Art and Design Fundamentals

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 faculty will allow for lots of one-on-one instruction and feedback.
• In the Portfolio Development course, with individual guidance from instructors, you'll work on self-directed projects that will focus on your future career. The Professional Practice course, meanwhile, will include client-based community projects that will emphasize experiential learning and assit in helping you to 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 skills in art, design and digital multimedia 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

Admission 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 (minimum grade required), or take the Centennial College English Skills Assessment for Admission

Note: If you apply to, but do not meet the admission requirements for Centennial’s Graphic Design Media, Fine Arts Studio, Game Art and Design, or Digital Animation programs, you may receive an alternate offer to the Art and Design Fundamentals program.

Additional Requirements

• English language proficiency

How to Apply

1. Apply Online

Domestic Students

If you are applying through the Second Career Strategy, please apply at the Employment Training Centre for Second Career (Progress Campus). Second Career Strategy is a funding initiative for those who have been laid-off and are in need of training. For more information go to Second Career Strategy.

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 $95 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 Students

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.

International Students

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.

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 2021.

Student	Tuition (2 Semesters)	Ancillary Fees	Total
Canadian	$2,721.00	$1,310.24	$4,031.24
International	$15,385.50	$1,819.24	$17,204.74