Colleges and Universities Offering Diploma in Graphic Design in South Africa

Institutions Offering Diploma in Graphic Design

•  Rosebank College, Durban  
  Computer-based Graphic Development
  Duration: 3 years
  
  Tuition fees: R 25,990 per year
  
  Minimum entry requirement:
  • A National Senior Certificate (NSC) with Diploma admission- A minimum of 30 % for English coupled with a minimum of 40% for four x 20 credit subjects is required; OR
  • A National Certificate (Vocational) NC(V) with Diploma admission – A minimum of 50 % in English on either First Additional Language or Home Language level AND Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy AND Life Orientation – a minimum of 60% in the three compulsory and 50% in one vocational subjects is required; OR
  • A Senior Certificate (SC) (without endorsement) or equivalent– A minimum of five of the required six subjects must be passed; OR
  • Alternatively, a Higher Certificate (or equivalent) or Advanced Certificate in a cognate field may satisfy the minimum admission requirements to diploma
  
  Course Overview:
  ​​-Introduction to Personal Computing
  -Desktop Publishing
  -Digital Citizenship
  -Introduction to Conceptual Techniques
  -Business Communication
  -Drawing and Illustration Techniques
  -Business​ Information Systems
  -Visual Communication 1
  -Graphic Development 1
  -Business Practice Entrepreneurship
  -Desktop Publishing
•  Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town  
  Course Content:
  
  1ST YEAR
  PRACTICAL
  Design and Advertising (Major)
  36 credits NQF5
  
  DTP - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
  18 credits NQF5
  
  Drawing
  12 credits NQF5
  
  Illustration
  12 credits NQF5
  
  Printmaking
  12 credits NQF5
  
  Photography
  12 credits NQF5
  
  THEORY
  Visual Discourse
  18 credits NQF6
  
  2ND YEAR
  PRACTICAL
  Design and Advertising (Major)
  36 credits NQF6
  
  Illustration (Second Major)
  24 credits NQF6
  
  DTP - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,
  24 credits NQF6
  
  Techniques and Reproduction
  12 credits NQF6
  
  THEORY
  Graphic Design Discourse
  18 credits NQF6
  
  Professional Practice
  6 credits NQF6
  
  3RD YEAR
  PRACTICAL
  Design and Advertising (Major)
  39 credits NQF6
  
  Illustration (Second Major)
  24 credits NQF6
  
  DTP - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Web Design
  15 credits NQF6
  
  THEORY
  Extended Essay
  30 credits NQF7
  
  Professional Practice
  12 credits NQF7
•  Inscape Education Group , Pretoria  
  Entry requirements
  
  (i) National Senior Certificate with admission to diploma or SAQA verification, with Art or Design or Higher Certificate in related field.
  
  (ii) Competent in English at NQF level 4.
  
  
  Fees
  
  (i) Year 1-R75,472
  
  (ii) Year 2-R69,642
  
  (iii) Year 3-R69,642
  
  
  Program duration: Three years
•  Unicollege, Johannesburg  
  Course duration: 2 years
  
  Mode of study: Full time
  
  Course content
  -Desktop Publishing
  -Drawing
  -Graphic Design
  -Web Design
  -Entrepreneurship and Business Management
  -Adobe Creative Suite Practice
  -History of Art.
  
•  Africa College Of Technology, Durban  
  
•  Johannesburg City College, Johannesburg  
  
•  Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark  
  

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