Bachelor of Communication - Information Design

• About the program
• What our students can do for you
• Student availability
• How to hire a student

About the program

Students in the Information Design program receive specialized education in traditional and evolving design principles to process complex, unorganized and unstructured data into information that is both easy to understand and visually dynamic. In short, Information Design students are professional communicators who develop print and digital materials that are clear, effective and concise.

Students gain the necessary skills to be dynamic information designers across private and public sectors of corporate communications, publishing, marketing, advertising and information technology.  As strong analyzers, writers and visual communicators, these students organize and convey vital information for a variety of audiences.

Students enrolled in this 4-year degree program, the only one of its kind in western Canada, complete eight semesters in an interdisciplinary curriculum created to develop the best in their profession. The Bachelor of Communication - Information Design degree combines skills in visual communication, writing, research, project management and usability testing that reaches far beyond traditional programs in design, technical communication or publishing. In addition to their academics, students receive intensive workplace preparation and complete one 4-month paid work experience term at the end of their second year of study.

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What our students can do for you

Information Design students are strong advocates for designing clear, concise and engaging messages for businesses.

Within their first two to three years of study, these students gain extensive knowledge about how communication evolves and functions and how to understand different audiences—based on their experiences, cultures and messages they are exposed to.  They combine this knowledge with critical thinking skills and the key processes required to develop the most strategic ways to reach an audience through text and visual communication.

They can:

• conduct audience and issues research 
• improve content and organize text and images collaboratively to convey a more powerful message
• conduct analysis of print, web and any other communication medium
• create effective proposals, presentations and handouts
• generate policies and procedures manuals
• develop way-finding strategies
• write, edit and design newsletters, brochures, annual reports and web content
• assist in managing communication projects
• develop succinct topography for an organization by designing compelling charts, graphs and concepts for stationary and logos
• assist in designing training and instructional materials
• engage in usability testing to improve products and instructions
• design concepts for information architecture

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Student availability

Information Design students are available in the spring/summer semester (May through August).

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How to hire a student

Our recruiting process is convenient and cost-free.

Post online 

You can post a job online or provide a detailed job description to the Work Experience Coordinator. Postings submitted online will be verified by a Work Experience Coordinator. 

Note: new postings are subject to approval by Career Services and program faculty.

For more information contact:

Lynn Dittmer
Work Experience Coordinator
Phone: 403.440.6965
e-mail: ldittmer@mtroyal.ca

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