Graphics & Web Design
Arena’s Graphics & Web Design (GWD) is a 1-year program with 2 semesters - Graphics design & Web design.
The course helps students create a ‘Design Portfolio’ & a ‘Web Portfolio’ of their work.
Why Graphics & Web Design?
The world around us is full of ‘rich’, multimedia content. Brands, advertising & design elements surround us everywhere. Whether it is an ad on TV or in the newspaper, a website on the Internet or the logo of a TV channel, all these are elements of multimedia created by a graphics and/ or web designer.Every company - large & small - needs design specialists who have a good feel for the market. While graphic designers create logos, brand identity, presentations, animation & other rich multimedia content, web designers use design principles to create great, user-friendly websites.
Who is the course for?
- Completed 10+2/ class 12.
- Admissions are open for those with an interest in design, either as a career or as an essential skill for their own personal & professional growth.
- Arena’s Graphics & Web Design course is a stepping stone for advanced courses like those in animation & multimedia.
What does GWD cover?
The course covers graphics, illustrations, composition & layout for print design, web design, web graphics & animation.Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, HTML, Dreamweaver, Flash & JavaScript are among the software/ tools taught in this course.
Class schedule & course duration
Arena’s Graphics & Web Design is a 12-month course with the first 6 months devoted to Graphics Design & the last 6 months to Web Design.Classes are held 2 hours a day for 3 days a week.
Course curriculum
Arena’s Graphics & Web Design course offers 14 modules over 2 semesters.| Semester I Certificate in Graphics Design | Tools/ modules |
| Concepts of Graphics & Illustrations | Adobe Photoshop CS 4 |
| Digital Design | Adobe Illustrator CS 4 |
| Basic Art | CorelDRAW X4 |
| Creating Illustrations | |
| Print Design - Composition & Layout | |
| Design Portfolio |
Students have an exit option to leave with a ‘Certificate in Graphics Design’ on completion of only the first semester of the course.
Career opportunities
Design professionals produce designs, symbols, typography, illustrations & photography for use in print & electronic publications and Internet publishing industries.Graphics & web designers get jobs in:
- Advertising agencies
- Graphic design studios
- Print & publishing houses (like newspapers, magazines, etc.)
- TV production houses
- E-learning companies
- Website development companies
- Companies/ firms that need to create & maintain a website
Arena also offers a Professional Certificate in Web Designing (PCWD) for students who wish to specialize only in web designing. PCWD is a 1-year program with 2 semesters - web graphics & web designing. The course has 16 modules.
There are variety of professions in various industries such as Accounting, Analytics, Marketing, IT, Finance etc. So the main concern is to choosing the best job-oriented short term courses when so many courses are available for a short period of time. This short term coursesenables you to boost your professional skills and helps in move up the corporate ladder.
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