Professional Graphic Design & Desktop Publishing (InDesign)
Diploma DES12
Arts, Design & Creativity
Learning Method: Correspondence with online support

This course has been developed by a professional graphic design and desktop publishing team so that it meets the requirements of the industry. Each tutorial is presented in full colour and is packed with practical activities. You will also have real graphic design and desktop publishing projects to do that will give you a real industry portfolio upon completion. Plus your course includes CS/CS2 or CS3/CS4 online movie tutorials. In addition, you will have online access to interactive activities in the eLearning Centre to further practise and test your knowledge and skills. And you can talk with other students from all over the country in the Student Forum.

Materials: Your course includes College folder and student case, all modules (tutorials and assignment projects), textbooks, learning tools, tutor feedback and marking, College support, progressive Transcripts of Study, Graduate Awards and final Academic Transcripts, access to the eCampus, eNews, Student ID Pass, and access to educational discounts.

Do you like colour, texture, shape, image and text? Do you enjoy working with the computer? Does the idea of creating beautiful brochures, inspiring posters or attractive stationery appeal to you? Then graphic design and desktop publishing could be the career for you.

This is one of those careers that allows you to either work from home and have a paid lifestyle or work from an office being paid by someone else.

You don’t need to be artistically talented to do graphic design and desktop publishing. However, you do need an understanding of the elements and principles of design so you can produce quality work that people will appreciate.

In the comfort of your own home you will learn how to design brochures, video covers, CD cases, posters, and a whole range of artwork. This course is specifically designed for the home learner, so it takes you step-by-step through each project. And you will have your work reviewed by a professional designer every step of the way.

This is a fantastic course if you have little or no design experience and want to learn these skills from scratch, right up to the point of being a professional and setting up your own graphic design and desktop publishing business. And the course uses the acclaimed Adobe Indesign software so you know you are learning with the best.

InDesign is now the most used magazine design software worldwide. Harpers Bazaar is produced using it. And Australian Consolidated Press (ACP), Fairfax and other publishing and printing companies in Australia have moved over to it.

ACP (publisher of Australian Women’s Weekly, Woman’s Day, Cleo, Cosmopolitan, Wheels and The Bulletin ) is the largest InDesign user in the world.

"Using Indesign, our editorial people can now do more of the creative work such as drop shadows and transparency effects directly on the Indesign page." (ACP)