Program Overview

Kitchen and Bath Design Ontario College Graduate Certificate program

Program description

Kitchen and bath design is a specialized service within the residential interior decorating and design professions. Building on previous design education and experience, you enhance your design skills with leading-edge technology following industry guidelines. Applying knowledge of how to assess client needs, you focus on function-based and aesthetically pleasing design solutions, environmental considerations, and durability to create spaces that promote health, safety, and wellbeing through accessibility. You refine your design knowledge of industry specific materials, product specifications, fabrication methods, infrastructure issues, and business practices, while developing the skills necessary to create accurate and appealing technical and presentation drawings.

Intake information

The next expected intake is Fall 2026.

Tuition and fees

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Work-integrated learning

• This program includes a field placement component where you’ll gain hands-on experience in a setting relevant to your program.
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Admission requirements

Applicants with a post-secondary diploma or degree in the following will be admitted to the Kitchen and Bath Design Graduate Certificate Program without a portfolio review:

• Interior design
• Interior decorating
• Architecture design and technology
• Construction engineering technology
• Structural engineering
• Environmental design

Applicants who do not meet the requirements above may be considered upon submission of a portfolio showing evidence of creative ability, manual drafting and computer aided drafting skills, and industry experience.

Career opportunities

Graduates may find employment with design studios offering kitchen and bath consultancy services, kitchen and bath specifiers and/or fabricators, building contractors and developers, in retail stores or warehouses that specialize in selling kitchen and bath products and finishes. Students with entrepreneurial skills may become freelance kitchen and bath designers or start up a business.

Industry support

• National Kitchen and Bath Association

Students receive a free National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) membership and graduates have an opportunity to write their first NKBA exam free of charge.

Course information

• 11 Program Courses
• 1 Field Placement

Program-specific courses

Semester 1 courses are listed below. For a full list of courses in the program including course descriptions, view the Kitchen and Bath Design program outline.

• KBDE 1000 – Kitchen Design
• KBDE 1001 – Bath Design
• KBDE 1002 – Construction Methods
• KBDE 1003 – Specifying and Estimating
• KBDE 1005 – Computer Aided Drafting for Kitchen and Bath Design
• KBDE 1010 – Professional Practice and Marketing

Program delivery method(s)

GC Flex

This program is delivered via GC Flex, giving you choice and flexibility. Using technology-enabled, purpose-designed learning spaces, professors deliver lectures and labs in the classroom and simultaneously online. You can participate on campus or online during class or review course materials online later.

Related programs

• Carpentry and Renovation Techniques
• Event Management
• Interior Decorating
• Honours Bachelor of Interior Design

Program code

KBDE

Duration

1 Year

Credential

Ontario College Graduate Certificate

Program Delivery

Full-time

Delivery method(s)

GC Flex What does this mean?