Humber offers through Continuing Education the SolidWorks Designer Certificate program which focuses on developing the skills and knowledge required to work as a SolidWorks designer. See Registration and Details
This one-year program is for the graduating secondary school, college or university student, or mature applicant, who has a clear interest in visual art and design. The program is an excellent choice for those applicants who want to either upgrade or build their portfolio of work, or delay a choice in a specific area of design education, while considering options for the future. We offer a broad based preparatory design education. In semester 1 there are courses that deal with design skills, techniques and processes, and in semester 2 various professional career choices are studied while comprehensive portfolios are developed and refined.
For more information on any of the following, please see the current Academic Calendar.
The program prepares students to be portfolio ready when applying for positions in diploma or degree programs in various design disciplines the following year. These programs can be at Humber College or other post-secondary institutions.
In an international survey of salaries in six design categories, Canadian designers earned an average of $48,800 US in 2007, enough to place Canada fifth out of 21 countries. If you have a strong interest in the visual arts and want a career full of creative possibilities, you can begin to lay the groundwork while exploring your options in this program.
Students use a drawing table and work in a drafting studio. Students must have use of a 35mm digital camera and purchase a design kit for $600 including one required reading text during the program.
Humber College supplies the software in the computer labs that the students will work with. This software includes Photoshop and Illustrator.
Program Coordinator: Rosemary Dunning
Email: rosemary.dunning@humber.ca
Telephone #: (416) 675-6622 ext. 4115
Humber offers through Continuing Education the SolidWorks Designer Certificate program which focuses on developing the skills and knowledge required to work as a SolidWorks designer. See Registration and Details
Taking Design Foundation at Humber last year was the best thing I could have done. I now have more experience with the things we will be covering this year for my studio class in Industrial Design at Carleton University.
Kristine Vodon, Graduate 2010
“Design Foundation is a great stepping stone. It helped me realize my passion for design and gave me the skills and experience that I needed to get into the program of my choice.”
Lachlan McVie
"The teachers are some of the brightest, most interesting, and helpful people I have ever met. I strongly recommend the Design Foundation program to any student who is looking for a career in design."
Miyoko Allsopp
"Design Foundation gave me the opportunity to explore different design fields while building a portfolio I could use to apply to a full time program.”
Michael Avery
"Design Foundation set-up the basis for design disciplines which were extremely helpful in recognizing my strengths and weaknesses. It helped me enhance and explore my creative design skills and critical thinking.”
Anu Chopra
"The reason I liked Design Foundation was because it offered me a little taste of each design career e.g. package, graphic, interior, and industrial design. The program helped me to see what each career involved and gave me the opportunity to "test" my skill set against each design program.”
Julia Morris