Diploma of Graphic Design

• School leavers must have completed Year 12 or equivalent (pass standard in English and Art);

AND

• Submit folio/interview;

OR

• Have relevant industry experience/employment.
• Ideally, you will need to have a reasonable working knowledge of the PC Windows or Mac environment. Both platforms are used, however the industry standard is the Mac platform.
• Required computer literacy skills include:
• Being able to logically organise work files in directories or computer files;
• Knowing how to make a file, save a file, and find it again;
• Using the internet to find information, send emails, open and save attachments and pictures;
• Simple text skills - for example, typing up an assignment with basic formatting and printing it out; and
• Resolve minor application problems through the use of the help menu.
• English language requirements: IELTS 5.5 (with no individual band less than 5.0) or TOEFL 530 or ISLPR 2+.

• Create and manipulate graphics 
• Design and manipulate complex layouts 
• Develop and extend design skills and practice 
• Develop graphic design practice to meet industry needs 
• Present a body of own creative work 
• Produce graphic designs for 2-D and 3-D applications 
• Produce typographic design solutions 
• Refine drawing and other visual representation tools 
• Research visual communication history and theory 
• Build and launch a website for a small business 
• Create user interfaces 
• Create visual design components 
• Design web environments 
• Develop and extend critical and creative thinking skills 
• Implement design solutions
• Interpret and respond to a design brief 
• Originate and develop concepts
• Research and apply techniques for illustrative work
• Work with photomedia in creative practice