Technology & Creative Design
Technology & Creative Design
2025/2026 Course Selection is open February 10, 2025 until March 3, 2025
What you need to know:
In this course, you’ll be introduced to the principles of animation and be challenged to apply them creatively in a variety of animation styles.
We will investigate digital painting techniques and utilize them to create traditional and rigged 2D animations.
Topics related to 3D Imagery – including modelling, materials, rendering, and animation – will be explored as well.
What you need to know:
Lights! Camera! Action! Students will learn skills related to cinematography and short-film production in Communications Media!
Gain hands-on experience in various aspects of filmmaking, including camera operation, composition, editing software utilization, and sound production.
Communications Media is an excellent choice if you have an interest in learning what goes into making movies.
What you need to know:
In this course you will be introduced to technical drawings through the use of AutoCAD software.
You will learn how to create drawings of objects in multiple views and in 3D representations.
The units of study include Single View Drawings, Orthographic Projections, Pictorial Drawings, Dimensioning, and 3D Modeling.
What you need to know:
This is a digitally based photography course that encourages creativity and self-expression.
Students learn technical aspects of the camera while following photographic composition guidelines.
Adobe Creative Suite software will be used to enhance the quality of artwork created.
Students will have access to cameras, computers and studio lighting but must obtain a personal SD card for photo storage.
What you need to know:
This is a survey course that exposes students to various PAA classes that are offered at Centennial.
Units may include: Photography, coding, robotics, graphic arts, communication media.
What you need to know:
CME 20 continues to build on the elements learned in CME10 and dives deeper into the world of filmmaking.
This course adds more focus to lighting, lenses, intermediate editing techniques, and animation.
What you need to know:
You will hone your skills developing engineering drawings.
This course will be of interest to those who are planning future study in related areas such as engineering, architecture, interior design or industrial trades.
Open to grade 11 and 12 students.
What you need to know:
Graphic arts 20 is a design-based course that focuses on digital arts, printmaking and photography.
Students learn digital imagery skills and explore image manipulation using Adobe Creative Suite software.
Printmaking projects including monoprints, silkscreening (t-shirt design) and relief prints challenge students to develop artistically through creative problem solving.
What you need to know:
This course builds on previous photographic skills while exploring advanced lighting and composition.
Portfolio work focuses on technical components as they apply to specific photographic fields.
Students will have access to cameras, computers and studio lighting but must obtain a personal SD card for photo storage.
What you need to know:
In this project-based course, students learn to use the Arduino microcontroller to control simple electronics and react to sensors or other inputs while solving problems.
Students learn to program their projects using block-based and text-based programming languages.
Students also have the opportunity to learn 3D design and use a 3D printer as an additional tool when solving problems.
What you need to know:
Step into the director's chair! This course is your gateway to exploring the realms of directing and producing roles, taking your filmmaking skills to new heights.
Immerse yourself in storytelling, creative vision, and leadership, as you carve your path towards cinematic masterpieces!
What you need to know:
Graphics Arts 30 is intended for committed design students who work well independently in a creative class environment.
Students learn and demonstrate advanced techniques with design software, printmaking, photography, and digital arts.
Artistic vision and ability is enhanced in preparation for a possible career in graphic design industries.
What you need to know:
This is an advanced studio class for passionate photographers.
Portfolio work focuses on technique and subject matter that is relevant in the professional field of photography.
Students are encouraged to find and develop an artistic vision that is uniquely their own.
What you need to know:
Through project based learning, design thinking, and inquiry learning, students will explore the processes and skills needed to design and fabricate physical devices that they will control or automate.
focuses on the design, construction, operation and use of autonomous and/or radio-controlled robotic devices, as well as the computer systems necessary for their control, sensory feedback and information processing.