Cert in Design Foundations

Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or applicant age 19 or older under mature-student status, plus Grade 12 compulsory English at C or U, or equivalent (60%), or Conestoga's Preparatory Communications COMM1251. The admissions page states that a sound English background is important for success in this programme and is weighed during selection, with minimum cut-offs applying, but it does not publish its own standardised test-score table; it defers to Conestoga's institution-wide scale of IELTS Academic overall 6.0 (no band under 5.5), TOEFL iBT 80 (no skill under 20), PTE Academic 53, CAEL 70 (writing at least 60), or Duolingo English Test 110. Canadian citizens and permanent residents with transcripts from outside Canada require a course-by-course credential evaluation through ICAS or WES. A design kit included in tuition is distributed in the first week and is required for coursework.