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 |
Semester 1 lays the foundation in image-editing & publishing graphics for various industries including print & publishing.
Students have an exit option to leave with a ‘Certificate in Graphics Design’ on completion of only the first semester of the course.
| Semester II Certificate in Web Design | Tools/ modules |
| Concepts of Interface & Interactive Design | HTML |
| Designing Concepts for Websites | Dreamweaver CS4 |
| Web Designing | Flash CS4 |
| Web Weaver | JavaScript |
| Web Graphics & Animation | |
| Web Scripting & Interactivity | |
| Developing Interactive Web Pages | |
| Web Portfolio |
Semester 2 covers web design, web graphics & interactivity. Students learn to design interactive websites & portals and multimedia presentations with graphics & rich media. On completion of the second semester, students get the ‘Certificate in Web Design’ from Arena.
On successful completion of the course, students get a ‘Certificate in Graphics & Web Design’ from Arena.
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.