Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design

Join us in developing designers for the workforce, and take the next step in your graphic design career.

You will build on your existing expertise to communicate ideas with a blend of advanced artistic and technical skills.

Part of your course work will be to undertake industry standard projects, and you will round this out with a variety of industry visits.

Core courses will include branding and identity, layout skills, creative concepts, digital media and design business skills.

Other skills include photography, multiplatform digital advertisements and many more.Your classes will be in a studio environment similar to that of a professional design studio and include access to a wide range of sophisticated facilities, including photography studio, drawing studio and digital imaging equipment.This program will suit people with industry experience or previous design study at diploma level.

The Diploma of Graphic Design will provide a pathway into the Advanced Diploma, if you do not have industry experience.

The course content below provides all possible units related to the course. If the course has various streams, the units you are required to study will depend on your chosen stream.

ESTABLISH, NEGOTIATE AND REFINE A DESIGN BRIEF BSBDES502

MANAGE DESIGN REALISATION BSBDES601

UNDERTAKE PROJECT WORK BSBPMG522

ENGAGE IN THE BUSINESS OF GRAPHIC DESIGN CUAGRD601

ORIGINATE GRAPHIC DESIGNS FOR COMPLEX BRIEFS CUAGRD602

EXTEND TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN EXPERTISE CUAGRD603

ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE CREATIVE PRACTICE CUAPPR504

CREATE MASS PRINT MEDIA ADVERTISEMENTS BSBADV509

IMPLEMENT DESIGN SOLUTIONS BSBDES501

CREATE DISTRIBUTED MULTIPLATFORM DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENTS BSBMKG530

WRITE PERSUASIVE COPY BSBWRT501

REFINE 3-D DESIGN IDEAS AND PROCESSES CUAACD507

DESIGN ANIMATION AND DIGITAL VISUAL EFFECTS CUAANM503

REFINE DIGITAL ART TECHNIQUES CUADIG508

INVESTIGATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE CREATION OF DIGITAL ART CUADIG509

DEVELOP GRAPHIC DESIGNS FOR BRANDING AND IDENTITY CUAGRD607

PRODUCE MEDIA PHOTO IMAGES CUAPHI507

SELECT AND PREPARE CREATIVE WORK FOR EXHIBITION CUAPPR407

Entry requirements (year 12)

Entry requirements (non year 12)

Experience in a design environment, with an ability to:

• Apply visual communication history and theory to own practice

• Produce professional typography

• Produce graphic designs for two dimensional and three dimensional applications

• Create and manipulate graphics and design complex publication layouts

Alternatively, applicants may have undertaken previous design study at diploma level.

Extra Requirements

Applicants must download the Additional Requirements - Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design form available at the following link: www.federation.edu.au/extra-application-requirements

The completed Additional Requirements form should be returned to Admissions. Late applicants must email admissions@federation.edu.au before applying.

Interview and folio presentation: Applicants will be notified of a date/time for an interview/folio presentation on receipt of the application proforma. Applicants must attend an interview/folio presentation before enrolment.