Arts & Design
Expressing ideas through visual art, design, and architecture.
Earn up to 9 credits
3D Modeling & Animation
3D Modeling & Animation is a core creative discipline for visual artists working in digital media. You'll learn professional-grade software used by studios and individual artists to bring characters, environments, and products to life.
Architectural & Building Design
Architecture is the art of designing the spaces people live, work, and gather in. This course develops your creative vision alongside the technical skills to bring designs to life.
Art
Art builds your foundation in traditional media — drawing, painting, printmaking — which underlies every creative discipline. If you want to be a fine artist or build a portfolio for art school, this is essential.
Varies by program
Campus EPSB
Cosmetology, Musical Theatre, Restauranteur, and Culinary Arts programs all centre on creative and design-led work.
Earn up to 15 credits
Digital Photography
Photography is a foundational visual art. You'll develop your creative eye, learn composition and lighting, and build a portfolio that can support careers in fine art, commercial, or editorial photography.
Earn up to 9 credits
Graphic Design
Graphic Design is one of the most in-demand creative disciplines. You'll learn branding, typography, layout, and digital design — the skills every designer uses across print, web, and social.
Human Centred Design
Human Centred Design teaches you to create things that work for real people — a methodology used across industrial design, UX design, and product design. It's a foundational framework for any design career.
Visual Marketing
Great marketing is great design. This course is where creative skills meet real-world business impact — you'll build a portfolio of campaign work that employers and clients value.
3D Design & Printing
Designing physical objects and bringing them into the real world is a creative skill with applications in product design, sculpture, and custom fabrication.
Earn up to 15 credits
Audio Engineering
Sound design is a creative art form. This course develops your ear for composition, mixing, and the artistic choices behind every great recording.
Business 101
Are you ready to transform your innovative ideas into action? Business 101 is offered in an exclusive collaboration with…
Earn up to 10 credits
Video Production
Video is the dominant visual medium of our time. This course develops your ability to tell stories through images, sound, and pacing.
Beyond CHC
Common careers in Arts & Design
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