Program Details

Graphic Design and Foundation for Design

Diploma
A young woman in casual attire arranges bottles with vibrant label designs, demonstrating her graphic design skills on a white display.

About the Program

Join LaSalle College Vancouver's Graphic Design and Foundation for Design and learn from experienced graphic designers.

Explore the increasingly vital relationship between design and sustainable principles.

Engage with core values, emerging trends, and current industry challenges.

Create a portfolio that showcases your skills and creative aesthetic.

Get ready to show your story in a creatively fulfilling, rewarding career as a visual storyteller.

Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate understanding of colour, illustration, image manipulation, concept development.  
  • Practice product packaging, art direction, and branding.  
  • Make ethical, sustainable design decisions.
  • Apply solutions to global, competitive contexts, and acquire entrepreneurial vision.  
  • Prepare a professional portfolio that showcases your design work.
  • Influence and lead design innovation within a dynamic, evolving field.

Profile

Successful Graphic Designers have a unique combination of skills, including:

  • Problem Solving

    Analyze complex problems and identify effective solutions.

  • Communication

    Convey thoughts, ideas, information effectively through various channels. Actively listen to others.

  • Creativity

    Generate original ideas, approach tasks with imagination, apply unconventional perspectives to produce unique, inspiring designs. Give an identity to the mundane.

  • Technical Proficiency

    Master tools to effectively execute creative work.

Career Prospects

Change perspectives through sustainable visual communication and storytelling.

Opportunities to (re)design the world of publishing, advertising, and digital messaging are abundant in Vancouver and around the globe.

Career Fields

  • Graphic Designer 
  • Information Designer 
  • Environmental Graphic Designer 
  • Freelancer 
  • In-house Designer 
  • Packaging Designer 
  • Motion Graphic Designer 
  • Illustrator 
  • Product Designer 
  • UI/UX Designer 
  • Graphic Design Instructor 
  • Book / Book Cover Designer 
  • Brand / Logo Designer 
  • Visual Designer 
  • Communication & Digital Media Designer 
  • Print Production Designer 
  • Graphic Novel Illustrator

in large corporations, small companies, or as a freelancer for:

  • Graphic Design studios 
  • Advertisement Company 
  • Corporate Branding and Consultation company 
  • Internet and software development company 
  • Television and video production 
  • Industrial/ Packaging design studio 
  • Food and production company 
  • Game and Media Company 
  • Film Industry, production company 
  • Magazine, print production company 
  • Environmental design for Hospitality, retail, and restaurants 
  • Architecture, Interior design studios 
  • Sales & marketing 
  • Research and Education

Diploma & Accreditation

This program has been approved by the registrar of the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Post Secondary Education and Future Skills.

Required Materials

Learners should consider investing in a laptop with:

  • Adequate memory (16mb, 32mb ideally),
  • Graphics card.
A designer is focused on a computer screen displaying packaging designs for gourmet cheese with a retro fashion theme.

Opportunities

Cutting-edge facilities & equipment

LaSalle College Vancouver's state-of-the-art facilities are equipped with industry-standard hardware and software, such as:

  • DSLR Cameras,
  • Adobe Master Collection, including:
    • Photoshop,
    • Illustrator,
    • Premier After Effects
    • InDesign.
  • Web and mobile platforms including:
    • HTML,
    • CSS.

Admissions Criteria

  • Domestic applicants generally require:

    Proof of secondary school graduation or equivalent

    Copy of government-issued photo ID

  • International applicants generally require:

    Proof of secondary school graduation  (with official English translations)

    Copy of a valid Passport

    Proof of English proficiency

Academic Dates

List of Courses

QUARTER 1

  • Drawing
  • Design and Colour Theory
  • Digital Imaging
  • Concept Development
  • Fundamentals of User-Centred Design

QUARTER 2

  • Typography
  • Digital Illustration
  • Digital Imaging II
  • History and Analysis of Design
  • Fundamentals Of Sustainable Design

QUARTER 3

  • Advertising
  • Electronic Design
  • Production Procedures
  • Corporate Identity
  • Web Development

QUARTER 4

  • Design Studio
  • UX/UI Design
  • Computer Animation for Multimedia
  • Professional Practices
  • Portfolio I

*Actual course order subject to change

Tuition & Aid

Make a plan with the support of LaSalle College Vancouver's Financial Planning Services! Let us: 

  • Estimate the cost of your education,  
  • Add up your available education-cost resources,  
  • Subtract available resources from estimated cost, 

So that you can get money matters out of the way and focus on your dream career!

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