Advanced Diploma in Energy Systems Engineering Technology (Fast Track) (Co-op Optional)

at Centennial College - Progress Campus Canada

This Computer Systems Technology – Networking (Fast-Track) program is for understudies who recently finished an applicable school or college program and wish to get their recognition in two years (four semesters) by entering the second year of the three-year Networking advertising. 

This school building project prides itself on encouraging a perfect harmony between hands-on involvement and hypothesis in its Computer Systems Technology courses. In that capacity, you'll learn by utilizing cutting edge testing and estimation gear in reason constructed labs to build up a strong establishment in system plan and testing just as venture the board. 

Hands-on exercises will incorporate diving inside PC equipment and learning the complexities of working frameworks, investigating current PC frameworks and systems innovation, and collecting and keeping up frameworks that will engage clients in imaginative, business and correspondence exercises.

In the Culinary Management program, you'll discover that whether creatively designing a restaurant menu or planning culinary events within large hotel operations, working with food to provide world-class culinary experiences for guests is one of the most rewarding careers.

With a focus on using local Ontario food products and learning about seasonal cooking, this college diploma program will teach you the necessary skills and knowledge to create exquisite menus and dishes inspired by global food trends and flavours.

Prior to beginning an exciting 14-week work-integrated placement at Centennial's restaurant and cafe, The Local or with one of the School's reputable partners, you'll hone your skills by working in state-of-the-art culinary labs that include a cafe, restaurant and event centre.

You'll also graduate with important industry certifications such as Smart Serve, Safe Food Handlers and CPR, making you job-ready.

The art of cooking, blended with the skill of team leadership and business entrepreneurship, will ensure that when you graduate from this Culinary Management program, you'll find exciting career opportunities in the fast-paced, ever-changing industry. This field will take you anywhere you want to go. All you need is hard work, drive and passion.

Access to justice requires well-trained and licensed paralegals to fill the growing demand for affordable services in the legal profession. Centennial College’s Paralegal program will prepare you to excel in the field through strong theoretical and practical courses.

The Law Society of Ontario accredits Centennial’s one-year (three-semester) undertaking. This graduate certificate program will make you eligible, upon successful completion of all requirements, to write the Law Society’s Paralegal licensing examination — enabling you to practice as a licensed paralegal in Ontario. Licensed paralegals may represent clients in areas such as summary conviction criminal offences, traffic violations, provincial and municipal offences, tribunals and the Ontario Small Claims Courts.

Throughout your studies in the Paralegal program, you'll gain solid knowledge of Canadian law, concentrating on subject areas within the permitted scope of paralegal practice. In addition to dedicated academic lectures, practice management and mock trials, there will be a two-day-per-week work placement in the third semester. It will total 196 hours of hands-on training in established law and paralegal firms. Centennial’s experiential learning will exceed the requirements of the Law Society and assist in preparing you to enter the field, not only with practice experience but also with the chance to network within the industry.

As a Centennial Paralegal graduate, you'll be well prepared to write your licensing examination and become an integral part of the legal system.

This program will be delivered using a combination of modalities. Courses may be taught face-to-face, online or in a blended/hybrid combination of both online and traditional classroom teaching.

In the Child and Youth Care program, you'll develop the knowledge and skills to advocate for children, youth and their families as you learn to encourage them to be more resourceful and to confidently use their voices.

This three-year Child and Youth Care program will examine the principles, philosophies and characteristics of relational child and youth care practice from child and youth-centred, developmental and ecological perspectives (1). It will also cover themes related to professional boundaries, child and adolescent mental health, psychology, counselling theories, crisis theory, intervention and counselling (group, individual, family), abuse, advocacy and anti-oppression.

As a graduate of this advanced diploma program, you'll be ready to provide prevention and early intervention strategies, assessment, treatment, and counselling to children and adolescents who may be in crisis, struggling with psychological challenges, or who are dealing with other stressful situations. As such, you'll become a valuable member of the mental health profession and use your knowledge and skills to provide life-changing support from a strength-based paradigm.

Child and youth care practitioners engage and work with children, youth and their families across a wide variety of settings, including community-based child and youth development programs, parent education and family support, school-based programs, community mental health, group homes, residential centres, day and residential treatment programs, early intervention, home-based care and treatment, private practice, psychiatric centres, rehabilitation programs, paediatric health care, child protection and youth justice programs (2).

Program Highlights

• The Child and Youth Care program may be taken full or part time, and if you are currently working in the field, through a government-funded apprenticeship program.
• The program curriculum is reviewed on an annual basis to ensure courses are up-to-date and based on current research and best practices.
• Program faculty are all trained in child and youth care and have extensive knowledge, expertise and field experience.
• Three specialized field practicums will be provided and include a variety of settings. The first-year field practicum will be in a school board setting and will occur two days per week in Semester 2. The second-year field practicum will be in a residential setting in either Semester 3 or 4 and will occur four days per week (shift work could include day and/or evening hours). The final practicum, three days per week during Semester 5 and 6, will be in a specialized setting. All three field practicums will provide a valuable opportunity for integrating classroom learning and hand-on practice.
• All graduates will receive certification in SafeTALK (Suicide Prevention), ASIST (Suicide Intervention) and Positive Space training.
• The Child and Youth Care program has a specially-designed communications lab that will be used extensively for interactive learning activities, counselling simulations, and small group observation and feedback.
• You'll have the opportunity to engage in intra-professional collaboration with other programs within the College community (e.g., Police Foundations).
• Global Citizenship and Equity (GC&E) Portfolio: You'll develop a portfolio documenting your engagement with the College's signature GC&E competencies. For more information on GC&E, the GC&E Portfolio and the supports available to you, please visit www.centennialcollege.ca/citizenshipandequity.

Once you complete the Child and Youth Care Program, you'll be able to:

• Develop and maintain relationships with children, youth and their families applying principles of relational practice and respecting their unique life space, cultural and human diversity;
• Assess and respond to children and youths' strengths and needs, including complex responses impacted by developmental, environmental, physical, emotional, social and mental health challenges to promote positive change;
• Analyze and evaluate the impact of the interrelationship among family, social service, and justice and community systems on children, youth and their families, and use this information in planning holistic care and reducing systemic barriers;
• Plan, implement and evaluate interventions using evidence-informed practices in the areas of therapeutic milieu, programming and group work to promote resiliency and to enhance development in children, youth and their families;
• Advocate for the rights of children, youth and their families, and maintain an anti-oppression perspective and cultural competence in diverse cultural contexts;
• Apply communication, teamwork and organizational skills within the interprofessional team and with community partners to enhance the quality of service in child and youth care practice;
• Develop and implement self-care strategies using self-inquiry and reflection processes to promote self-awareness and to enhance practice as a child and youth care practitioner;
• Use evidence-based research, professional development resources and supervision models to support professional growth and lifelong learning.

Centennial College's Business – Marketing program will prepare you to be the essential link between an organization and its customer base. You'll start this certificate program by learning business basics such as accounting, organizational behaviour, business software, customer service and international business. These topics will create a solid foundation for the marketing courses and topics that will follow, including:

• Marketing theory and case-based problem solving;
• Marketing communications, which will include advertising and promotion;
• Account management;
• Sales and service.

In addition to classroom theory led by experienced faculty members, the Business – Marketing program will employ a hands-on learning approach. You'll explore the various areas of marketing through case studies, guest lectures, presentations, projects, computer simulations and technologies.

Centennial College's Hospitality and Tourism Administration program will prepare you for an industry that Tourism HR Canada projects will grow to 2.1 million jobs, exposing a labour and skills shortage in more than 400 job types in accommodation, food and beverage, transportation, entertainment and travel services. Ontario visitor spending in 2019, meanwhile, is projected to surpass $31 billion, supporting 188,000 businesses and 391,000 jobs.

In addition to that, tourism employs one in 10 people, generates 10 percent of global gross domestic product and is one of the fastest growing global industries. Canada even broke records for numbers of visitors in 2017 and 2018.

As the only three-year advanced diploma in hospitality and tourism in Ontario, since 1970 the program has seen its graduates become global industry leaders in diverse careers, from event experts and tour operators to destination marketers and hotel general managers. Many graduates also continue their education through enhanced mobility to leading universities.

Curriculum will uniquely combine in-depth, holistic academic study with hands-on experiential learning, culminating in a 14-week work-integrated learning experience. You'll also graduate work-ready with important industry certifications such as Smart Serve, Safe Food Handlers, TICO Travel Counsellor Certification and CPR.

By combining and building on the best and most innovative hospitality and tourism education, this advanced diploma will help you enter the industry with technical skills, industry-specific knowledge and business acumen to embark on an unlimited and accelerated journey of career success in global hospitality and tourism.

Centennial College's three-year Software Engineering Technology program will grant qualified college or university graduates with a software background direct admission into Year 2 (Semester 3) so they may receive their advanced diploma in two years (four semesters).

Through an exploration of modern programming languages, design and algorithm concepts, data management tools, systems integration, enterprise programming, mobile computing and software security, you'll learn to design, develop and maintain software systems.

The coursework in this Software Engineering Technology (Fast-Track) program will emphasize object-oriented software design methodologies, user-oriented interface design, software testing and QA, C#, Java, Java EE, Oracle, MS-SQL Server, Python, Microsoft's ASP.NET Core, HTML5/XML, JavaScript/Angular emerging web frameworks, mobile application development, cloud computing, data mining and more.

To highlight the curriculum's applied focus, the college technology program will include two software development projects that will require you to use all the technical and business skills you acquired in the program as you build high-quality software.

Centennial College's Mechanical Engineering Technology – Industrial (Fast-Track) program allows qualified mechanical engineering college or university graduates direct entry into Year 2 (Semester 3) of this program so they may receive their Technology advanced diploma in two years (four semesters).

This advanced diploma program's Mechanical Engineering Technology – Industrial (Fast-Track) courses will offer both engineering theory and practice, while highlighting the design and development of various mechanical devices and equipment. This will result in a thorough grounding in engineering sciences and skills, including intermediate to advanced computer-assisted design and manufacturing as used in the industry.

You'll spend about one quarter of the program on project work that will simulate workplace assignments. You'll also be required to relate classroom theory to the actual design, manufacture and testing of mechanical systems.

Program Highlights

• Through the Mechanical Engineering Technology – Industrial (Fast-Track) program's project approach, you benefit from a theory and practice balance that's approximately 60-40.
• Hands-on practice includes experience in machine shop operation, tool design and computer numerical control programming as well as industry-current software instruction in SolidWorks, Simul8, and Mastercam.
• State-of-the-art CAD/ CAM equipment is used in the courses.

The program's cutting edge mechanical engineering lab is outfitted with material properties, strength of materials, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and quality assurance testing equipment.

In Centennial College's Business Administration – Accounting program, you'll learn that accounting is about more than crunching numbers. It's about setting up a business for success.

This Business School program will combine rigorous training with quality courses to help you develop the strong fundamental skills for a career in accounting.

Through your Accounting courses, you'll become adept in:

• Financial accounting
• Management accounting
• The use of recognized accounting software

Taxes, auditing and corporate finance will round out the professional options available in the third year of this business program.

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