Art and Design Fundamentals (Online)
How To Apply
Program Details
- Program Code6459
- Credential NameArt and Design Fundamentals
- Credential TypeOntario College Certificate
- SchoolSchool of Communications, Media, Arts and Design
- Program TypeCertificate program
- Program Length1 year/ 2 semesters
- LocationOnline
- Emailvticha@centennialcollege.ca
- Technology Requirements
Program Availability
- Program Overview
- Courses
- Career Options and Education Pathways
- Admission Requirements
- How to Apply
- Tuition and Fees
- Technology Requirements
- Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
- Advising
- Entrepreneurism
The Art and Design Fundamentals program will nurture your artistic talents and develop your creative, practical and entrepreneurial skills in visual art and design — whatever your level of expertise.
Practicing artists and designers, who will help you gain competencies in traditional, digital and multimedia, will deliver the studio-based, hands-on Art and Design Fundamentals curriculum. The program's goal is to help you prepare a portfolio of artwork required for admission to specialized programs and open up new possibilities and career choices in the diverse visual arts industry.
In this art program, you will:
- Get hands-on exposure to drawing, design, colour, 3D modelling and design, visual culture, video making, digital illustration, photography and rapid prototyping.
- Build a comprehensive portfolio of artwork while working one-on-one with faculty.
Once you complete the program, you'll be prepared to succeed in a variety of post-secondary communication arts and design diploma and degree program areas, including animation, game art, digital visual effects, product design, industrial design, architecture, fashion design, illustration, graphic design, digital media art, art direction, art management, creative advertising and fine arts.
Program Overview
The Art and Design Fundamentals program will nurture your artistic talents and develop your creative, practical and entrepreneurial skills in visual art and design — whatever your level of expertise.
Practicing artists and designers, who will help you gain competencies in traditional, digital and multimedia, will deliver the studio-based, hands-on Art and Design Fundamentals curriculum. The program's goal is to help you prepare a portfolio of artwork required for admission to specialized programs and open up new possibilities and career choices in the diverse visual arts industry.
In this art program, you will:
- Get hands-on exposure to drawing, design, colour, 3D modelling and design, visual culture, video making, digital illustration, photography and rapid prototyping.
- Build a comprehensive portfolio of artwork while working one-on-one with faculty.
Once you complete the program, you'll be prepared to succeed in a variety of post-secondary communication arts and design diploma and degree program areas, including animation, game art, digital visual effects, product design, industrial design, architecture, fashion design, illustration, graphic design, digital media art, art direction, art management, creative advertising and fine arts.
Courses
Career Options and Education Pathways
Program Highlights
- Leading practicing artists, designers and educators have crafted and teach in the Art and Design Fundamentals program.
- Small class sizes and a dynamic working relationship between you and the faculty will allow for lots of one-on-one instruction and feedback.
- With individual guidance from instructors in the Portfolio Development course, you'll work on self-directed projects that will focus on your future career. Meanwhile, the Professional Practice course will include client-based community projects that will emphasize experiential learning and assist in helping you develop your entrepreneurial skills. And through the Collaboration Studio course, you'll work on collaborative projects with other students at the Story Arts Centre to gain real-world experience.
- Artists and professionals looking to improve or update their art, design, and digital multimedia skills will benefit from a flexible curriculum if class size allows.
Career Outlook
- Animator
- Game artist
- Digital visual effects artist
- Product designer
- Industrial designer
- Interior designer
- Fashion designer
- Illustrator
- Graphic designer
- Digital media artist
- Art director
- Arts manager
- Fine artist
Education Pathways
Graduates of the Art & Design Fundamentals Certificate program have the opportunity to apply learning achieved at Centennial for credits toward further study at the degree level. Listed below are institutions offering pathways for this program.
Please note that each receiving institution has minimum admission requirements in order to qualify for transfer credits, which are assessed by the receiving institution.
| Region | Institution |
|---|---|
| Toronto GTA | OCAD U |
| Ontario | Nipissing University |
For more detailed pathways information, visit our website at //centennial.adv-pub.moveonca.com/outgoing-home/.
Use the following Education Pathways Checklist as a guide as you explore your options.
For pathways to other Ontario post-secondary institutions, please visit ONTransfer.
Areas of Employment
Areas of EmploymentFurther Education
Further EducationAdmission Requirements
Academic Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
- Grade 12 English (C or U), or equivalent, or take the Centennial English Admission Test
Additional Requirements
How to Apply
1. Apply Online
Domestic Students
If you are applying through the Better Jobs Ontario Program, please work with an Employment Ontario service provider. For more information go to Better Jobs Ontario Program.
If you have previously attended a full-time program at Centennial College, you may be eligible for a Program Transfer. Visit Enrolment Services at any Campus for information.
All other applicants must apply online at Ontariocolleges.ca. A non-refundable application fee of $150 must accompany applications. The fee is payable online, by telephone, online banking, by mail, or in-person to Ontariocolleges.ca. For more information go to Ontariocolleges.ca Application Fees.
International Students
Apply directly to Centennial College here.
2. Submit Documents
Domestic Applicants
Current Ontario high school students and graduates from Ontario high schools: Notify your guidance counsellor that you have applied to college and your school will forward transcripts to Centennial College via Ontariocolleges.ca.
Graduates of college/university, or high school outside Ontario but within Canada: You are responsible for requesting that your educational institute sends any required documents and transcripts to Ontariocolleges.ca.
Domestic applicants who attended school outside of Canada: If you are submitting transcripts to meet admission requirements, you must have the transcripts assessed by an independent credential assessment agency such as World Education Services (WES) or International Credential Assessment Service (ICAS). For more information go to Submitting your Transcripts.
International Applicants
Please refer to the International Education Application Guide.
3. Confirm Your Offer of Admission
Offers of Admission are sent by mail to eligible applicants. When you receive your offer, you must login to your account at Ontariocolleges.ca and confirm before the Deadline to Confirm noted in your offer letter.
You may confirm only one college and one program offer at a time.
You must confirm your offer by the Deadline to Confirm noted in your Offer of Admission letter or your seat may be given to another applicant.
When you confirm your Offer of Admission at Centennial College you are given access to your personal myCentennial account where you can check your email, grades, register for courses, pay tuition fees, and see your class timetable.
4. Pay Fees
Centennial fees statements are sent by email to your personal email account and to your myCentennial email account. Fees statements are not mailed.
You must make a minimum payment by the Fees Deadline noted in your Fees Statement or your seat may be given to another applicant.
5. Build Your Timetable (Register for Courses)
Build your timetable (web-register for courses) at my.centennialcollege.ca.
Fall registration begins mid-July
January registration begins mid-December
May registration begins mid-April
Your web-registration will not open if:
You have not submitted your minimum fee payment by the deadline
You received a Conditional Offer of Admission and you have not met the conditions of your offer.
Once you have paid your fees or have made appropriate arrangements, register for your courses online through myCentennial.
Tuition and Fees
Fees noted below are estimates only. Tuition is based on two semesters, beginning Fall 2025.
| Student | Tuition (2 Semesters) | Ancillary Fees | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | $2,721.00 | $859.92 | $3,580.92 |
| International | $17,148.00 | $1,545.55 | $18,693.55 |
Technology Requirements
Technology Requirements
Bring IT programs will require students to own and use a mobile computing device that meets or exceeds the recommended hardware requirements.
Note: If you require accommodation for a documented disability, please consider your adaptive technology needs when you select a device for your BringIT programs (click for recommendations). If you wish to access disability services, please make an appointment with the Centre for Accessible Learning and Counselling Services, by calling 437-568-4799, or by email at calcs@centennialcollege.ca.
Have questions? Check out Frequently Asked Questions for our Bring IT Program.
Students from this program will require to own/purchase a device and software relevant to the program:
Minimum Recommended Hardware Specifications
- MacBook Pro 15-inch
OR
- Laptop with Windows 10 operating system capable of running the current version of Adobe software
- Intel i5 processor or better, 8 GB ram or better
- 256 GB or better flash memory storage
You will need regular access to a computer with an internet connection. High speed broadband access (LAN, Cable or DSL) with minimum 10mbps download speed is highly recommended. Some courses have more advanced system requirements.
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.
- Create two and three-dimensional designs using a wide range of materials, processes and techniques.
- Apply various strategies for idea generation to identify and solve visual problems in a design process.
- Apply the formal elements and principals of design to create effective compositions.
- Utilize a variety of presentation skills to exhibit portfolios and creative work in both public and private venues.
- Develop a professional art and design portfolio through studio-based projects in a variety of media
- Apply art concepts and history in critiques of artworks in their social context.
- Apply basic entrepreneurial principles to professional practice in the field of art and design.