Advanced Diploma in Applied Music - (Contemporary Piano)

at Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology - Fennel Campus Canada

Contribute to business and individual insurance planning and security while preparing to earn important industry credentials.

Program Highlights

• Over 90% of our graduates obtain an insurance career position once they graduate.
• Mohawk has over 40years experience in educating insurance professionals. The insurance industry provides awards and scholarships in the amount of $10,000 annually.
• Very close links with the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry.
• Upon completion of a common first semester, you may choose to transfer into second semester of one of the following programs:
  • Business - Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Business Administration - Accounting
  • Business Administration - Human Resources
  • Business Administration - Marketing
  • Business - Financial Services)
  • Business - General
  • Business - Marketing

What you'll learn

• Prepare for the Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario License.
• Complete, on an accelerated basis, eight out of ten credits required for the Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation from the Insurance Institute of Canada.

Program Highlights

• Graduates are prepared for a variety of careers including mechanical design, manufacturing, lean optimization, preventive & predictive maintenance, and project management.  The classroom, hands-on labs and co-op work introduce students to a variety of technologies including industrial robotics, automation, CAD, solid modelling, mechatronics and others.
• The only postsecondary program in Canada certified by the Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF), with many of our students receiving scholarships annually.
• Partnerships with major companies including; FANUC Robotics, Rockwell Automation, Siemens and Mitutoyo ensure this program teaches leading edge technology that will give you the skills to be ready for the workforce!
• The program covers foundational engineering, develops theoretical understanding, and offers students the opportunity to apply their knowledge in advanced labs.

What you will learn

• How to use computer aided design (AutoCAD and SolidWorks) to design mechanical components and assemblies in 3D.
• Skills in robotics, PLC programming and CMM with embedded industrial certifications.
• Technical communication, critical thinking and project management skills.
• Principles of quality, advanced manufacturing and how to develop sustainable manufacturing processes.
• Tailor your final year to suit your career of choice!  Select among advanced technical options in Automation, Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Design, Metal Casting and Capstone Projects.

Mohawk College’s Mechanical Engineering Technology program gives you the knowledge and skills to contribute immediately in a wide variety of industries and careers. This program focuses on the applications and theory of mechanical engineering, including design, advanced manufacturing, engineering materials and automation/robotics.  Take your theoretical and practical skills, combined with your co-op job experience, and graduate with confidence, knowing that this program has prepared you for a successful career!

Experiential Learning

• How you’ll gain skills
  • Gain valuable experience during co-op work terms.
  • Gain practical hands-on lab experience using state-of-the-art equipment.
  • Experience interactive simulations.
  • Apply cumulative program knowledge through a capstone research project.

Co-op Format

Program Highlights

• Emphasis on the disciplines of project management, Civil 3D software and municipal services.
• Common first semester allows mobility between five different program areas within the Building and Construction Sciences cluster.

What you'll learn

• Understand municipal services, roadway design and construction techniques, construction layout, electronic surveying and global positioning systems (GPS) applications.
• CAD, plan reading and visualization skills needed to create plans for today’s modern infrastructure.
• Explore building and construction materials, project management and estimating.
• Develop procedures for construction, materials testing and inspection and geotechnical services.
• How structures work by learning the science of their materials.

Students in the program will learn about municipal services, roadway design and construction techniques, construction layout, electronic surveying and Global Positioning Systems applications.
Civil Engineering Technician students will experience a very hands-on education consisting of many labs and practical projects over four semesters.

Program Highlights

• Our vigorous and comprehensive program of study will build a solid foundation from which you can launch an exciting career in Information Technology.
• Our emphasis on practical hands-on learning develops the essential problem-solving skills critical to securing employment.

What you'll learn

• Excellent communication, problem solving and teamwork skills. Gain the skills to fully manage sophisticated, multi-vendor computer network environments
• Excel in:
  • Network Connectivity
  • Virtual Infrastructure
  • Network and Data Security
• Explore in:
  • Server Operating Systems
  • Security Auditing and Computer Forensics
  • Cloud Computing Technologies

Experiential Learning

• How you’ll gain skills
  • Gain valuable experience during co-op work terms.
  • Test and apply course concepts using state-of-the-art software and equipment in our computer labs.
  • Apply cumulative program knowledge through a capstone research project.
  • Participate in applied research projects to solve real world challenges.

To learn more, please visit the Centre for Experiential Learning. 

Co-op Format (Fall Intake)

Co-op Format (Fall Intake)- Alternate

Co-op Format (Winter Intake)

Co-op Format (Winter Intake)- Alternate

Master the skills of effective, fact-based communication through experience in print, radio, television, and the ever-expanding opportunities on the web.

Program Highlights

• Canada's first journalism program to incorporate accessible media production as part of the core curriculum.
• Cutting-edge multimedia tools and skills that will uniquely position you in the content creation job market after graduation.

What you'll learn

• Principles and practices of professional journalism.
• Professional story telling and communication skills.
• Research and data evaluation techniques.
• How to effectively use social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to engage an audience.
• Content production for real organizations

Mohawk's Journalism program has the highest overall student satisfaction rate of any 3-year journalism program in Ontario.
Mohawk's Journalism program gives you the practical skills and knowledge to succeed as a journalist or communications professional in today's multimedia news environment.

Whether you want to be a print or television reporter, an on-air host, or work behind the scenes, you'll receive the hands-on training and experience you need to enter the exciting world of journalism. You will practice the craft of reporting with state-of-the-art digital equipment, under the guidance of industry professionals.

Develop prevention, intervention and treatment strategies to facilitate a positive change in children, youth and their families who experience a range of social, emotional and behavioural challenges.

Program Highlights

• Mohawk secures diverse field placement opportunities for students in a variety of agencies and provides one-on-one field placement support.
• Over 1,000 hours of practical field placement experiences.
• Mohawk’s Child and Youth Care Program has earned national accreditation by the Child and Youth Care Educational Accreditation Board of Canada (CYCEAB).

What you'll learn

• Specialize in supporting change with children, youth and their families experiencing a range of social, emotional and behavioural challenges.
• Implement a range of prevention, intervention and treatment strategies for children, youth and their families, including crisis intervention, conflict management, problem solving, counselling, activity programming and group work.
• How to work with client challenges including difficult home situations, substance abuse, behavioural problems and conflicts with the law.
• Advocate for the rights of children and youth.

Orchestrate your musical future with practical and theoretical training in classical, jazz and contemporary genres.

Program Highlights

• Personalized instruction by passionate professional musicians.
• Perform at the 1,000 seat McIntyre Performing Arts Centre at Fennell Campus.
• Clinics and workshops with world-renowned musicians.

What you'll learn

• Perform in a variety of ensembles, coached by faculty.
• Use the latest music technology in a state-of-the-art facility.
• Compose your own arrangements and works and have them performed by student groups under your direction.
• Participate in professional recording studio experiences.
• Write musical scores for various productions.
• Explore the business side of the music profession
• Gain the advice of industry experts.

Fulfil your entrepreneurial vision with a career in the residential and light commercial renovation sector.

Program Highlights

• Award-winning faculty.
• Community construction projects.
• Provincial leader in student success.
• Blended theory classes that are face-to-face and on-line.

What you'll learn

• Develop skills and training required to join the entrepreneurial trend of home and commercial renovation.
• Explore design and architectural styles, interior and exterior finishes, cabinetry, and millwork.
• Acquire specialized training in carpentry hand and power tools, construction materials, wood and wood products, and workplace safety.
• Apply construction and project management principles to renovation projects including project scheduling, materials resourcing, cost estimating, risk analysis, sub-contracting, cost control strategies and project closeout.
• Understand the importance of waste management and incorporate the 3R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle) into renovation projects.
• Experience an intensive hands-on education consisting of various lab and practical projects; participate in a local community renovation project.
• Acquire practical knowledge and skills needed to operate a small business.

Learn about marketing and its role in the business environment. Enhance your skills in advanced digital marketing, solve marketing problems for real clients and practice your knowledge with an optional co-op placement.

Program Highlights

• Study with professors who have worked as marketing professionals and bring their expertise to the classroom.
• Upon completion of a common first semester, you may choose to transfer into the second semester of one of the following programs:
  • Business - Accounting (non co-op 316 or co-op 356)
  • Business - Administration (632)
  • Business Administration-Accounting (364)
  • Business Administration - Human Resources (363)
  • Business - Marketing (319)
  • Business - Financial Services (303)
  • Business - General (320)
  • Insurance (318) (non co-op 318 or co-op 368)

What you’ll learn

• How to conduct market research and create marketing strategies for real clients.
• Verbal and written communication skills as you prepare reports and presentations.
• Web marketing strategies and tools.
• Use computer simulation to model an international product launch.
• Ethics and sustainability practices.
• Project management techniques.
• Adobe Creative Suite for Business, graphic and web design.
• Business-to-business marketing.
• Prepare a comprehensive marketing plan for an external business start-up..

Biotechnology encompasses a wide field of studies including molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics (including genetic engineering), cell biology,  microbiology (including forensics and food processing), analytical instrumentation, and  bioengineering.

The program is designed to prepare students as biotechnology technicians through the familiarization with scientific methods and experimental techniques, in accordance with accepted principles of quality assurance and manufacturing.

The first academic semester is common with the Environmental Technician and Biotechnology Technician (Health) program of studies, followed by three semesters focusing on specialized courses relating to manufacturing, and laboratory quantitative and qualitative analyses in the field of biotechnology.

Program Highlights

• Strong foundational program in biotechnology with training in unit operations and instrumentation. 
• Graduates are ready for in-demand careers in the biotechnology field, one of the most rapidly expanding fields in Canada.

What you'll learn

• Fundamentals of biotechnology, microbiology, pharmacology, genetics, bioinformatics and bioengineering.
• Explore scientific methods and experimental techniques in accordance with accepted principles of quality assurance and manufacturing in the biotech industry
• Gain knowledge and skills in scientific methods and experimental techniques using established principles of quality assurance and manufacturing.
• How to perform tasks in the following areas: 
  • DNA analysis using electrophoresis, and PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
  • Protein analysis using electrophoresis, blotting and chromatography
  • Micropipetting, extractions, titrations, centrifugation and pH measurements using GLP (good laboratory practices)
  • Instrumentation including spectrometry
  • Basic techniques in microbiology

Experiential Learning

• How you’ll gain skills
  • Extensive hands-on laboratory practice.
  • Gain valuable experience during co-op work terms.
  • To learn more, please visit the Centre for Experiential Learning.

Co-op Format