Advanced Diploma In Child and Youth Care

at Centennial College - Progress Campus Canada

Centennial College's Business – Accounting program was created for students seeking excellent accounting-related training in a short time frame.

In this two-year Business School program, you'll learn the basics of accounting through a rigorous curriculum that will focus on expanding employable skills. While this business program will include the quality features of all Centennial College accounting programs, it will concentrate on building proficiency in financial and managerial accounting and on fostering in-depth knowledge of accounting software. Because they're essential for career success, communication and analytical skills will also be emphasized.

As a graduate of this diploma program, you'll be able to look forward to rewarding employment opportunities in a wide range of business sectors.

Program Highlights:-

• In the Business – Accounting program, you'll build the strong foundation of skills necessary for pursuing a profession in accounting.
• Professors in The Business School have strong academic backgrounds, deep subject matter expertise, and extensive business and management experience.
• Small class environments will maximize the learning experience, offering a leading-edge information technology infrastructure.
• Many Business - Accounting classes will be taught in lab environments that are fully equipped with an integrated network of computer systems.
• Your transition into the workplace will be made easy with training in industry-standard accounting software, including QuickBooks and Sage 300 ERP

The Electrical Engineering Technician program will give you a strong establishment in electrical and electronic hypothesis and practices. 
In this school building system's courses, under the supervision of a certified educator, you'll be presented to a characterized scope of electrical capacities. Among them will be the establishment, trying, keeping up, fixing, investigating and investigating explicit sorts of electrical circuits, hardware, and frameworks. 

The School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science's labs will display sufficient open door for broad practice to build up the aptitudes required to expect section level situations in the electrical business and related territories. 

Upon program fruition, you'll have the option to function as a passage level electrical building professional in a scope of work settings in business and utility enterprises that utilization electrical innovation. You'll additionally be set up for different other electrical situations, including those identifying with control dispersion and usage, electrical upkeep, and establishment and control frameworks.

Program Highlights

• Modern labs and lecture facilities at Progress Campus create a healthy learning environment
• You gain experience in producing electrical drawings, as well as diagnostics and analysis of electrical systems.
• The project approach of the Electrical Engineering Technician courses simulates actual workplace assignments.
• You obtain thorough grounding in electrical engineering sciences and skills, including electrical circuits, maintenance of electrical instruments or devices, operation of electrical motors and power transmission as used in the industry.

Centennial College's Electromechanical Engineering Technology – Automation and Robotics (Fast-Track) program is for qualified college or university graduates of engineering and science programs. If that's you, you'll gain direct admission into Year 2 (Semester 3) of this three-year engineering program and receive your advanced diploma in two years (four semesters).

This applied science program's courses will provide a thorough understanding of theory along with practical, hands-on laboratory experience. Embedded systems using microcontrollers, quality control using vision inspection and SPC, and continuous feedback control using PID will receive special attention. You'll also learn integration of automated equipment through its design, fabrication and installation.

Co-op Option
The co-op option in this program will provide you with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience while you complete two consecutive work terms as an employee in the field. This experience not only allows you to put classroom learning into practice, but will also provide valuable contacts for your future career.

To participate in this co-op option, you will need to complete an application process in the second semester. If academically qualified, you may be admitted to the co-op program. Academically qualified students who are accepted into the program will register for the co-op preparation course as scheduled.

The Hospitality Skills program is crafted as a platform for you to develop the skills required to match the industry’s demand for qualified entry-level employees. In one year (two semesters), this program will set you up to master and apply a variety of practical skills and theoretical knowledge that will allow you the opportunity to work within the hospitality sector.

The Energy Systems Engineering Technology program at Centennial College will focus on society's changing views of energy and the environment, which are transforming the utility and construction sectors. This advanced diploma program will present  the students with the opportunity to learn how to integrate and use modern sustainable energy technologies in a manner consistent with sub-urban environments.

The courses in this program will teach the students the fundamental skills to understand energy and its uses in modern society. This includes hands-on practice that mimics real-world scenarios. While this applied science program is challenging, it will result in a unique blend of technical, managerial and entrepreneurial skills that modern energy and sustainable building companies are seeking.

Program Highlights

• Applied research and development projects in the Energy Systems Engineering Technology program promote innovation skills.
• The technical curriculum is complemented by project management skills.
• Students will have the opportunity to work on state-of-the-art energy systems labs.
• This program prepares you to implement energy solutions for commercial and residential buildings using knowledge of energy systems, energy efficiency and renewable/distributed energy systems, design, assembly, troubleshooting, building automation systems, develop advanced control systems for energy, manufacturing process, design and heating, ventilating, air conditioning & refrigeration systems and operate power plants of various sizes.

Centennial College's Culinary Skills program is well-rounded and will take just one year to complete. This college certificate program will emphasize a culinary skills foundation while sourcing local Ontario food products and teaching the art of seasonal cooking.

From industry-leading chef faculty members, you'll learn to prepare exquisite menus and dishes inspired by global food trends and flavours. These dedicated instructors will provide you with the  hands-on training and learning experiences that will ensure you master culinary fundamentals, ingredients, food preparation and all of the other skills required to enter this exciting industry. This training will take place in culinary labs, including Centennial College's cafe, restaurant and event centre. You'll also come to understand that a career in the culinary field is fueled by passion and rewarded through skill development.

Program Highlights

• This Culinary Skills program offers you exclusive experiential learning opportunities in new state-of-the-art kitchens, bake labs, restaurant, a cafe and event centre.
• You learn from instructors who have years of industry experience.
• The hands-on practice in a range of settings ensures you are prepared for multiple facets of the industry.
• Graduates of the Culinary Skills program can transition directly into the Culinary Management diploma program.

Software is taking the planet by storm and Centennial College's Software Engineering Technology program will provide you with three years of learning in designing, developing and maintaining software systems.

During this time, you'll attend advanced diploma courses that will cover modern programming languages, design and algorithm concepts, data management tools and modern software engineering methodologies. The program will also expose you to a solid knowledge of systems integration, enterprise programming, mobile computing and software security specialization.

The coursework in this college engineering program will emphasize object-oriented software design methodologies, user-oriented interface design, software testing and QA, C#, Java, Java EE, Oracle, MS-SQL server, UNIX/Linux, Python, Microsoft's ASP.NET Core, HTML5/JavaScript/Angular, mobile application development, emerging web frameworks, cloud computing, data mining and more.

To round out the curriculums technical focus, the Software Engineering Technology program will include two software development projects. For these real-world business applications, you'll put into action all the technical, systems and business skills acquired during your courses to build higher quality software.

The knowledge and hands-on experience you'll obtain in Software Engineering Technology will enable you to design and develop various kinds of software applications, human-computer interfaces and enterprise information systems.

The Early Childhood Education program at Centennial College is committed to ensuring you're prepared to be a leader in the profession. With the program consistently receiving KPI distinction awards for Employer Satisfaction, our graduates are respected as professionals.

As a student in the Early Childhood Education program, you'll learn to provide high standards of care to children and their families. This highly regarded program will teach you to take responsibility for observing the needs of individual and groups of children, and create well-planned, stimulating and responsive programs. You'll come to understand the needs of infants, toddlers, pre-school and school-aged children.

Rich classroom experiences, with professors employing a variety of strategies, will offer you a range of opportunities to understand the content, practice and apply what you're learning. Supporting this program are Centennial College’s two state-of-the-art early childhood education centres. Used as lab schools, these centres, located in East York and at Progress Campus, will allow you to observe and/or practice in a high-quality childcare setting.

Program Highlights

• You'll experience practical experiential learning through three field placements in the community, working directly with infants or toddlers, pre-school and school-aged children.
• Qualified and experienced supervisors will support you during the field placement to ensure your learning is optimized.
• During the third or fourth semesters, opportunities will be available to work in full-day kindergarten environments.
• In semesters 3 and 4, a block placement will be incorporated to maximize your ability to solidify skills.
• This program is committed to respond to and reflect current trends and directions in the field and profession.
• Highly skilled faculty will create stimulating learning opportunities in the classroom that will address a range of learning styles.

This program introduces the learner to the highly interconnected world known as the Internet of Things (IoT) and examines how the IoT shapes every facet of our personal, professional, and social, lives. Learners will explore the entire IoT ecosystem and develop an appreciation for, and understanding of, the ethical and legal applications of this technology. It examines the various systems and processes that comprise the IoT from the electronic sensors and actuators that allow us to interact with the physical world, the network technology which allows the devices to communicate with each other, the cloud and edge computing devices that allow the IoT to function on a global scale, to the software code that ties all of the various devices together in a secure and efficient manner. Business opportunities provided by the IoT will be explored and students will have the opportunity to work with a business partner to design, develop, and install an IoT solution for a real-world problem.