Diploma In Visual Arts in Camosun College, Canada

Diploma In Visual Arts in Camosun College

We help you shape your life as an artist.

Would you like to learn graphic design, ceramics, sculpture, performance art, animation, photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, video and film and more? You'll get a bit of everything in this studio immersion Visual Arts program, where you'll learn a variety of exploratory and technical skills using an interdisciplinary approach. In this two-year, hands-on program, you'll explore the role of the artist in contemporary culture by spending time in the studios as well as the classroom.

Where can you work?

As a graduate of the Visual Arts program you will leave with broad knowledge, skills and abilities suitable to work in various fields. Our graduates have many roles, including:

• self-employed practicing artist
• designer (industrial, interior, graphic, gaming, web, fashion, textile, narrative etc)
• animator & special effects
• art teacher & professor
• illustrator
• scenographer (set designer)
• storyboard artist
• concept artist
• art therapist
• hair stylist
• museum and gallery personnel
• printmaker
• art historian & curator
• filmmakers and film technician; assistant director
• ceramicist
• photographer
• photo technician
• ornamental iron work
• landscape designer

What to expect

The Visual Arts program is located at our Lansdowne campus, using classrooms and studios in the historic Young building and smaller annexes nearby. Classes may be offered in the evenings as well as during the day, giving you lots of time in the studio to experiment.

Year 1

Your first year includes two semesters (September to April) and includes courses in drawing, printmaking, painting, graphic design, ceramics, sculpture, 3D design, video, modern art history, and photography.

Year 2

When you return in September for your second year, you will build on your foundation knowledge to develop communication and practical skills in animation, performance art, photography, video, filmmaking and art theory.

Know more about Studying in Canada

Tuition Fees in Canada (1st Year Average)	BE / BTech: CA$22,600 | MBA: CA$25,375 | MS: CA$17,225 | BBA: CA$20,560 | MEng: CA$22,225 | BSc: CA$20,745 | MASc: CA$20,375 | MIM: CA$28,900 | MA: CA$12,970 | MFin: CA$32,785 | BHM: CA$20,560 | MEM: CA$17,040
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