About Visual And Creative Arts in Sheridan College (Ontario)

An outstanding visual arts education

Sheridan is the only visual arts college in Canada where you can:

• Establish your identity as an artist.
• Build up a body of mature work.
• Understand the business practices of galleries, museums, commercial firms, and other players in the art marketplace.

It starts with the art

You'll make art from day one, taking visual arts courses during Year 1 in drawing, painting, sculpture and design. From there you'll build progressively toward mastery of an individual visual arts skill-set. Students can earn a college certificate after one year, a diploma after two years, or an advanced diploma by remaining in the program for a third year.

Learning Outcomes

• Produce a collection of work that represents attitudes, knowledge and skills which demonstrate an advanced level of competency in visual communications.
• Apply an advanced level of knowledge, skills and appropriate methodology to resolve complex problems including time management, budgetary restrictions and specific client directives
• Originate and develop innovative and original visual communications on time and within budget to meet the specific needs of the client.
• Use a variety of advanced technologies to produce visual communications.
• Effectively communicate ideas, objects and emotions to resolve complex problems.
• Exhibit a breadth of knowledge in the origins and evolution of contemporary thinking and trends in design, art and technology.
• Effectively integrate the advanced levels of knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired and apply professional studio practices to realize solutions to complex problems.
• Resolve complex problems that demonstrate an advanced level of competency in the effects and psychology of colour.
• Work in a professional manner, maintaining professional relationships and communicating effectively with co-workers, supervisors and others.
• Produce a portfolio of work that reflects the ability to communicate effectively in visual form.
• Solve complex problems related to the conceptual process involving organization, budget and time management.

Career Opportunities

You’ll have many opportunities to use your visual arts diploma in the Greater Toronto Area, which is the centre of Canada’s cultural sector. An education in the field of art and design is one that is not only personally rewarding, but has a very broad range of applications. Creative thinking, problem solving and taking an artistic approach in any situation can have positive results. From the broad based skills acquired in the Visual and Creative Arts program, recent graduates have found success as fine artists, designers, fabricators and in commercial and public gallery employment. Furthermore, many students also choose to apply their new skills in a more focused way through further studies in other degree granting programs both within Sheridan College and beyond such as Special Effects, Animation, and Illustration.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, include one English, Grade 12 (ENG4C or ENG4U), minimum 60%

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS       :    6 – Overall Band Score with no Band below 5.5
• TOEFL      :    80 (20L,W,S,R) iBT (Internet-based TOEFL) or 550 Paper-based
• PTE A       :    58 - Overall Minimum Score  (49L,W,S,R)

Sheridan College (Ontario) Highlights

Sheridan College (Ontario) The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Though the cost of attendance for a student studying at Sheridan College would vary as per standard of living and choices of an individual, however, the estimated average cost for an academic year is tabulated below: