University Transfer Studies - Science

at Camosun College - Lansdowne Campus Canada

The Post Degree Diploma in Applied Tourism and Hospitality Management is a 16 month postgraduate certificate course that deals with hotel operations, restaurant management, integrated event management and practical business skills. Students are provided with practical skills development, knowledge of hospitality and tourism sector, entrepreneurial skills and so on. The major themes underlying the diploma are sustainability, service management, entrepreneurship and cross cultural diversity including an Indigenous world-view.

The diploma helps students gain practical skills and helps them get a view of the professional world they will be stepping into. This course prepares the students gain success in tourism and hospitality sectors. Along with the industry specific work experience gained by the students they are also imparted academic knowledge and class counseling. At the end of the course, students also have the opportunity to gain a four month work experience placement. This placement gives students insight into the field of their choice and the circumstances they will be facing.

The Diploma in Arts & Science provided by Camosun College gives students an opportunity to study multiple courses in a single diploma or focus on a single subject that the student wants to take up as a career or as an academic focal point. Students can design or schedule the course of their diploma and also study part time or full time as per their discretion. It is a 24 month program that focuses solely on educating people under the canopy of arts and science.

This diploma can also facilitate a transfer to Royal Roads University's Bachelor of Arts in Professional Communication program. Under the umbrella term of science studies and arts, Camosun College successfully imparts knowledge to its students in multiple fields and hence helps them to make a career choice pertaining to their interests. 
This diploma also gives students the option of a co-operative education program as well as an internship to solidify their resume. The students can make a choice between an internship and a work study program and anything they choose will work in their favor academically as well as professionally.

Choose from transfer courses in more than 30 different subject areas. These courses will transfer to at least one BC post-secondary institution.

Whether you want to take one or two courses at a time, or register for full-time studies with four or five courses each semester, the University Transfer program gives you the freedom to design your own timetable. Generally speaking, you'll probably start by taking 100-level courses (first-year) and follow up with corresponding 200-level (second-year) courses.

Foundation training in music theory and performance
This one-year (8 month) program will help you upgrade your skills in theory/rudiments, provide you with one-one studio instruction, and prepare you for further postsecondary music studies.

The Certificate in Music Creativity and Performance Foundations is a one-year course of studies and is designed for students intending to pursue studies in music at the postsecondary level, and who may require additional learning, including theory/rudiments and one-to-one studio instruction.

With a focus on performance theory, music creativity and performance practice, you'll master the foundational elements of your chosen area of musical study and have guided opportunities to explore aspects of creativity and practise in music.

You'll receive intensive one-to-one studio instruction on your chosen principal instrument with the goal of:

• Introducing you to new repertoire
• Enhancing your practicing skills and technical fluency
• Exploring creative expression
• Developing excellence in many aspects of performance

The flexible General Arts program offers you a two-year grounding in the arts. Build the program that interests you by choosing courses that fit your educational goals. You can also choose to specialize with five options within the Associate of Arts degree, including English, economics, social work or psychology.

What you'll learn
Camosun's General Arts associate degree program is offered by the School of Arts & Science. This two-year, 20-course program will give you a well-rounded education in the general arts.

As a graduate, you can choose to continue your studies with a bachelor's degree. You'll also be ready for any career that requires good communications skills and wide general knowledge. This AD can also lead to a full block transfer to Royal Roads University's Bachelor of Arts in Professional Communication program.

Work experience option
As an Associate Degree student, you can gain practical work experience through Co-op or an Internship. Work terms may be paid or unpaid, and are available after you've completed at least eight courses. Choose between one four-month internship or two work terms with co-operative education.

Camosun College offers students a very different yet interesting course in the field of Comics and Graphic Novel writing. This very unusual yet upmarket course provides students an opportunity to pursue their talent and passion. Students are equipped with a series of skill set and provided insight about creating comic books, graphic novels, web comics and comic strips. This 12 month program leads to a certificate for the students and hence gives them opportunity to work in the said field professionally.

The course has a total of two academic terms and hence in that duration they are taught every knick and knock about comic books and graphic novel writing.  The various courses offered in this certificate include creative writing, character design, structural drawing, perspective drawing and more. Students also display their works at the comic arts festivals and other exhibitions.

In the certificate course students are made familiar with a number of skills such as visual storytelling skills, including scripting, storytelling layout and pencil sketching, inking, lettering, and coloring techniques. Students are also educated about publishing and the tips & tricks of career as a graphic novelist and a comic book writer.

In the Digital Communication program you'll study how digital communication impacts society. You'll explore the ways communication influences and reflects society and culture, and the role that digital technology has in the communication process.

What you'll learn

• In this 10-course (two-semester) program, six core courses provide a broad base of applied theoretical knowledge to get you started in communications.
• You'll also take a production course to get some hands-on experience, and use the four electives to customize your credential according to your interests.

Work experience option

• As a certificate student, you have the option of extending your program with a three-month internship. Your work term will give you hands-on experience and connections that will help you start your career in communications. After your work term, you will graduate with a Certificate in Digital Communication - Internship Designation.

Get the technical skills to be an elite performer
The Music Performance diploma program is offered through a partnership between the Victoria Conservatory of Music and Camosun College. This program is designed to meet a heightened requirement for versatility in performance style. Increasing demand on artists to participate in creation, along with the quick implementation of music technologies to create, capture, and transfer music, indicates the need for non-traditional training.

This is a first-of-its-kind credential–one that deliberately blends practitioners of all styles in a common first year, proceeds with a highly specialized second year, and steeps the whole in a performance orientation.

The Music Performance diploma is offered over four 14-week semesters, running from September to early April over two years; select courses may be offered during spring/summer terms. You may elect to study full-time or part-time; however, you should be prepared to dedicate both daytime and evening hours to scheduled courses, and if you select a part-time option you should be aware that alternate-year delivery schedule of some courses may add significantly to the length of the full program. Courses are taught on the Victoria Conservatory of Music campus at 900 Johnson Street in downtown Victoria, or by distance learning.

Upon successful completion of the diploma, you will have deep, practical training in music, instilling the skills vital for success in the 21st-century music workplace.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Become a compelling musical performer
Prepare for entry into the world of professional music, a musical apprenticeship, or further study for professional credentials.

What to expect
Musicians of any musical genre will find a place in our innovative training environment. Classical, Contemporary (includes folk, jazz and rock), and cutting-edge musicians work side-by-side in the vibrant musical atmosphere of our campus at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. The Diploma in Music Performance will increase your personal strengths in music making through a balance of performance and hands-on application of practical skills. Intensive one-on-one studio instruction, group performance, music theory and contexts, music technologies, and career skills will give you the foundations for success in the 21st-century music profession.

Year 1
A common first year for musicians of all genres will lay the ground work for future specialized study. Performance, music theory and contexts, aural skills, and music technologies are taught.

Year 2
In the second year, you will choose areas of musical specialization. Areas of performance, contexts and creativity, composition, improvisation, performance practice, and stagecraft are emphasized.

Choose from transfer courses in more than 30 different subject areas. These courses will transfer to at least one BC post-secondary institution.

Whether you want to take one or two courses at a time, or register for full-time studies with four or five courses each semester, the University Transfer program gives you the freedom to design your own timetable. Generally speaking, you'll probably start by taking 100-level courses (first-year) and follow up with corresponding 200-level (second-year) courses.

Camosun College offers a diploma in the field of Allied Chemistry and Biotechnology for students who are intrigued by scientific discoveries and research work. The aforementioned diploma is an undergraduate course for a period of 24 months and has produced some great professionals in the field of scientific research. The students also have an option of transferring to a British Columbia University as a third year student.

Students get the opportunity of working in a wide range of labs, including those associated with biomedical and health-related biotechnology, forestry, fisheries, mining, agriculture, oceanography and the environment. In the two years of the ACBT program students are provided hand on training on lab equipment and lab safety techniques. During the first year of the diploma there are a total of three terms and introductory education in fields like chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology. Students are also trained in lab safety procedures, good lab practices, lap technicality as well as precautionary measures.

The second year of the diploma involves a solid understanding of modern tricks and techniques in the field of biotechnology, biochemistry and other fields pertaining to research. The students are also open to an optional internship program that provides major laboratory experience and enhances their diploma with an edge of professional work.

What you'll Learn
Get started in the lab
In the two-year ACBT program, you'll get hands-on training in lab safety and technique. The program will prepare you for a career in lab work or transfer into the third year of a bachelor's degree in chemistry, biochemistry or microbiology.

What to expect
Located at our Lansdowne campus, the ACBT program is two years long. You'll spend lots of time in the lab, giving you the practical skills that employers look for. In addition to developing your scientific knowledge, you'll have the opportunity to carry out a major project at an external lab as part of an optional internship. For part-time students, you'll arrange a personal learning plan with the Program Chair to modify the full-time schedule for your own flexible program.

Year 1
In your first year, you will take three academic terms (fall, winter and spring). Courses include a foundation in biology, chemistry, English, math and physics.

Year 2
Build on your solid fundamental understanding of modern techniques in biotechnology with two more terms to deepen your skills in chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology and immunology.