Winter 2025 Courses at OCAD U School of Continuing Studies

Winter 2025 Courses Now Open. Earn a Micro-credential or Certificate. Register today!
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Engage in creativity, build your skills, and gain new ones. Whether you’re looking to broaden your horizons or advance your career, join us this winter. Our online courses allow you to learn from anywhere while being supported by instructors and fellow peers. Enjoy the benefits of small classes and dedicated feedback. Our in-person studio courses provide unique hands-on experiences. Register today!

Check out winter micro-credentials. Earn a digital badge.

Social Enterprise 101
This micro-credential serves as a crucial platform for exploring the dynamic field of social enterprises, where profit-making is seamlessly intertwined with the advancement of societal and environmental well-being. Equipping students with the tools to navigate this multifaceted landscape, this micro-credential nurtures innovative thinking and problem-solving skills. Starts online, January 16.

Advanced Social Media Marketing for Creative Entrepreneurs
Designed for emerging creative entrepreneurs, this micro-credential builds on the skills and concepts taught in the Social Media Marketing for Creative Professionals course. Students will learn how to develop their unique voice and professional brand, reaching both wide and focused audiences, to acquire and retain customers profitably and increase their competitiveness in the field. Starts online, March 12.

Web Development
This two-course micro-credential equips students with intermediate competency in web development. Topics include image preparation, video and audio compression, navigation, HTML and CSS authoring using Adobe Dreamweaver and Google Chrome. Students also gain an understanding of JavaScript and learn how to build interactive content using CSS and JavaScript. This micro-credential is supported by demonstrations, presentations, and discussions about the conceptual and technical skills for developing online content. Intro to Web Development starts online, March 11; Advanced web Development starts online, January 13.

Choose from a wide variety of courses, including:

• The Cost of Creative Work: Pricing Products and Services
• Intellectual Property and IP Strategy for Creative Entrepreneurs
• Toon Boom Harmony
• 3D Animation Studio
• Comics and Graphic Novels Studio
• Children’s Book Illustration Studio
• Bookbinding Studio
• Oil Painting Techniques
• Portraiture Painting Studio
• Abstract Painting Studio
• Mould Making Studio
• Screen Printing Studio
• Sewing Skills Studio
• Watercolour Painting Studio
• Woodworking

SCS Creative Professionals Network
The SCS Creative Professionals Network is a free membership group for OCAD U School of Continuing Studies certificate holders. Tap into benefits including, discounts, invites to special art openings and events, access to an online membership page with additional resources and ways to connect with fellow members, and much more. Check out our certificates today!

50% Off Adobe CC Licence
When you enrol in a course with the School of Continuing Studies, you qualify for a 6-month Adobe Creative Cloud Licence at 50% off. Simply add Adobe CC to your cart when you register for a course and start creating! Adobe courses are now open in After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.

Image © Jillian Fernandes, courtesy of the artist

Student Profile: Jillian Fernandes
Jillian earned the User Experience (UX) Design and Development Skills Certificate in the SCS. Jillian is an artist and businesswoman. Her skill set encompasses photography, user experience, art direction and customer service expertise. Jillian was a recipient of the RBC Continuing Studies Creative Professional Skills Fund.
Learn about Jillian here.

Instructor Profile: Heather Gentleman
Heather Gentleman is a narrative artist who finds inspiration in literature, anthropology, and mythology. Her work is found in private and corporate collections in Canada, the U.S., Asia, France and Great Britain. Last summer, she participated in the Arctic Circle Residency. Heather teaches Drawing Skills Studio in the SCS.
Learn about Heather here.

OCAD University
School of Continuing Studies (SCS)
100 McCaul Street
Toronto, ON M5T 1W1
continuingstudies@ocadu.ca

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