Web Design

Get the best web design training, the best career skills, and the best jobs.

Faculty:
Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design
Program Code:
PNMED
Duration:
1 Year
Designation:
Ontario College Graduate Certificate
Campus:
Trafalgar Road Campus
Start Date:
September
“Graduates from Sheridan are typically much stronger job candidates than graduates from any other Web design program,” a Toronto agency executive told Marketing Magazine recently. “They are the only ones who are job-ready.”

Sheridan Web Design Program is built around professional skills that translate directly to the marketing, advertising, e-commerce and Web design industries. During two semesters of intensive, project-based Web design training, you'll: 
  • Design and launch four to six websites
  • Design additional interactive and online materials including motion graphics, banner ads, newsletters, micro-sites and content for mobile delivery
  • Learn the current versions of Flash, Dreamweaver, and other industry-standard Web design and rich media software
  • Gain basic coding skills in HTML, CSS and Actionscript
  • Learn about online marketing
  • Learn about interaction design and usability
  • Make connections with Web design professionals, including Sheridan faculty and alumni

View samples of student work here >


Flexibility in a Fast-paced Industry

Web design trends and technologies are constantly evolving, and so is Sheridan’s curriculum. You’ll learn the most up-to-the-moment practices — but you’ll also develop core principles that never change, so you can adapt to whatever new Web design trends come along next month, next year, or next decade.

As Canada’s only two-semester postgraduate Web design diploma program, Sheridan offers the shortest path to a Web design career: You can be working in less than a year. We draw students from a wide range of design-related fields, including graphic design, illustration, architecture, industrial design and fine arts. These varied backgrounds, combined with small class sizes and collaborative assignments, produce a creative environment that mirrors the workplace at a marketing firm or ad agency.

Web Design classes and courses take place at the Trafalgar Road Campus in Oakville, Ontario.

Sheridan Web Design Program has a sterling reputation, so our graduates are always in high demand. Employers with an ongoing need for Web design talent include:
  • Advertising agencies
  • Marketing firms
  • Corporate creative services departments
  • Government agencies
  • Design firms
Initially, graduates usually work as Web designers. Over time they often move into careers as art directors, creative directors or studio principals.

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY

  • Postsecondary diploma or degree in design, visual or fine arts

and/or

  • Demonstrated competence through related work and/or educational experience

Applicants must be competent in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator or equivalent software. Applicants will be expected to have these competencies prior to the start of the first course.

APPLICANT SELECTION

 
Eligible applicants will be selected on the basis of: 

  • Demonstrated competence through related work and/or educational experience

and

  • Response to a questionnaire
  • Portfolio

Your portfolio of 15 - 20 pieces should consist of digital work and/or traditional work (scanned or photographed) submitted on CDs or as URLs. The questionnaire assesses suitability for a professional career in web design and outlines business/work experience and personal/professional goals.

There is a portfolio review fee.

Postsecondary transcripts, indicating courses completed to date, must be submitted to ontariocolleges.ca at the time of application.

Applicants who do not meet the admission requirements for this program will be assessed and advised individually and may be considered for other, related programs.



 


CODE TITLE CREDITS
 

TERM 1

INFO 56346 Graphic Systems Studio 1 6
TECH 58090 Computer Graphics Technology 1 3
LIFE 55921 Professional Topics 1: Career Options 3
VDES 52320 Design for Interactive Media 3
MKTG 52841 Marketing for Web Designers 3
VDES 54166 Digital Typography 3
 

Total:
21
 

TERM 2

INFO 50856 Graphic Systems Studio 2 6
VDES 54049
Design for Interactive Media 2 3
LIFE 54892 Professional Topics 2: Career Planning 3
VDES 57780 Independent Project 6
 

Total:
18

Note: Courses subject to change.