Practice, Digital Video Production
| DIPLOMA OF FINE ART VISUAL ARTS | |||
| START DATES | TIMETABLE | ||
| Full–Time | Intake | 22 Feb – 18 Dec | Mon 2pm - 9.00pm Tue, Wed, Thu 10– 5pm |
| Mid Year Intake | 2 Aug – 2 July | ||
| Part–Time | Intake | 22 Feb –18 Dec | Tues 6:30 – 9pm Wed 6:30 – 9pm (some subjects are only available in the day) |
| Mid Year Intake | 2 Aug – 2 Jul | ||
HOW TO ENROL
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Telephone the college on 9606 0933 for available course places. Complete the Application/Enrolment Form attached to this brochure and return with deposit, payment or first instalment. Please Return by post, fax or directly to the college. Please be aware that subjects and courses at Latrobe College are popular and will fill quickly. The deadline for course applications is one month before courses start. Applications will be accepted after those dates if there are still places available. Interviews are not compulsory but recommended for those still to determine their area of interest. Apply directly to the college, not through VTAC.
WHO CAN ENROL
No experience is necessary. Participants are generally from a wide range of age groups and backgrounds.
FEES
| PAYMENT OPTIONS | |||
| COURSE ENROLMENT | Full Fee upfront | Monthly Instalment Option | |
| Semester Full Time | $5200 | 4 monthly instalments of $1360 | |
| 1 Year Full Time | $9700 | $2500 (first payment) + $770 x 9 monthly |
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| 1 Year Part Time | $5200 | $1800 (first payment) + $410 x 9 monthly |
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| International students can apply for the full time Diploma Art & Design (21885vic Diploma of Visual Art). The fees are $10,400 per year for students requiring a student study visa to study in Australia. Fees are paid by semester. | |||