Study Jewellery Design, Bench Skills and Business part-time
Ontario College Diploma
Get hands-on experience in the jewellery industry, from fabrication to sales. Access industry experts, seasoned faculty, and state-of-the-art studios and technologies.
Please refer to the Jewellery Design, Bench Skills and Business program page for all of the main details, including admissions requirements.
Program information
Program description
The Jewellery Design, Bench Skills and Business diploma program provides you with the hands-on experience and skills necessary for a successful career in the jewellery industry. With access to industry experts, seasoned faculty and studios equipped with the latest technologies, you gain valuable expertise in stone setting, jewellery repair, and the creation of custom jewellery using hand fabrication and finishing techniques. Your practical skillset is further complemented through the use of computer aided design (CAD) software, which is of growing importance in the jewellery industry. With first-hand experience working in and managing the campus jewellery store, this unique program helps you broaden your focus to sales, marketing, accounting and business practices suitable for small businesses, and for creating and managing an online presence.
Review program admission requirements and information about career opportunities.
Course information
Course offerings and equivalents
Currently available courses are listed below. Please see our course listings of available General Education and Communications courses for this program.
How to apply to the part-time Jewellery Design, Bench Skills and Business diploma program
Register on a course-by-course basis, paying as you go
Part-time students do not go through an application process for this program. To register for courses, you’ll need a Georgian College student number and declare your major. Declaring a major allows you to take all courses under that major.
- Request a student number via the online form
- Declare your major by emailing registrar@georgiancollege.ca or calling 705.722.1511
- From the course listing, select the course(s) you want to register for
- Add the course(s) to your cart and proceed to checkout and submit payment
Need help with registration?
Contact the Office of the Registrar
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Finance and fees
As a part-time student, you may be eligible for OSAP funding, depending on the number of courses you take per semester.
For more information about OSAP, including eligibility requirements and how to apply, visit the OSAP/financial aid webpage.
As a part-time student, you can take one to three courses per semester, paying on a course-by-course basis.
For course fee information, select a course from the course information section of this page.
Online learning
These courses are offered through OntarioLearn. Visit the OntarioLearn webpage to learn more.
OntarioLearn courses are set up as equivalents to the Georgian courses. You can choose to take the ODE courses or the Georgian courses.
When a Georgian course isn’t available to be delivered online, we’ve listed an OntarioLearn course in the delivery schedule. The majority of the Georgian courses have ODE equivalents set up. You can choose to take either course.
Credit for Prior Learning (CPL)
Previous postsecondary education: If you’ve completed courses, or some or all of a program, at another accredited postsecondary institution, you may be able to transfer all or some of your courses into a related program at Georgian.
Relevant work or life experience: If you have relevant work and/or life experience that relates to your program(s) of interest at Georgian, Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) is an academic credit option.
To learn more about transfer credit and PLAR, visit the Credit for Prior Learning webpage.
Do you have questions about studying Jewellery Design, Bench Skills and Business part-time?
Questions about the program?
Tammy Burke-Marson, Programming Support Assistant