Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design

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National code: CUA60315 Advanced diploma (TAFE) Hawthorn Send me a link to this course

Take your existing graphic design skill set to the next level with our Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design.

Prepare for an exhilarating creative career by working with industry while you study. Gain industry experience (and a showstopping folio) by responding to briefs from real industry clients – all the while giving you a competitive edge to land a job when you graduate.

Understand target markets, what catches their attention, and how to justify creative decisions based on commercial objectives. Further hone your typography, illustration, branding, animation, digital design or environmental graphics skills. Get set for the future of design by creating concepts for social media, UX, UI, exhibition design, publishing and packaging. Plus, refine the project management, business, communication, design strategy, presentation and collaboration skills that’ll set you apart.

Through our tight-knit and vibrant design community you’ll have the opportunity to build lasting connections – the type of connections who just might make that crucial introduction to help you land your dream job.

Find your creative calling as a graphic designer (where you could work in advertising and graphic design agencies, or in-house at various corporations), UX/UI designer, branded environment designer or packaging designer. Or, if you’re looking to take your studies even further, you could pathway into the Bachelor of Design. The choice is yours.

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Duration

6 months full-time

Intakes

Hawthorn (August) - View application and start dates

Study mode

Full-time

This course allows you to pathway to another qualification.

This is a nationally approved vocational course that is recognised throughout Australia.

Student work

Georgia, Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design
Chris, Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design
Georgia, Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design

I chose Swinburne because of its renowned graphic design course. Plus, the course structure is flexible enough to suit my busy life of study, work and family. My teachers are among the best I’ve had – they’re extremely dedicated and helpful. I’ve gained practical skills and I’m excited to start my placement in a design studio.

Zhou Fang

Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design

Course information in detail

- Course detail, course structure and units of study.

Course description

In the Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design, students learn wide-ranging and sophisticated skills in both print and digital media. This includes advertising and promotion, art direction, branding, corporate identity, instructional design, packaging, signage and web design. This is a high level graphic design course providing sophisticated communication, organisational and project management skills. Graduates may take responsibility for the work of others at this level.

Course structure

Students are required to complete 15 units in total, as listed below. This involves face-to-face workshops, tutorials and blended online delivery.

Units of study

Core units

Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief (BSBDES502)

Manage design realization (BSBDES601)

Undertake project work (BSBPMG522)

Engage in the business of graphic design (CUAGRD601)

Originate graphic designs for complex briefs (CUAGRD602)

Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practice (CUAPPR504)

Extend typographic design expertise (CUAGRD603)

Elective units

Create user interfaces (CUADIG403)

Design digital applications (CUADIG502)

Design interaction (CUADIG506)

Research and apply light and colour (CUAACD504)

Investigate technologies for the creation of digital art (CUADIG509)

Develop graphic design for the built environment (CUAGRD605)

Develop graphic designs for packaging (CUAGRD606)

Refine drawing and other visual representation tools (CUAACD501)

Careers and graduate outcomes

- Career opportunities, course aims and objectives and graduate skills.

Career opportunities

Graduates may find employment as a graphic designer, web designer, or in advertising, finished art studios, publishing (newspaper and magazines), printers, or film and television production houses.

Aims and objectives

Students develop advanced skills in print and web design, product packaging, signage, typography, illustration, colour management and software including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign.

Graduate skills

Graduates should have a command of wide-ranging, highly specialised technical, creative and conceptual skills and knowledge in visual communication. These skills allow designers to conceive, negotiate and realise design concepts for complex projects using sophisticated communication, organisational and project management skills. Graduates may take responsibility for the work of others in terms of establishing and monitoring systems to ensure the effective production of work.

Pathways and scholarships

- Pathways, credit transfer, recognition of prior learning and scholarships.

Scholarships

At Swinburne scholarships are about providing opportunity, promoting equity and recognising excellence and achievement. Scholarships are available for both commencing and current students. Find out more about scholarships.

Pathways

Pathways allow students to progress from one qualification to another where the first course is recognised as an entry requirement and/or provides advanced standing to the second.

Successful completion of Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design allows you to progress to this course	Maximum amount of credit available
Bachelor of Design	15 - 16 units

This information should be used as a guide only. Credit available may vary depending on the major selected within any given degree. Progression to professional degrees may be subject to additional criteria or academic performance.

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Credit

Credit is granted in recognition of previous study and/or experience and allows students to gain advanced standing towards their course. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Learn more about credit.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) allows students to gain credit (advanced standing) towards their course in recognition of skills and knowledge gained through work experience, life experience and/or formal training. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Learn more about RPL.

Course fees and requirements

- Fees, entry requirements and non-year 12 entry.

Course fees

A VET Student Loan is available for this course – allowing you to defer part of your fees if you're eligible.

Please note: The maximum VET Student Loan amount for this course is $10,528. You must start repaying this loan once you earn above the compulsory repayment threshold.

Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design Estimated course fees for 2020*
*You will need to pay this amount if you do not* receive a VET Student Loan**	$12,650	$7,470	This course is not eligible for Free TAFE
You will need to pay this amount if you do receive a VET Student Loan	$2,122	Fully Covered	This course is not eligible for Free TAFE

Estimated course fees for 2020*

For students who are not granted a Skills First government-subsidised place

For students who are granted a Skills First government-subsidised place

Is this a Free TAFE course?

You will need to pay this amount if you do not receive a VET Student Loan

$12,650

$7,470

This course is not eligible for Free TAFE

You will need to pay this amount if you do receive a VET Student Loan

$2,122

Fully Covered

This course is not eligible for Free TAFE

Please note: Fees published on this page are estimates only and are subject to change depending on individual circumstances at the time of enrolment. The above fees apply for units studied in 2020 only and may change for units studied in future years. There may be additional costs related to learning material and equipment.

This course is delivered with state government funding.

Skills First Government-subsidised place
You could be granted a Skills First government-subsidised place when you apply for this course. Check your eligibility now.

Concession rates for vocational students
Concession rates for Diploma and Advanced Diploma programs are also available to Aboriginals or Torres Strait Islanders or Youth Concession students enrolled prior to 1 July 2012 and continuing the same course in 2013.

Full course fee
If you are not granted a government-subsidised place, you will be eligible for the full course fee. Check your eligibility now.

Indicative nominal course hours: 830.

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Entry requirements

To enter this qualification, you must have completed Swinburne's Diploma of Graphic Design.

How to apply

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Training Organisation Identifier (TOID): 3059