Graphic Communications is a full time program offered at the Northern Alberta Institute Of Technology
Contact Us
Norm Peterson - Associate Chair
Email: gcs@nait.ca
Phone: 780.491.3198
Fax: 780.491.3160
Val Arychuk - Program Assistant
Email: gcs@nait.ca
Phone: 780.491.3159
Buddy System (Student for a Day)
The NAIT Buddy System provides an opportunity for prospective students to spend a day teamed with a NAIT student, to attend classes and laboratory sessions, to ask questions and experience NAIT first hand.
Program Information
“We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed...”
-Lawrence Clark Powell quotes (American Librarian, Writer and Critic, 1906-2001)
Program Information
Look around you - virtually every printed item you see has come through the hands of a graphic communications professional. Training for entry into this creative, rapidly evolving industry is provided by NAIT’s intensive, one-year program. The program provides a broad overview of the graphic communications process from the creative planning stage, through graphic design, to the conversion of original artwork and images into customer proofs and printing production plates. Students gain practical, hands-on experience with industry-standard software and equipment, completing a broad range of industry-typical projects, with emphasis on the combination of traditional and new graphic arts technology.
With a shift from conventional ink on paper technology to digital E-books and E-readers, GrafCom grads will always be in demand. Even with digital technologies there will still be a need for typography, design, layouts, illustrations and image manipulations.
The program has an excellent reputation among the Capital Region’s business community: classroom projects often involve design assignments relevant to their current ventures. Direct industry experience is also gained through the program’s two-week professional experience, allowing eligible students the opportunity to apply their technical and interpersonal skills effectively within a workplace environment.
Graduates have completed intensive studies in the following disciplines:
- Document & Page Layout Composition
- Computer Graphics & Illustration
- Digital Pre-Press
- Press, Bindery and Digital Printing Theories
- Digital Imaging & Photo Manipulation
- Digital Typographic Design
- Elements of Design
- Basic Web Site Design & Construction
Program Highlights:
- Career Within A Year
- Focus on both Macintosh & Windows computing environments
- Instruction provided using current industry standard software applications & techniques
- Staff have diverse industry related backgrounds
- 85% of the program is intense, practical, hands-on training
- Graduates leave the program with a well rounded resume and portfolio
The above list covers topics within the program, for a detailed course description visit our page within the NAIT website:
Contacts
Chair
Norm Peterson
E-mail: normp@nait.ca
Phone: 780- 491-3198
Program Assistant
Val Arychuk
E-mail: valeriea@nait.ca
Phone: 780-491-3159