Design

Keele Campus, Toronto, Canada

Shortlist

48 monthsProgramme duration

37,297 CADTuition Fee/year

01 Feb, 2025Application Deadline

Art and DesignMain Subject Area

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Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

BDes

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The Design (BDes) program provides a comprehensive design education. After completing a two-year common core, students can concentrate on one of three pathways: (1) Interaction Design (UX/Ul); (2) Information Design; (3) Visual Communication Design; or create a personalized blend. The curriculum is further enhanced by design history, theory, and criticism courses.

Interaction Design (UX/Ul) Stream

The Interaction Design stream is for students excited to explore a human-centred and systems thinking approach to design physical, digital and mixed reality interfaces. They will learn to use design processes to discover the connections between people, objects, technologies, and environments. Through hands-on creation, students will design and evaluate engaging user experiences (UX) and user interactions (UI) for mobile applications, tangible products, and digital services. Students graduate with the skills to investigate and apply speculative design as a cultural practice to design for future societal implications.

Information Design Stream

Discover how information design makes data meaningful, visualizes processes, reveals connections and enhances user understanding with Information Design. Students will graduate with the in-demand knowledge of applying data visualization as a powerful tool to increase audience understanding in an increasingly data-driven world. Students will also develop interpretive expertise and experiment with conceptual approaches to data-driven design.

Visual Communication Design Stream

Students in the Visual Communication Design stream will create branding systems, signage, packaging, magazine and book designs, and motion graphics. The program encourages exploration of how meaning is shaped and interpreted with text, images, and symbols. The curriculum engages new techniques and experiments with methods of image-making, 2D composition, aesthetics, and typography. Graduates will enter the industry prepared to develop new graphic forms and visual systems that communicate to audiences.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

BDes

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

Interaction Design (UX/Ul) Stream

The Interaction Design stream is for students excited to explore a human-centred and systems thinking approach to design physical, digital and mixed reality interfaces. They will learn to use design processes to discover the connections between people, objects, technologies, and environments. Through hands-on creation, students will design and evaluate engaging user experiences (UX) and user interactions (UI) for mobile applications, tangible products, and digital services. Students graduate with the skills to investigate and apply speculative design as a cultural practice to design for future societal implications.

Information Design Stream

Discover how information design makes data meaningful, visualizes processes, reveals connections and enhances user understanding with Information Design. Students will graduate with the in-demand knowledge of applying data visualization as a powerful tool to increase audience understanding in an increasingly data-driven world. Students will also develop interpretive expertise and experiment with conceptual approaches to data-driven design.

Visual Communication Design Stream

Students in the Visual Communication Design stream will create branding systems, signage, packaging, magazine and book designs, and motion graphics. The program encourages exploration of how meaning is shaped and interpreted with text, images, and symbols. The curriculum engages new techniques and experiments with methods of image-making, 2D composition, aesthetics, and typography. Graduates will enter the industry prepared to develop new graphic forms and visual systems that communicate to audiences.

Admission Requirements

ACT

24+

SAT

1170+

International Baccalaureate

30+

TOEFL

88+

IELTS

6.5+

GPA

3.7+

PTE Academic

60+

To gain admission to this program, minimum A- (3.7) GPA on Grade 11 and 12 academic courses is required.

Application Deadline

01 Feb 2025

Program Duration

4 Years

Starting Month(s)

Sep

Domestic (Out of State)

Starts from

10,636 CAD

International

Starts from

37,297 CAD

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Keele Campus, Toronto, Canada

48 monthsProgramme duration

37,297 CADTuition Fee/year

01 Feb, 2025Application Deadline

Art and DesignMain Subject Area

Programme overview

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Degree

Study Level

Study Mode

Programme overview

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