Early Bird Prices for Fall 2024 Courses at OCAD U School of Continuing Studies

Early Bird Prices Now Available!
Register Today for Fall and Winter Courses. Prices Increase on August 14.
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Sharp Centre at OCAD U

Check out fall and winter micro-credentials. Build your skills and earn a digital badge.

Game Design
This 2 course micro-credential verifies that students successfully achieved intermediate competency in Unity. Topics include working with 2D and 3D models, game objects, intermediate scripts, and applying materials, lighting, and sound, game story flows, environment and level design, navigation, modifying game assets, animation, character controllers, input and game states. Demonstrations, presentations, and discussions about the game experience such as rules, play, and culture, support the design process. Critical play and design exercises will supplement the hands-on, in engine learning environment.

Intro to Project Management for Creative Professionals
This micro-credential provides an overview of project management practices for creative professionals interested in developing their business skills. Students will be introduced to agile, waterfall, and hybrid project delivery frameworks. They will learn about agile project frameworks such as scrum and Kanban, as well as the Project Management Institute’s five project phases and ten project knowledge areas. This micro-credential will provide best practices for entrepreneurs who are looking to utilize project management tools and techniques to create a solid foundation for their business.
Starts online, October 22.

Advanced Social Media Marketing for Creative Entrepreneurs
This intensive micro-credential is designed for emerging creative entrepreneurs. The course 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, November 6.

Choose from a wide variety of courses, including:

• Entrepreneurship for Artists and Designers
• Toon Boom Harmony
• Children’s Book Illustration Studio
• Bookbinding Studio
• Portrait Photography
• Mould Making Studio
• Screen Printing Studio
• Watercolour Painting Studio

Many of our micro-credentials are eligible for OSAP, visit eCampus Ontario for more information.

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, we are offering a 6-month Adobe Creative Cloud Licence at 50% off. That’s only $36 per month. 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.

© Christopher Reyes, courtesy of the artist

Student Profile: Christopher Reyes
Christopher Reyes is enrolled in the Graphic Design and Visual Communication Skills certificate at SCS. He is a creative director and interior designer based in Toronto. He has served as the Senior Creative Manager and Visual Director for Home Departments at the Hudson’s Bay Company. Christopher has collaborated with industry leaders in interior design such as Brian Gluckstein. Recent collaborations include projects with brands DNA and Ruggable. He is currently writing and designing a coffee table book titled FORM and FEELING, which celebrates life’s essential elements of passion, perspective, pivot, and pause.
Learn about Christopher here.

Instructor Profile: Omid Ettehadi
Omid Ettehadi is a senior product designer at CBC/Radio-Canada, where he works on a wide array of products spanning web, mobile app, and voice platforms. Omid teaches Intro to User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) Design and Intermediate User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) Design. For him, crafting innovative solutions that genuinely enrich users’ experiences is of the essence. Omid leads students on a design journey by guiding them through every stage of creating a product. This hands-on approach allows them to put theoretical knowledge into practical applications.
Learn about Omid here.

SCS Teaching Awards:
Semone Rajkumar
Chris Kim

Semone Rajkumar and Chris Kim are the recipients of the 2023-2024 OCAD U SCS Teaching Award.
Learn about Semone and Chris here.

“Semone is very knowledgeable about mould making. Accommodating, patient, and professional. She maintains a cheerful mood and is always organized.” – Student from Mould Making Studio, Spring 2023

“Chris is an engaging and patient instructor. He also combines his teaching concepts with industry and real-life applications. He encourages questions about concepts and assignments and welcomes curiosity. His passion is absolutely inspiring.” – Student from Introduction to Web Design, Spring 2024

OCAD University
School of Continuing Studies
continuingstudies@ocadu.ca

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