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Program Overview
Designed for visual arts enthusiasts, this one-year post-baccalaureate certificate program deepens critical thinking and making skills, enriches studio practice, and professionalizes portfolios. Preparing students for graduate school or career advancement, it offers a variety of career paths, including professional artist, digital media artist, art teacher, and graphic designer.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts is a one-year program designed for students with a bachelor's degree or significant professional experience in visual arts. The program aims to:
- Deepen critical thinking and making skills
- Enrich studio practice
- Professionalize portfolios It is suitable for students preparing for graduate school (MFA) or those seeking to enhance their professional practices. The program offers:
- Studio space
- Access to facilities
- Guidance from professional artists
Careers:
The program prepares students for a variety of careers in the visual and media arts, including:
- Professional Visual and Media Artist
- Digital Media: web designer, videographer, video editor, photographer
- Art teacher (elementary, secondary, post-secondary)
- Graphic Designer (corporate art director, promotional designer, municipal graphic designer, record cover designer, audio visual designer)
- Advertising (art director, copywriter, layout artist, mechanical artist)
- Art Therapist
- Fashion designer (fashion designer, illustrator, fashion art director, fabric designer)
- Film and television (art director, TV electronic designer, animator, props manager)
- Illustrator (editorial illustrator, product illustrator, storyboard illustrator, animator)
- Medical illustrator
- Industrial designer (product designer, toy designer, furniture designer)
- Interior and display designer (interior designer, department store display designer, exhibit and museum display designer)
- Photographer
- Publication Designer
Other:
The program is offered through the University of Regina, Campion College, First Nations University of Canada, and Luther College.
