Certificate in General Arts and Science

at Fanshawe College - London Campus Canada

The Supply Chain Management - Logistics (Co-op) program will satisfy all of your managerial ambitions within this field. This one-year graduate certificate is designed for university and college graduates looking for a career in the logistics and supply chain sector. You'll be trained to join private or public sectors, learning how to analyze on computer software, while nurturing your negotiating skills. Examining managerial accounting, and professional communication, you will also learn the finer points of material sourcing, distribution management and risk assessment. When you graduate, you'll have the skills to improve an organization's operations and profitability. You'll be in demand with career options in procurement, logistics, planning, inventory management, transportation, customer service, customs coordination and related supply chain processes.

The Customer Relationship Marketing and Sales Management program responds to the growing need within business for a skill set that places the customer at the centre of business decisions. This skill is critical since marketing and sales success depends on attracting new customers while retaining and strengthening relationships with current customers.  

This one-year post-graduate certificate program provides students with a foundation in marketing and sales, with a focus on the examination and application of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Customer Experience (CX) best practices, strategies, tactics, tools, and techniques. Students will have an opportunity to apply industry standard business and marketing analytics and use CRM platforms to enhance the marketing and sales process.  Student will also learn strategies and tactics for account development in the field of sales and sales management.

The Fitness and Health Promotion program prepares graduates to perform the roles and responsibilities of a fitness consultant and personal trainer. Fanshawe College’s Fitness and Health Promotion Faculty team consists of highly educated industry specialists, with both knowledge and experience in exercise program design, exercise prescription, fitness and health assessment, behaviour change, fitness marketing and sales, business ownership, sports and universal nutrition, as well as individual and population-based health promotion.

Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Conduct assessments of fitness, well-being, and lifestyle for clients and effectively communicate assessment results.
• Prescribe appropriate physical activity, fitness, active living, and lifestyle programs to enhance health, fitness, and well-being of clients.
• Utilize appropriate interviewing and counselling skills to promote or enhance health, fitness, active living, and well-being of clients.
• Collaborate with individuals in the selection and adoption of strategies that will enable them to take control of and improve their health, fitness, and wellbeing.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate activities, programs, and events which respond to identified needs and interests of clients* and maximize the benefits of health, fitness, and well-being.
• Train individuals and instruct groups in exercise and physical activities.
• Contribute to community health promotion strategies.
• Assist in the development of business plans for health and fitness programs, activities, and facilities.
• Implement strategies and plans for ongoing personal and professional growth and development.
• Develop and implement risk management strategies for health and fitness programs, activities, and facilities.
• Interact effectively with clients, staff, and volunteers in health and fitness programs, activities, and facilities.

This Graduate Certificate program will prepare students for supervisory and managerial positions in the broad transportation industry, with a particular focus on automotive service and repair. The program includes business curriculum including leadership and management, human resources, operations management, accounting, and business communications, and curriculum addressing multiple aspects of the transportation industry including automotive, truck and coach, paint and body, and agriculture operations. This unique combination of business and automotive courses will prepare graduates for a variety of positions within the transportation industry such as service consultant, parts advisor, warranty administrator, and customer relations.

The Pre-Media program is a one-year foundational certificate program designed to introduce the student to various media industries. This preliminary year is intended to provide the student with the opportunity to sample from and discover the various aspects unique to each media program within the School of Contemporary Media. This will allow the student to gain a solid understanding in preparation for a more focused education within a specific media field. The program will offer a hands-on experience using industry standard software taught by creative educators and industry professionals.

Successful graduates of this program will have developed a solid foundation in the skills and knowledge of various media and communication fields. The goal is to give the student the tools to make a more educated and conscious choice for a career program best suited to reflect their interest and skillset.

Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to

• Apply common industry practices to written proposals and print documents, visual storyboards, and interactive presentations.
• Present and report on research done about mass media and social media technologies.
• Choose appropriate tools, techniques and applications to create media assets and presentations.
• Develop a career plan and produce a portfolio of self-promotional materials for the chosen field.
• Employ a variety of strategies, tools, and techniques to develop creative concepts and ideas to address the requirements of an audience, product or project.
• Collaborate with a production team in the creation of media projects.
• Utilize a variety of industry standard audio/video software applications and techniques in the creation of media for a wide range of platforms.

This one-year Graduate Certificate program is designed to provide students with a holistic approach to information systems security as it applies to business.  The program will provide a broad understanding of security concepts and concentrate on industry best practices for information security.  Students will gain the knowledge required to manage both the strategic and operational aspects of information security.  The focus will be on addressing the following questions:

• What business assets need protection?
• What are the vulnerabilities and threats to the business and the assets?
• What safeguards need to be implemented to protect the business?
• Did the protection measures or safeguards work?

The students will develop the skills to identify vulnerabilities to business and implement effective safeguards to minimize risks to acceptable levels.  They will learn detailed practical aspects of security such as risk analysis, vulnerability testing, writing security policies, implementing access controls and performing security audits.  An emphasis will be placed on interpersonal, organizational, technical, communication and problem solving skills applied to enhance the effective implementation of security in a business environment.

A Mandatory Mobile Computing (Laptop) Program

Learning Outcomes:
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to

• Apply knowledge of computer operating systems, networking, and various application software to the simulation of business processes.
• Develop best practices to protect business resources through the application of knowledge of vulnerabilities and exploits.
• Develop security strategies for the deployment of security procedures and protective devices.
• Integrate information technology strategies that support business functions by employing knowledge of best practices of business processes and systems.
• Develop security plans and strategies to include acceptable use of business information and systems by internal employees, contractors, consultants, business partners and customers.
• Develop security plans and strategies to ensure the integrity of information in compliance with best practices, relevant policies, standards, and regulations.
• Apply project management principles in the deployment of security policies and strategies.
• Perform security audits to ensure compliance with security plans, policies, standards, regulations and best practices.
• Develop and deliver a corporate training program to communicate both orally and in writing the security requirements for compliance with security policies.
• Prepare security documentation for approval by senior management and present results of security audits.

Companies are increasingly challenged with how to collect and make sense of vast amounts of data in order to improve their competitive position. A critical role in the facilitation of software/system development for the purpose of collecting data will be played by the Technical Systems Analyst. This IT professional will interface with organizational areas to gather their business (data) requirements and translate them into functional systems design specifications that can be successfully implemented by IT teams. In order to fulfill this role, the candidate must have a solid foundation in IT supplemented by the critical skills to be developed in this program, including: application software development, business data analysis and modeling, customer engagement/communications management, business process and enterprise resource planning. A key part of this graduate program is the applied aspects of the curriculum. Students will have the opportunity to engage in the process of business analysis for information technology (IT) through case studies and industry-based projects.

General Arts and Science is an open-enrollment, preparatory-studies program designed to provide opportunities for students to experience post-secondary studies in a supportive environment. Program participants are afforded the chance to develop a wide range of essential employability skills, benefit from extensive foundational Social Science and Humanities studies, upgrade their academic record, and focus on core and elective courses specific to their areas of interest. Students will also focus on professional writing and elective courses on culture, worldview, history, media and art.

Graduates of the One-Year Certificate program will be prepared to continue vocational studies at the college-level in a number of college programs. Students can also use the One-Year Certificate to apply to select Ontario universities.

Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Develop, through general knowledge gained in a wide range of subjects, in sight into both self and society.
• Develop flexibility and clarity of both thought and expression in order to develop communications competence to a level required by business and industry.
• Understand and utilize critical thinking processes and problem solving techniques.
• Examine and evaluate various aspects of our changing society to assist in developing a sense of personal and social responsibility as a citizen in society.
• Employ basic vocational, skills drawn from the areas of the Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences of Vocational Studies (Business, Technology).

The program provides training in the skills required for on-site general carpentry and construction work, including the safe operation and maintenance of hand, portable, and stationary power tools. Students will study the layout and construction of a residential build from footings through roof framing. Emphasis is placed on developing and practicing the hands-on skills needed in the field.

Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to

• Identify and use strategies to enhance work performance and continued learning to keep pace with industry changes.
• Identify and adhere to established health and safety practices that apply to specific job sites, in accordance with current legislation and regulations.
• Perform building construction and renovation tasks in compliance with contracts, the Ontario and/or National Building Codes, applicable laws and industry's ethical practices.
• Work in accordance with established sustainability practices.
• Communicate and collaborate with diverse clients, supervisors and tradespersons to complete projects on time and to maintain effective working relationships.
• Assist with maintaining accurate project documents and use computer technologies to support building construction and renovation projects.
• Solve on-site trade-related building and renovation problems by applying principles of basic technical mathematics and building science.
• Select, maintain and safely operate hand tools, and portable and stationary power tools, to efficiently complete building construction and renovation tasks.
• Assist with the completion of building and renovation stages, from site layout and footings to the application of interior and exterior finishes, according to specifications.
• Assist in the preparation of material estimations according to building construction and renovation project documents.

The curriculum emphasizes a broad perspective of health and healing, health promotion and the ethic of caring. It takes into account health care needs in society and a changing health care system. The program educates nurses to work with individuals, families, groups, and communities in diverse settings which enables students to develop sensitivity to peoples' experiences with health, healing, and illness. Students learn to work in partnerships with clients, and interprofessional health care providers while actively participating in their own learning. Faculty and students work together in a collaborative, cooperative-learning relationship. Successful graduates from the program will be eligible to write the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX - RN) for Canadian nursing entry- to-practice.