About this program
Digital Design
Learn the in-demand skills to become an interactive user experience or motion design industry professional.
In 12 months, you will graduate with:
- A diploma in Digital Design
- A portfolio showcasing your work
- Access to the VFS Alumni Directory & Job Board
- Industry connections that will help guide your career
Admission requirements
Requirements
A portfolio of your digital and visual work
Your portfolio should demonstrate your familiarity with a range of visual work (e.g., print design, web design, etc.). You'll find information on how to send your portfolio in the application form, or you can ask your Advisor.
Or
Successful completion of the VFS Foundation Visual Art & Design program
When you talk to your Advisor, let them know that you've completed the Foundation program and they will put a copy of your diploma in your file for you.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the institute's website.
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Term 1 Course Descriptions
- Career Opportunities + Presentation Skills
- Project Management: Team Dynamics
- User Experience + UCD Innovation
- Creative + Art Direction
- Photoshop
- Interface Principles
- Stop Motion + Post-Production Fundamentals
- HTML + CSS
Term 2 Course Descriptions
- Brand Strategy
- Typography
- Illustrator + InDesign
- Motion Broadcast Design
- Emerging Ideas
- 3D Fundamentals
- Interface Design
- Information Architecture for Web
- JavaScript & JQuery (elective)
Term 3 Course Descriptions
- Industry IQ
- Traditional PM Methodologies
- Theoretical Approaches
- What’s the Big Idea?
- Branding + Identities
- Information Architecture for Apps (elective)
- Experimental Practices in Motion Design (elective)
Term 4 Course Descriptions
- Graduate Project Strategy
- Graphic Design on Trend (elective)
- Advanced Communication Design (elective)
Term 5 Course Descriptions
- Graduate Project Development
- Packaging Design (elective)
Term 6 Course Descriptions
- Building Your Professional Profile
- Business, Law, and Ethics
- Developing Personal Brands + Portfolios
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Tuition
- Canadian students: C$27,950
- International students: C$43,000
Qualification
- Understand fundamental design approaches for both UX/UI and motion design, target audiences, and current tools to tell simple, powerful stories, and create solutions that work.
- Take your tools skills to the next level by creating projects that focus on humanizing information, 3D graphics, typography, branding, and motion broadcast design.
- Gain experience working with and presenting to a real client, learn more about the industry you’re joining, and harness your design skills to create pieces the world will see.
- Jump into your chosen specialization of motion graphic design or interactive design, research your idea and concept for your graduate project, and pitch it to industry mentors.
- Execute your idea and concept, managing the intricacies of studio-scale production, and work with your mentor to build and refine your graduate project.
- Work with experts in portfolio development, employment strategy, and the business, law, and ethics of design to finalize your personal brand and position as a designer in your chosen field.
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Vancouver Film School
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