Distance (correspondence) online courses

   What is Internet-based (online) education?
   What specialties can be learned?
   How to enroll for the New Image College distance studies?
   How much does the program cost?
   What is the payment procedure?
   How to transfer funds for tuition?


New Image College offers distance vocational oriented (college preparation) educational courses for High Schools Students in the following design specialties:

	Specialty: Graphic Designer’s Assistant. Faculty: Graphic Design and Front-End Templates Design More about the specialty>>
	Specialty: Web Designer’s Assistant Faculty: Web-design, Web-Mastering and Internet Technologies More about the specialty>>
	Multimedia Designer’s Assistant Faculty: Multimedia - Design, Printing and Internet Technologies (extended program, includes previous two programs) More about the specialty >>
	Specialty: Flash-Designer’s Assistant Faculty: Flash CS3 /Action Script Technologies and their application in site-building and computer animation More about the specialty>>
	Specialty: Visual Arts and Computer Graphic Instructor’s Assistant Faculty: Visual Arts & Teaching More about the specialty>>
	Specialty: Fashion and Costume Designer’s Assistant Faculty: Fashion and Costume Design and Art Deco More about the specialty>>
For beginners, having no knowledge of computer, we offer a preparatory program "Basic Computer Skills in Windows environment", after completion of which studies can be started in the selected specialty along with experienced users.

What is Internet-based (online) education?

Internet-based (online) education is an effective educational system, widely popular worldwide for many years already.
Internet-based education is modern, convenient and efficient educational modality. You can study at your own convenience at your regular pace and in the comfort of your home. Your personal instructor will work with you on individual basis, analyzing in details all tasks that you will be completing, will give your recommendations on errors correction.
Learning Process involves step-by-step studying of the program consisting of three parts:

1. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DESIGN
2. COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND MAIN GRAPHIC EDITING APPLICATIONS
3. SPECIALIZATION

and completion of assignments on every topic of the curriculum.

Each assignment consists of:

• Brief theoretical course for the corresponding section of the curriculum
• Set of exercises to master the corresponding computer program
• Advertising or design project for real Canadian or American company (for example, logo, advertisement or banner)

Mastering of each of the basic computer program will be completed within
8 academic weeks. During this time student must complete
4 promotional projects.
Twice a month the student will send to the college his completed project and will start work on the next project.
In five business days the student will receive detailed assessment from his instructor with analysis of errors and recommendations on errors’ correction.
Completed projects will form the student’s Portfolio-collection of his artworks showing to potential employers level of Designer’s qualification during the successive job search process.
To acquire practical skills in computer programs each enrolled student will be provided FREE OF CHARGE with studying materials on СD , access password to the secure educational portal of the website, containing unique methodic materials and description an samples of completed assignments. Additionally the student will receive list of recommended literature, familiarization with which is highly advised to facilitate learning process.

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Enrollment to the Distance Faculty of the New Image College

Enrollment to our Distance (correspondence) Faculty is easy and simple!
Follow these three simple steps:

1. CHOOSE YOUR FUTURE SPECIALTY
and read carefully outline of the curriculum. Make sure that this is exactly the program that you want to learn.

2. REGISTER

If you decided to start studies in the New Image College, You must fill in simple registration form and send it to the college (just click on the "Send" button).

3. PAY TUITION FEES

Immediately upon receipt of Your registration form Admissions department of the College will send to the indicated by you in the registration form e-mail address or fax our contract and invoice for payment. Once you’ve transferred the tuition fees by any of the specified below methods of payment, package with educational materials will be mailed to you via regular mail and you will receive via e-mail your personal password to access the secure educational portal of our website, which is inaccessible for occasional visitors.
Note: procedure of enrollment to the Visual Arts & Teaching Faculty of the New Image College is a different. Details are here.

Tuition Cost at the New Image College

New Image College is a well organized educational structure. Elimination of superfluous expenditure gives us an opportunity to maintain our tuition fees at affordable for all the students level.
Cost of tuition at the Distance Internet Faculty is:

• For residents of USA- $259 CAD a month
• For residents of Canada - $259 CAD a month (+ HST)
• For residents of Western Europe - $259 CAD a month
• For CIS residence - $259 CAD a month

Important!!!
Monthly payment includes weekly consultations with instructor (up to the student’s choice) via Internet-conference system. This system allows to the students to ask questions over the phone or via the "Internet - messenger" and to see explanation of educational materials on the screens of their monitors. This facilitates learning process.

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Payment Procedure

First installment must be paid for the first academic month.
If you choose to continue education, further payments are made monthly based on the invoices sent by the College’s Accounting Department to every student.
Substantial discounts are available:

For residents of Russia and CIS countries
10% with one-time full payment for all 12 months.
You save S 240 CAD

For residents of Canada, USA and Western Europe
10%  with one-time full payment for all 12 months.
You save $394 CAD

How to transfer funds for tuition

The student, accepted to the program,  receives from the New Image College invoice for tuition fees payment after processing and arrangement  of all necessary documents.