Certificate III in Design Fundamentals (Design Focus)

This course provides you with an introduction to the practice of graphic design and prepares you to enter a wide range of art and design courses at certificate, diploma and degree levels.

Throughout the course, you will learn to follow the design process, produce and prepare images, and use DSLR photography and scanning techniques to create finished design pieces. You will be introduced to a wide variety of drawing and media techniques and materials. You will create projects using the Adobe suite of products, including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

You will enhance your design skills by exploring layout and typography and applying colour in a variety of contexts. You will also develop visual literacy through the maintenance of a visual diary and creating illustrations, both manually and digitally. Upon successful completion of this course, you will have prepared a folio of design projects, learnt how to present them professionally and participated in an exhibition of your work.

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Enrolment Type VE3

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Consider this course if.....

Consider this course if you:

Are creative and like design
Enjoy and have basic skills in drawing and illustration
Are comfortable using computer software programs
Are keen to develop a portfolio

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS/INFORMATION

Students are required to purchase basic drawing equipment to the value of approximately $100. Students may already have these items.

Adobe Suite is recommended on home laptops to complete any unfinished work from home.

Program Content

Sample competencies covered in Units 1 & 2 include:

Explore the use of colour
Follow a design process
Produce digital images

Sample structure of Units 3 & 4 includes:

Students entering the second year of the course will build upon the skills and techniques of the previous units completed. Students will develop a folio of design work and participate in an exhibition of their work

Career opportunities

Graphic designer
Pre-press operator
Desktop publisher

Work placement

Work placement is not required.

Contribution to VCE/VCAL/Vocational Major

VCE/VCAL/VM: Certificate III qualifications provide credit at VCE Units 1 to 4 level. Each completed 90 nominal hours of training provides one VCE unit of credit. Credit accrues in the following sequence: Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 3 and 4 up to a maximum of six VCE units.

ATAR: This subject does not have a study score and therefore cannot contribute towards the student’s primary four. Students who receive a Units 3 & 4 sequence may be eligible for a 10% increment towards their ATAR (10% of the lowest result of your primary four scaled studies).

Please note the student must already have English and three other fully scored VCE/VET subjects to create the primary four. VCAL and the VCE Vocational Major do not contribute towards an ATAR.