Variant of CIP 2000 - Primary groupings

50.04 - Design and Applied Arts

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 50.0401 to 50.0499.

50.0401 - Design and Visual Communications, General

This instructional program class comprises any program in the applied visual arts that focuses on the general principles and techniques for effectively communicating ideas and information, and packaging products, in digital and other formats to business and consumer audiences, and that prepares individuals in any of the applied art media.

• Example Program Names:

  • Applied arts
  • Communication design
  • Creative design
  • Design arts
  • Visual communications

• Exclusion

  • Audiovisual communications(10.0299)
  • Graphic communications(10.0301)
  • Web design(11.0801)
  • Advertising design(50.0402)
  • Industrial design(50.0404)
  • Graphic design(50.0409)
  • Art studies(50.0701)

50.0402 - Commercial and Advertising Art

This instructional program class comprises any program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via illustrations and other forms of digital or printed media. These programs include courses in concept design, layout, paste-up, and techniques such as engraving, etching, silkscreen, lithography, offset, drawing and cartooning, painting, collage, and computer graphics.

• Example Program Names:

  • Advertising art
  • Advertising design
  • Commercial art
  • Commercial artist
  • Creative advertising design
  • Sign painting

• Exclusion

  • Advertising(09.0903)
  • Graphic communications(10.0301)
  • Commercial photography(50.0406)
  • Illustration(50.0410)

50.0404 - Industrial Design

This instructional program class comprises any program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via the creation of effective forms, shapes, and packaging for manufactured products. These programs include courses in designing in a wide variety of plastic and digital media, prototype construction, design development and refinement, principles of cost saving, and product structure and performance criteria relevant to aesthetic design parameters.

• Example Program Names:

  • Industrial design

• Exclusion

  • Industrial arts teacher(13.1309)
  • Industrial engineering(14.3501)
  • Industrial engineering technology(15.0612)
  • Industrial drafting(15.1301)
  • Design arts(50.0401)

50.0406 - Commercial Photography

This instructional program class comprises any program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences, and recording events and people, via digital, film, still and video photography. These programs include courses in specialized camera and equipment operation and maintenance, applications to commercial and industrial needs, and photography business operations.

• Example Program Names:

  • Applied photography
  • Commercial photography

• Exclusion

  • Photojournalism(09.0404)
  • Photofinishing(10.0201)
  • Commercial art(50.0402)
  • Photography(50.0605)

50.0407 - Fashion/Apparel Design

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional design of commercial fashions, apparel, and accessories, and the management of fashion development projects. These programs include courses in apparel design; accessory design; the design of men's, women's, and children's wear; flat pattern design; computer-assisted design and manufacturing; concept planning; designing in specific materials; labour and cost analysis; history of fashion; fabric art and printing; and the principles of management and operations in the fashion industry.

• Example Program Names:

  • Apparel design
  • Clothing design
  • Creative fashion design
  • Dress design
  • Fashion design
  • Fashion production
  • Fashion techniques and design
  • Garment design

• Exclusion

  • Textile manufacturing(19.0902)
  • Fashion techniques and management(19.0905)
  • Fashion consultant(19.0906)
  • Fabric design(50.0712)

50.0408 - Interior Design

This instructional program class comprises any program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional planning, designing, equipping, and furnishing residential and commercial interior spaces. These programs include courses in computer applications drafting and graphic techniques; principles of interior lighting, acoustics, systems integration, and colour coordination; furniture and furnishings; textiles and their finishing; the history of interior design and period styles; basic structural design; building codes and inspection regulations; and applications to office, hotel, factory, restaurant and housing design.

• Example Program Names:

  • Interior design

• Exclusion

  • Environmental design(04.0401)
  • Interior architecture(04.0501)
  • Interior environments(19.0601)
  • Interior decorating(19.0605)

50.0409 - Graphic Design

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply artistic and computer techniques to the interpretation of technical and commercial concepts. These programs include courses in computer-assisted art and design, printmaking, concepts sketching, technical drawing, colour theory, imaging, studio technique, still and life modelling, communication skills and commercial art business operations.

• Example Program Names:

  • Creative graphics
  • Graphic design

• Exclusion

  • Graphic communications(10.0301)
  • Web page design(11.0801)
  • Computer graphics(11.0803)
  • Computer-aided design(15.1302)

50.0410 - Illustration

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to develop and execute interpretations of the concepts of authors and designers to specifications. These programs include courses in book illustration, fashion illustration, map illustration, rendering, exhibit preparation, textual layout, cartooning, and the use of various artistic techniques as requested by clients.

• Example Program Names:

  • Graphic illustration
  • Illustration
  • Technical illustration

• Exclusion

  • Computer animation(10.0304)
  • Computer-aided design(15.1302)
  • Drawing(50.0705)
  • Medical illustration(51.2703)

50.0499 - Design and Applied Arts, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Design and Applied Arts.

• Exclusion

  • Floral design(01.0608)
  • Environmental design(04.0401)
  • Computer-aided design(15.1302)
  • Theatrical design(50.0502)