Advanced Diploma in Business Administration - Accounting

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

Work in this quickly evolving industry by developing essential skills in still photography and video through lectures, shoots and critiques.

Program Highlights

• With a focus on both still and motion, you will be trained to meet the needs of the changing photography industry.
• Develop a critical eye and become an effective content creator. 
• Establish connections within the photography community.
• Opportunities to submit work to award shows.

What you'll learn

• Professional camera skills in both still and video.
• How to produce creative and innovative photographic presentations using traditional and electronic formats.
• Operate industry standard equipment in the studio and on location.
• Latest editing techniques of photographic content in both still and video using the most up-to-date digital software.
• Ethics and issues and how they apply to the industry and the business of photography.
• Prepare a portfolio and a business plan

International Business Management
This graduate program is designed to provide, in 8 months, the essential product management skills required to support the strategic development of products and services for domestic and international markets.

Program Highlights

• Forms product managers by strengthening tactical and strategic business skills needed to develop and introduce products and services in the global marketplace.
• Product Management is one of the seven career fields representing the highest demand areas for talent with tech companies (Breaking into Tech Report).
• Benefits from entrepreneurial perspectives and other industry insights from professionals who work in international trade, investment, and product management.
• Mohawk College is located in the midst of the Toronto - Waterloo Innovation Corridor, home to more than 15,000 technology companies and thousands of start-ups that require talented people to help them turn their research strength into global commercial success.

What you'll learn

• Understand customer needs and gather product/business requirements
• Research potential opportunities considering cultural, financial, legal and distribution issues
• Develop the roadmap of a product or service that includes outlining Its features and target market to help meet global company goals
• Manage projects using more flexible project management methods that are becoming industry standard for making technology-based products and services
• Bring the product to market, that includes launching the product, communicating product features to the company and potential customers and driving global demand for the product
• Gather the body of knowledge required to attempt the New Product Development Professional Certification

Project Management
Learn the latest tools, techniques, and mindset that will prepare you for a fulfilling career as a project manager.

Program Highlights

• Study in a field that is both highly sought after and relevant to today’s business problems and opportunities. ?
• Learn from industry-experienced professionals. ?
• Considered the cornerstone in many organizations, Project Managers are highly sought after in a wide range of industries. ?
• This program addresses emerging trends in project management through courses in Agile project management ?
• Earn micro-badges in Process Mapping and Analytics with the Mohawk/IBM partnership ?
• Upon completion of the first semester of the program, you’ll be eligible to write the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification (an entry-level designation offered by the Project Management Institute, PMI)

What you'll learn

• Use a variety of project management techniques, skills, and knowledge to support improved business outcomes. 
• Develop strategies to bridge the gap between business needs and the desired outcome using appropriate project management tools, techniques, and mindset. 
• Assess approaches to solving business problems using established evidence-based decision-making techniques. Understand what the project performance data that you are collecting is telling you and how to guide projects to successful completion. 
• Use a project management approach to communicate technical and business information to a variety of stakeholders. 
• This is a BYOD (Bring your own device) program. See Laptop Requirements under Additional Information.

Monetize your creativity by developing and exploring ways to fund, brand, launch, market, manage and maintain a financially viable creative arts business.

Program Highlights

• Arts and business focused program.
• Join a diverse group of students including musicians, artisans, videographers, photographers, graphic designers and dancers.
• Participate in showcase presentations and multimedia based assignments.
• Learn from industry leaders.
• Master Class structured classes.
• Program is open to both domestic and international students.

What you'll learn

• Develop and implement a promotion plan that includes: web-based marketing and consideration of audio-visual branding.
• Explore audio-visual branding.
• Create a realistic business plan for a creative arts profession or company.
• Legal principles, government legislation and regulations, copyright and contract requirements, and professional and industry codes.
• Engage in accounting practices for your business, including interpretation of financial statements.
• Source capital to support your business plans, such as crowdfunding and other methods to generate revenue.
• Project management tools, strategies and principles of marketing a creative product or service.
• Analyze industry-specific trends for decision making.
• Professional communications, contracts for creative arts, and sales and service presentations.

Program Highlights

• Develop essential employability skills such as strong communication, critical thinking, and socio-cultural awareness.
• Customize your schedule with a wide range of electives chosen from your areas of interest delivered in blended and online learning environments.
• Get a fresh start by upgrading and achieving the entrance-level requirements and transfer credits needed for other competitive college and university programs.
• Enjoying your first year of studies and want to learn more? Continue into the second year of this program – the General Arts and Science (University Transfer) Diploma, and unlock additional university pathway opportunities.

What you'll learn

• Introduction to a wide variety of course options in the humanities and social science disciplines to broaden your understanding of the world around you.
• Critically evaluate global and social issues and topics by demonstrating an understanding of interdisciplinary connections between society, culture, environment, politics and history.
• Develop communication skills to a level required by business and other professions.
• Gain essential employability skills that will be applicable in both your future career and post-secondary educational aspirations.

Experience the rewarding challenges of operating and maintaining of facility equipment related to steam and power generation.

This program is accredited Power (Operating) Engineer by the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), providing an opportunity for reduced operator time towards certification.

Gain the academic and practical experiences necessary to succeed as a Power Engineer, from real-life experiences taught by certified Operating Engineers.

There is a high demand for operating engineers at all levels and 4th Class Power Engineers may decide to pursue higher certification, up to and including, 1st Class.

What you'll learn

• Explore the use of steam and hot water boilers, air compressors, refrigeration, air conditioning, and auxiliary equipment.
• Understand the use of prime movers, turbines, and co-generation processes. 
• Importance of electrotechnology, instrumentation, combustion and the environmental impacts in a steam plant.
• Prepare for the Technical Standards and Safety Authority 4th Class Power Operating Engineering exams, both 4A and 4B.
• View the Exceptions Calendar for start dates and semester break information.

Develop foundational skills, and learn best practices essential to the heating, refrigeration and air conditioning industry.

Program Highlights

• Gain hands-on experience building, wiring, and troubleshooting a refrigeration system
• First semester prepares participants for provincial testing by the TSSA for Gas Technician 3 (G3) certification.
• Accredited by the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
• Optional training includes Gastite and IPEX Certification, at no additional cost
• Optional training also includes Working at Heights and Ozone Depletion Prevention, offered at discounted rates

What you'll learn
Foundational skills and best practices essential to the heating, refrigeration and air conditioning industry including:

• Safe operation of tools and equipment
• Electrical wiring
• Piping, soldering, and brazing
• Equipment installation, commissioning, troubleshooting and servicing

Supply Chain Management
Learn the fundamentals of supply chain and advance your skill set in this complex and fast-paced business environment.

Program Highlights

• Partnership with Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority.
• Program is offered in the Golden Horseshoe, home to the largest port in Ontario, the Welland Canal and the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport.
• Build a capstone project that supports industry challenges.

What you'll learn

• How companies build competitive advantages using a supply chain.
• The processes and requirements to acquire goods and services.
• How functional areas within an organization interact to design, make, buy and deliver goods and services for consumers.
• Examine supply chain within the goods and services sectors to help companies build a competitive advantage.
• Classroom instruction using real supply chain examples.

Cyber Security Analytics
Protect the digital systems of today and beyond. Graduate with the essential skills for cyber threat detection and mitigation. Combine experiential learning in our cyber labs with independent online learning.

Program Highlights

• Design cyber security solutions to protect business resources.
• Create best practices in protecting mobile devices, smart homes and Industry 4.0 factories from cyber attacks.
• Participate in simulation labs where you will defend against cyber attacks.
• Engage in hands on experiential learning in our state of the art cyber labs facilitated by our expert faculty
• Study using extensive online learning and night classes to fit your busy schedule

What you'll learn

• Develop, implement and evaluate cyber security strategies and solutions for various operating systems, networks, application software, and packages.
• Respond to the cyber security needs of internal stakeholders.
• Recommend processes and procedures for maintenance and deployment of cyber security solutions.
• Design and implement cyber security solutions in compliance with current security policies, ethical standards, and industry regulations.
• Design and implement project management principles throughout the organization’s information security processes.
• Risk mitigation and auditing of information systems.
• Develop and deliver appropriate internal cyber security training.
• Communicate security policies, audit results and related documentation to any level of the organization.
• Monitor and analyze various attackers’ tactics, strategies and techniques to design vulnerability assessment procedures. 
• Implement vulnerability assessment procedures to find and solve existing security issues in a network.

Develop accounting skills in advanced financial accounting, management control, corporate taxation and audit.

Program Highlights

• Learn from faculty with professional designations including members of the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) of Ontario, who bring their real-life experiences to the classroom.

What you'll learn

• Accounting theory and practical applications with integrated computer technologies.
• Specialize in financial accounting, cost and management accounting, taxation, business finance and applied accounting systems.
• Business management techniques such as strategic planning, project management and professional ethics.
• Analyze financial statements to assess the financial position of a company.
• Case analysis course will allow you to apply your accounting and management skills to make sound business decisions.

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

• You will gain hands-on experience with various expressive arts modalities, including:
  • Drumming, Story-telling, Drama, Dance, Journaling, Painting, Sculpting, and more.
• Study various populations and communities focusing on their strengths and specialized needs.
• Learn to develop, implement and facilitate programming within various communities.
• You will join the growing field of expressive arts practitioners and can choose to set up your own practice or incorporate this specialization into your current career path.
• As a graduate of the program, you can join the Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association (OEATA) as an Expressive Arts Practitioner.

What you’ll learn

• Design, organize, facilitate and manage expressive arts programs.
• Explore, participate in and facilitate various expressive arts modalities including:
  • Drumming, Storytelling, Theatre, Movement and Dance, Journaling, Painting, Poetry, and Sculpture.
• Propose programs, create budgets and funding applications, and consider long-term program growth strategies and staffing needs.
• Analyze differences within the population and methods for best catering programming to address the needs of client groups.
• Field placement offers real-programming experience and hands-on experience with client groups.