Fleming College, located in Peterborough, Ontario, is a renowned Canadian institution offering a wide range of programs in areas such as business, health sciences, environmental studies, skilled trades, technology, and arts. With a strong focus on experiential learning, Fleming College provides students with hands-on training, industry partnerships, and co-operative education opportunities. The college's state-of-the-art facilities, dedicated faculty, and supportive learning environment prepare graduates to excel in their chosen fields and contribute to the community. Fleming College is committed to fostering innovation, sustainability, and the development of well-rounded individuals.

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In this three-semester Integrated Design diploma program, you will earn both a two-year Ontario College Diploma (two semesters) and one-year Ontario College Certificate (one semester), while discovering what kind of designer you are meant to be. Our accelerated program is equivalent to two years of study at other Ontario colleges. Integrated Design is the only foundational design program of its kind in Canada where students can discover and begin to understand the complexities and challenges of our new Digital Age, and find integration and new forms of expression in their work through the machine-made, the handmade and the otherworldly. This is an innovative and intensive program where you will be introduced to the breadth of design and design thinking through a series of inspirational lectures, collaborative and individual exercises, problem-solving assignments, and hands-on material research. The program is structured around five design principles that form the foundation for a career in any design discipline - Dream (big… and then dream a little bigger), Communicate (effectively… efficiently and with conviction), Collaborate (with the best… but don’t forget the rest), Experiment (with life… but take responsibility for your actions) and Apply (yourself now… make it happen). Foundational learning acquired in semester one builds to semester two. Semester two is where you will use the extensive studio time to experiment with different kinds of materials and methodologies to find new ways of working while developing your design processes, methodologies, and a culminating design thesis project. In the final semester, you'll have time to fully explore and focus on a specific discipline. Choose one of our accelerated 15-week Ontario College certificates (equivalent to two semesters of study at other colleges) to complete your diploma: Artist Blacksmith PROGRAM CODE: ABS ONTARIO COLLEGE CERTIFICATE HALIBURTON CAMPUS SEPTEMBER 2023, JANUARY 2024, SEPTEMBER 2024, JANUARY 2025 Ceramics PROGRAM CODE: CER ONTARIO COLLEGE CERTIFICATE HALIBURTON CAMPUS SEPTEMBER 2023, SEPTEMBER 2024 Digital Image Design PROGRAM CODE: DID ONTARIO COLLEGE CERTIFICATE HALIBURTON CAMPUS JANUARY 2024, JANUARY 2025 Drawing and Painting PROGRAM CODE: VAF ONTARIO COLLEGE CERTIFICATE HALIBURTON CAMPUS SEPTEMBER 2023, SEPTEMBER 2024 Fibre Arts PROGRAM CODE: FAR ONTARIO COLLEGE CERTIFICATE HALIBURTON CAMPUS SEPTEMBER 2023, SEPTEMBER 2024 Glassblowing PROGRAM CODE: GBL ONTARIO COLLEGE CERTIFICATE HALIBURTON CAMPUS JANUARY 2024, JANUARY 2025 Jewellery Essentials PROGRAM CODE: JWA ONTARIO COLLEGE CERTIFICATE HALIBURTON CAMPUS JANUARY 2024, JANUARY 2025 Photo Arts PROGRAM CODE: PHA ONTARIO COLLEGE CERTIFICATE HALIBURTON CAMPUS SEPTEMBER 2023, SEPTEMBER 2024 Throughout the program you will be exposed to a broad range of material practices and design categories including material culture/sustainability, communication/graphic, fashion/ textile, exhibition/environmental graphic, interiors/architecture/landscape architecture and mixed media/public art. While further education will be needed to advance in a chosen design discipline, graduates will have developed hands-on material experience, their own design voice and a unique skill set that they can parlay into a small, independent art, design or craft practice/business. Some graduates have turned their design thesis projects into viable design businesses after leaving the program. In this ‘gig’ economy, it is important that students learn entrepreneurial skills, in addition to digital and hands-on skills. Design entrepreneurship is an integral component of the program which prepares graduates to launch successful independent careers. Show less

Curriculum: September 2023
Semester 1
DELIVERY: IN PERSON

Design Communication
DESN 2
Units/ Hours: 42
Design Elements and Principles
DESN 1
Units/ Hours: 42
Design Research and Methodologies
DESN 3
Units/ Hours: 42
Design Theory
DESN 4
Units/ Hours: 42
Introduction to Ceramics
ARTS2039
Units/ Hours: 21
Introduction to Fiber Arts
ARTS2038
Units/ Hours: 21
Material Culture
DESN 6
Units/ Hours: 42
Software Applications I
DESN 7
Units/ Hours: 42
Introduction to Indigenous Studies
INDG 49
Units/ Hours: 45
Semester 2
DELIVERY: IN PERSON

Design Entrepreneurship
DESN 11
Units/ Hours: 42
Experimental Studio
DESN 10
Units/ Hours: 60
Introduction to Glassblowing
ARTS2043
Units/ Hours: 21
Introduction to Metalsmithing
ARTS2042
Units/ Hours: 21
Introduction to Sustainability
DESN 46
Units/ Hours: 42
Introduction to Typography
DESN 5
Units/ Hours: 42
Software Applications II
DESN 9
Units/ Hours: 42
General Education Elective
Units/ Hours: 45

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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