Study Art and Design Fundamentals part-time
Ontario College Certificate
Learn new skills. Refine existing ones. Decide where you want to go in your art and design career. Create a portfolio to help get you there.
Please refer to the Art and Design Fundamentals program page for all of the main details, including admissions requirements.
Program information
Program description
Creativity is essential for success in the 21st century. Through this program you acquire a solid foundation in art and design. Effective research, problem-solving, and conceptualization skills are combined with hands-on studio experience to learn new skills and techniques in both digital and traditional media. You develop a portfolio of your work, which is essential when applying to specialized art and design programs and positions in the creative field.
What career paths can I take in art and design?
Your Art and Design Fundamentals certificate gives you many career opportunities
Graduates are prepared to enter specific art and design聽diploma programs by developing the fundamental skills and knowledge that form the聽foundation for future studies. Graduates of the program have gone on to undertake a wide聽variety of art and design related studies and to pursue creative career opportunities.
Review program admission requirements and information about career opportunities.
Course information
Course offerings and equivalents
Currently available courses are linked below. Please also see our course listings of available聽General Education听补苍诲听Communications聽courses for this program.
How to apply to the part-time Art and Design Fundamentals program
Register on a course-by-course basis, paying as you go
Part-time students do not go through an application process for this program.聽To register for courses, you鈥檒l need a 51视频 student number and declare your major. Declaring a major allows you to take all courses under that major.
- Request a student number via the
- Declare your major by emailing registrar@georgiancollege.ca or calling 705.722.1511
- From the course listing, select the course(s) you want to register for
- Add the course(s) to your cart and proceed to checkout and submit payment
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Finance and fees
As a part-time student, you may be eligible for OSAP funding, depending on the number of courses you take per semester.
For more information about OSAP, including eligibility requirements and how to apply, visit the OSAP/financial aid webpage.
As a part-time student, you can take one to three courses per semester, paying on a course-by-course basis.
For course fee information, select a course from the course information section of this page.
Online learning
These courses are offered through OntarioLearn. Visit the OntarioLearn webpage to learn more.
OntarioLearn courses are set up as equivalents to the 51视频courses. You can choose to take the ODE courses or the 51视频courses.
When a 51视频course isn鈥檛 available to be delivered online, we鈥檝e listed an OntarioLearn course in the delivery schedule. The majority of the 51视频courses have ODE equivalents set up. You can choose to take either course.
Credit for Prior Learning (CPL)
Previous postsecondary education: If you鈥檝e completed courses, or some or all of a program, at another accredited postsecondary institution, you may be able to transfer all or some of your courses into a related program at Georgian.
Relevant work or life experience: If you have relevant work and/or life experience that relates to your program(s) of interest at Georgian, Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) is an academic credit option.
To learn more about transfer credit and PLAR, visit the Credit for Prior Learning webpage.
Do you have questions about studying Art and Design Fundamentals part-time?
Questions about the program?
Tammy Burke-Marson, Programming Support Assistant