Courses

Graphics & Web Design

Arena's Graphics & Web Design (GWD) is a 1-year program with 2 semesters. 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 schedul& 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 1

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 2

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: