About the course

Prepare for a creative career where your ideas count Dawson?s Illustration Program will focus on improving your drawing and painting abilities while introducing you to 2D and 3D software applications. From figure drawing to the business aspects of illustration, you will develop expertise in advertising illustration, editorial illustration and comic illustration, among many other genres. You will graduate with a toolkit of skills that will allow you to work in many creative and professional fields.

　　As an Illustration student, you will participate in field trip visits to museums, visit ateliers where professionals are at work and have the opportunity to attend workshops given by invited experts in the industry.

　　Graduates of the Illustration Program often choose exciting careers in advertising and communication agencies, animation studios, corporate art departments, game design studios, architectural and engineering firms, movie and television studios, printing companies, and comic, magazine and book publishers. Others choose to find work as tattoo artists, commissioned mural artists, educators and freelancers.

　　Although the program is a three-year technical program, some graduates choose to further their studies at the university level in Illustration, Graphic Design, Film and Animation and Studio Arts. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 3 Year(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Winter (January), 2024	Montreal
Fall (August), 2024	Montreal
Winter (January), 2025	Montreal
Fall (August), 2025	Montreal

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for Dawson College

Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES), including:

　　Secondary V Language of Instruction

　　Secondary V Second Language

　　Secondary IV Science

　　Secondary IV Mathematics

　　Secondary IV History

　　or academic background judged equivalent to the DES.

　　(Students with a DES missing any of the above subjects may be admitted, space permitting, but may be required to complete remedial courses.)

　　Additional admission requirements

　　Present a portfolio of visual artworks: See PDF link below for further details about the portfolio and this process.

　　Submit a letter of intent

　　TOEFL: The minimum accepted score is 61 for Internet based, 175 for Computer based or 500 for Paper based.

　　The minimum accepted score is 6.0 on the IELTS 9-band scale.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.0

　　Overall IELTS band score

　　Book IELTS

　　About IELTS

　　Practice and prepare

　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 61.0

　　The next application deadline is 01 November 2023

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