Design.
Develop.
Dominate the Digital Age.
Master both Graphic Design fundamentals
and responsive Web code.
A 3-Year DEC built for high employability in the digital economy.
OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM
Our Graphic and Web Design program offers students
the opportunity to develop creative and technical skills needed by today’s businesses.
Our focus is design thinking for digital and print media,
with emphasis on UI/UX, useability, interface design, layout design, and print publication.
Students build an online portfolio of work including:
web design and coding, print materials, branding and marketing, illustration, photography, video editing,
and animation.
In their final semester,
students apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired by entering the workplace
for a three-week stage placement.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- design and create increasingly complex web interfaces with a focus on useability and accessibility, emphasizing responsive, mobile-first, grid-based design
- design and create brand identity packages for digital and print including logos, business cards, stationery, and web materials
- design and create print materials such as posters, flyers and brochures, stickers, newsletters and ads, books and manuals, and a variety of commercial packaging
- create, scan and modify drawings and sketches using traditional and digital media
- create web animation using drawings, images and sound
- take and edit digital photos and video
- start and set up your own design business in Quebec
WE ARE DESIGN ORIENTED
Graphic and Web Design students focus on learning the following specialized design skills:
- Composition and layout
- Iterative design
- Typography and type systems
- Logo and pictogram design
- Frontend web design and UI/UX
- Illustration and sketching
- Responsive interface design
- Wayfinding and interactive design
- Photography, animation and video
- Branding and consumer marketing
- Portfolio Design and business thinking
- Bilingual, OQLF-compliant design
WE ARE TECHNICALLY ORIENTED
The focus is on learning the following
specialized design software:
- Adobe ® Photoshop
- Adobe ® Illustrator
- Adobe ® InDesign
- Adobe ® Acrobat
- Adobe Animate
- Adobe Premiere
- Adobe AfterEffects
- Adobe Lightroom
- Figma (protoyping)
- VSCode (HTML and CSS)
- WordPress (CMS)
- … and more!
THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU IF:
You are both creative and technical
You enjoy working with computers and different software
You possess good people skills
You have strong verbal and written communication skills
You are highly motivated
GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGN CAN TAKE YOU PLACES!
Some of our graduates become designers for large and small businesses that produce a wide variety of print and digital materials with sophisticated graphic design and appeal. Others go into business for themselves as designers and marketers. Many go on to further education in a variety of fields, such as graphic design, photography, marketing and communications, computer science, animation.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
CEGEP Requirements
A Secondary School Diploma which includes:
- Secondary 5 Language of Instruction
- Secondary 5 Second Language
- Secondary 4 Mathematics
- Secondary 4 Science and Technology OR Secondary 4 Applied Science and Technology
- Secondary 4 History and Citizenship Education
OR a Secondary School Vocational Diploma which includes:
- Secondary 5 Language of Instruction
- Secondary 5 Second Language
- Secondary 4 Mathematics
Program Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites are required for this program.
Please Note:
Applicants who have not studied in Québec must have an education
deemed equivalent by the College.
HOW TO APPLY
John Abbott College is affiliated with the Service régional d’admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM) and uses its online application service.
To Apply:
- complete the online application at admission.sram.qc.ca,
- select John Abbott College and the program of your choice along with the corresponding program number, and
- if applicable, send all required documents and the application fee.
Students whose prerequisites are more than five years old should contact the Admissions Office.
Admissions Office:
514-457-6610 x5358, 5355 & 5361
admissions@johnabbott.qc.ca
Graphic and Web Design Department
gwd@johnabbott.qc.ca