Certificate in Office Administration - General

at Centennial College - Progress Campus Canada

In the Office Administration - Legal program at Centennial College, you'll see the legal system unfold before your eyes.

This college business diploma program's courses will not only allow you to develop core office administration skills but will also focus on:

• Legal office environments
• Building an understanding of current issues in Canadian law
• Specialized areas of practice such as civil litigation, family law, real estate, wills and estate
• The use of specialized legal office software, with an emphasis on computer-generated document production and word processing

To round out the Office Administration - Legal training, in the final term you'll complete a five-day-per-week field placement in the last 4 weeks of the semester.  During this time, you'll have the opportunity to apply specific legal office administration skills. Among these skills will be preparation of legal documents using word processing, legal terminology, and office procedures used in law firms or corporate legal departments.

The field placement will be organized and supervised by program faculty members and College staff, who will work closely with you to help you find a placement well suited to your needs. While the placement will be unpaid, it will provide valuable resume enhancement experience.

Centennial College's Mechanical Engineering Technology – Industrial program will cover designing hypothesis and practice in assembling and creating mechanical gear and items. 

The focal point of this propelled recognition designing project will be on guaranteeing you increase essential building and science aptitudes while including progressively specific subjects identifying with present-day assembling and generation forms. The Mechanical Engineering Technology – Industrial program's courses will likewise incorporate PC supported plan (CAD) and PC helped to produce (CAM) through AutoCAD, Inventor, Solid-Works and Simul8, which are generally utilized in the business. 

Two-semester individual ventures will consider commonsense involvement in structuring, building and testing a unique bit of hardware. The undertaking approach utilized in the offering will recreate genuine working environment assignments.

Program Highlights

• Through a 60-40 program balance, you gain experience in machine shop operation, tool design and computer numerical control programming.
• Industry-current software instruction in AutoCAD, Inventor and Mastercam is taught, as is state-of-the-art CAD/ CAM equipment.
• The campus from which the program is facilitated houses a new mechanical engineering lab that includes material properties, strength of materials, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and quality assurance testing equipment.

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.

The General Arts and Science program helps understudies to provide full-time academic programs which will help them to build and develop their language skills in a college or university or in any field. The EAP program provides opportunities to study and enhance English in an environment that will develop academic communication skills by concentrating on skills like reading, writing, speaking and listening.  

Students enrolled in the program will get opportunities to participate in communicative activities, group work, and presentations throughout this program also students will be able to gain access to helpful resources and services likewise counseling, tutoring, and others. 

On the off chance that students are enrolled in the program, they will be placed in one of the three levels that depend on the result of the placement test. You need to need that each level will last for one semester.  The program helps to prepare students for admission to a college or any university program, and also helps to develop the academic study skills. 

In the Culinary Management - Compressed 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 learning opportunity 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.

If you aspire to create memorable experiences for dining guests and have the passion and drive to work hard to achieve results, Centennial College's Food and Beverage Management program is for you.

The Food and Beverage Management courses in this diploma program have been designed to prepare you with the job skills for success in the restaurant and foodservice industry and the leadership skills for a progressive career. This field will include everything from the large multi-unit organizations to small independent operations that add up to a $70-billion industry in Canada and more around the world.

During this two-year hospitality program, you'll learn in Centennial College's restaurant, quick service cafe and event centre before you embark on a 14-week industry work-integrated learning experience with one of the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts' food and beverage partners.

You'll also graduate with essential industry certifications (Smart Serve, Safe Food Handlers and CPR) that will make you even more employable in the restaurant industry, which is often said to be an extension of show biz. From dynamic staff to innovative menus, a modern restaurant experience is as much about the show as it is about the perfectly prepared food and flawlessly executed service. As a Food and Beverage Management program grad, you'll play a crucial part in making it happen.

Based on modern teaching and learning practices, English Language Learning (ELL) is an intensive five-level, full-time program designed for international students who wish to improve their English language skills. If you're an international student, this program will help you to build on and improve your language skills for success in college, university or your career.

• ELL's five levels (Elementary, Beginner, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, High Intermediate) run each semester.
• You'll be placed into one of the five levels depending on the results of a diagnostic placement test that will ensure you are in the correct language level.
• Each level consists of five "modules" with each "module" running for three weeks.
• You can start the program at the beginning of any module, depending on your date of arrival.
• You can join the program at three-week intervals, as there is continuous intake.

ELL will offer you the opportunity to:

• Study in a supportive college environment;
• Study at one of two campuses (Progress and Eglinton Learning Site, or ELS, which is located in a busy metropolitan area of the city);
• Develop effective academic communication skills by focusing on the key areas of reading, grammar, writing, listening, speaking and pronunciation;
• Participate in communicative activities, interactive exercises, group work and presentations;
• Access helpful resources and services (tutoring services, library, counselling, computer labs);
• Learn from highly qualified and dedicated English as a Second Language teaching professionals who provide quality instruction, encouragement and guidance.

Languages Canada has fully accredited ELL.

Program Highlights

• In the English Language Learning program, you can improve your English language skills before your next academic or professional step, while qualifying to study at Centennial College full-time.
• You meet the English requirements for the workplace, for education and for everyday life.
• You will engage in experiential activities by participating in the field trips.
• The program gives you the flexibility to be an active participant in your own learning.
• During your time in the program, you have the opportunity to live in the college residence and meet others from many different cultures.
• You receive over 300 hours of instruction per semester with regular assessments to measure your progress.
• Upon completion, you will be able to live at ease in an English-speaking environment or return home with a greater understanding of english and Canadian culture.

The Energy Systems Engineering Technology (Fast-Track) program permits qualified school or college graduates direct induction into Year 2 (Semester 3) of this three-year program to get a Technology propelled recognition in four semesters. 

Shaping the base of this school designing project will be society's changing perspectives on vitality and the earth, which are changing the utility and development divisions. All things considered, it will concentrate on offering you the crucial abilities to get vitality and its uses in present-day society. 

The test and opportunity will be to figure out how to incorporate and utilize these advanced supportable vitality advances in a way steady with our urban surroundings. 
Because of the vitality business' evolving nature, this program will challenge yet will bring about a remarkable mix of specialized, administrative and enterprising aptitudes that are profoundly looked for after in current vitality and practical structure organizations and areas.

Centennial College's Marketing Research and Analytics program will position you at the forefront of a cutting-edge job market in which organizations have oceans of data available to them, but struggle to make sense of it while marketing becomes increasingly data-driven. As a result, there is a large and growing demand for trained researchers who can harness the power of big data, using the latest tools and analytical techniques to uncover new insights and drive businesses forward.

This business graduate certificate program will combine advanced courses in marketing research and big data analytics with training on leading commercial technologies and platforms as well as the opportunity to gain in-demand industry certifications.

Your courses will equip you with knowledge, skills and training in leading business intelligence and marketing research technologies and tools used in the field. They will include SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Enterprise Miner, Environics Analytics Envision (used to develop comprehensive profiles of selected target markets), SPSS, Tableau (the leading data visualization software), Excel and XL Miner.

Upon graduation, you'll receive an Ontario Graduate Certificate from Centennial College, plus certificates of recognition from SAS and Environics Canada.

Co-op Option
The co-op option in this program will provide you with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience while you complete one work term 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 first semester. If academically qualified, you may be admitted to the co-op program.

The Business program is for students interested in obtaining an education in multiple business disciplines or developing a strong foundation in a functional area of business; are well-organized, can effectively work under tight timelines, problem solve, enjoy collaboration, teamwork and continuous learning; along with using computer applications and working in an office environment.

Students will gain knowledge and skills in contemporary global concepts, theories and business practices that are related to the functional areas of business: accounting, finance, human resources, marketing and operations. To ensure students are ready for the modern business environment, they will learn the new essential business skills of effective communication, ethics, customer service, collaboration and teamwork, using technology to be digitally fluent, demonstrating personal and social responsibility, resiliency, adaptability, along with positive attitudes and behaviours necessary for a global environment.