Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management (Co-op Optional)

at Centennial College - Progress Campus Canada

If the idea of assisting doctors, contributing to the health care system and working in today’s dynamic medical environments appeals to you, join the action by attending the Office Administration – Health Services program at Centennial College.

A well-run and efficient office within a medical practice, clinic or other health care setting is vital to the success of the practice and to the quality of health care it provides. As an Office Administration graduate in the health care sector, you'll be equipped with the organizational and clinical support skills to ensure patients receive the highest quality of care and service.

Faculty in the Office Administration – Health Services program are experienced individuals who guide you through industry-related training that will not only teach you specialized skills required to be part of a health care team but also core competencies transferable across all industries.

The Office Administration – Health Services program will help you develop essential health care support skills such as:

• Medical terminology
• Anatomy for health administration
• Medical transcription
• Medical office procedures
• Electronic health record management
• Computerized OHIP billing
• Diagnostic and lab procedures

A two-day-per-week work placement at some of Toronto’s prestigious hospitals and health care clinics will allow you to put those skills to use in real-life experiences before you graduate.

Centennial College's Baking and Pastry Arts Management program will build on fundamental baking and pastry arts skills to prepare you for a management role within the baking sector. Whether it's menu design, purchasing, planning or execution, baking management is an essential skill to convert your passion into business success.

In the Baking and Pastry Arts Management courses, you'll work in baking and pastry labs, including Centennial College's one-of-a-kind commercial bakeshop as well as an on-campus cafe, restaurant and event centre. In these real-world environments, you'll hone your skills before beginning a 14-week work-integrated learning opportunity with one of the College's industry partners.

You'll graduate with important industry certifications such as Smart Serve, Safe Food Handlers and CPR, making you job-ready. Many graduates from this Baking and Pastry Arts program have secured employment within major hospitality brands in the hotel, resort and restaurant industries as well as within large-scale commercial baking companies.

Centennial College's Biomedical Engineering Technology program has been designed to meet the need for qualified professionals caused by the merger between the biomedical equipment industry and the engineering and scientific disciplines. These collaborations have created beneficial innovations for both health care and society, and require the industry to meet the challenge of offering a range of quality products. Artificial organs, prostheses and medical instruments wouldn't exist without biomedical engineering.

Providing an optimum balance between theory and hands-on labs, this engineering program will cover various principles in the design of medical equipment, rehabilitation and health improvement devices. Among them will be:

• Electronics
• Microcontrollers
• Computers
• Engineering
• Chemical
• Biology
• Medicine

The International Business Management (IBM) Transnational program is an energizing tri-nation opportunity offered in Canada, Panama, and China that is intended to help shape tomorrow's worldwide pioneers. You'll earn a graduate certificate from Centennial College, study for a semester in the City of Knowledge, Panama City, and complete an entry level position in China gave by Neusoft Institute, Guangdong. 

Your worldwide journey in the Business Management Transnational program will push you to: accomplish center administration aptitudes and intercultural capabilities; create initiative capacities to work in a global situation; and obtain solid scientific and key reasoning abilities, figure out how to manage multifaceted difficulties and act imaginatively and capably as a worldwide resident. 

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 Pre-Business program will help you to discover your path in the business world. If you're looking to enter a program within The Business School but may not currently meet the admission requirements, you can apply directly to this business certificate program or it may be offered to you as a recommended alternative.

During the two-semester Pre-Business program, you'll work to build your fundamental business skills while exploring your career and educational options. As such, you'll complete courses in:

• Communications
• Mathematics
• Microsoft Office
• Canadian and international business practices
• Strategies for business success
• Accounting fundamentals

A supportive learning environment in small classes, with additional advising opportunities to learn about potential pathways for future success will ensure you're prepared for further education.

Upon successful completion of the Pre-Business program, you'll be eligible to transfer, with credits, to a diploma or advanced diploma program within The Business School. Among these programs are Accounting, Marketing, Business, Supply Chain and Operations and International Business. Additionally, you'll be able to take your newly acquired skills to entry-level positions in the workplace.

Centennial College's Project Management program will provide you with the solid fundamental knowledge to manage projects in a timely and cost-effective manner.

The Business School graduate certificate program is intended for applicants who previously completed a post-secondary education in any discipline and wish to increase their employability by working towards a globally-recognized certification in project management. It's also ideal for experienced project managers seeking to bring a new dimension of leadership to their work.

The Project Management courses in this college business program will follow A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide). Enhancing the use of this guide will be a curriculum that will include hands-on integration of technological tools such as Microsoft Project and leading-edge industry case studies with a focus on organizational leadership.

In the third semester, if you're an eligible candidate, you'll be able to participate in a full-time 14-week experiential learning opportunity (internship) with a participating organization that will allow you to gain valuable project management experience. During this time, you'll be required to participate in an online course and prepare assignments related to the experiential learning opportunity. You'll then be able to use the experience towards work requirements for the PMP®  and CAPM®  designations.

Centennial College's Health Informatics Technology program will combine knowledge of software engineering and health care systems. In this advanced technology diploma program's courses, you'll learn to design, develop and maintain the next generation of electronic health record applications and other exciting software products.

Under the umbrella of the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science, this program will cover:

•  Object-oriented software design methodologies
•  User-oriented interface design
•  The structure of health care information systems
•  Telehealth
•  Clinical workflow and IT solutions
•  Data security
•  Privacy issues within health care systems

Software technologies will be the focus of this health technology program. They will include: C#, Java, Oracle, MS-SQL Server, Unix/ Linux, Microsoft's ASP.NET Core, HTML5/JavaScript/XML, mobile application development, data warehousing and data mining, and BI tools in health care systems.

To underscore the curriculum's applied focus, the Health Informatics Technology program will include two software development projects. These real-world business applications will require you to utilize all the technical, systems and business skills gained during your studies.

The knowledge you'll acquire in this health technology program will enable you to design, develop, modify and test software for health care applications. You'll also be able to analyze and model data, develop health care databases and support decision making based on data mining techniques. Lastly, you'll have the know-how to use health informatics methods and software tools for hospitals, health care agencies and public health departments.

The Electronics Engineering Technician (Fast-Track) program will enable you to increase direct entrance into Year 2 (Semester 3) of this two-year school confirmation program to get that certificate in one year (two semesters), in case you're a certified school or college graduate. 

On the off chance that you can't venture out from home without your iPod, tablet or cell phone, and have an enthusiasm for how they work, this School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science program is for you. The courses in this school building system will set you up for a difficult profession in the gadgets field from various perspectives. 

Right off the bat, you'll create specialized skills in territories, for example, remote correspondences, information interchanges, microcontrollers, and mechanical frameworks. Furthermore, to further set an establishment in present-day gadgets, you'll increase hands-on involvement in prepared labs by dealing with PCs, correspondence handsets, and hardware testing and estimation gear.

The Energy Systems Engineering Technician program will equip the students with the essential skills to understand various energy resources and their uses in modern society. This college diploma program will educate you with is a unique blend of theory and hands-on skills that are highly sought after in modern sustainable energy related companies and industries. During the period of studies, you'll have the opportunity to work in our state-of-the-art energy systems labs and participate in applied research and development projects that will promote innovative skills.

The technology program's curriculum will take into account society's changing views on sustainable design and the environment, and how they're transforming the utility and construction sectors.

The utility sector, for example, is currently undergoing a radical shift in operating practice that opens the door to a range of innovative energy projects using small-scale sources — solar, wind, hydro, fuel cells, energy storage systems geo and biomass — to feed electricity, heat and air conditioning to homes and businesses. The construction industry, meanwhile, has adopted a host of new green building initiatives that are quickly increasing the awareness and use of sustainable and integrated architecture and engineering practices for new buildings. Manufacturers also have many new products that provide ways to implement advanced energy management in commercial and residential structures.

The challenges and opportunities that arise in this applied science program will come from learning how to integrate and use all of these modern sustainable energy technologies in a manner consistent with our urban environments.

Program Highlights

• A technical curriculum is complemented by project management skills.
• Graduates of the program are prepared to implement energy solutions for commercial and residential buildings using knowledge of energy systems, energy efficiency and renewable/distributed energy systems, design and maintain heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration units, work in power plants and work with architectural companies to integrate energy technologies into the latest green buildings.
• Upon successful completion of this two-year Energy Systems Engineering Technician program, students will have the option to enter year three of the Energy Systems Engineering Technology program.