Advanced Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Technology

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

Essential office skills are covered in a program that can open doors to new career opportunities.

Program Highlights

• Develop advanced skills to give you a competitive edge in diverse business environments.
• Common semester 1 and 2 with Office Administration - General (380).

What you'll learn

• Specialized skills in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Project, Visio
• Web page design and Adobe software.
• Train in accounting fundamentals and specialized accounting software.
• Essential office skills including time management and organization, travel arrangements, coordinating meetings, planning events, taking and transcribing minutes.
• How to develop a professional portfolio and formulate a career plan.

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

Program Highlights

• Field placements in a variety of settings such as recreational therapy centres, varsity teams, physiotherapy clinics, school boards, retirement residences, large corporate gyms, small private businesses and more.
• Experiential learning and events in collaboration with industry partners including Fit to Pitch and Wellness Expo.
• Experience a cadaver lab tour at McMaster University
• Students may challenge fitness certifications
• Many pathways to further education
• Get involved in special events and volunteer opportunities.

What you'll learn

• Strategies to improve quality of life for people of various ages and abilities.
• Work with specialists of specific populations such as emergency service personnel, children, older adults, pregnant women or those with increased medical risk factors such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
• Study topics such as athletic injury management, sport psychology and exercise physiology, anatomy, biomechanics, wellness management strategies and many more.

International Business Management program is designed to provide, 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

Cyber Security Analytics program is designed to 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 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

Prepare yourself to step into Mohawk College’s engineering programs with these effective introductions to all things technical

Overview

• Designed for Secondary School graduates who have not completed the science or math requirements for technician/technology diploma programs. This program prepares students to be successful in subsequent technical programs. This unique program allows students to complete core courses from the first and second semesters of a variety of Engineering Technology diploma programs while enhancing their math, science, computer and communication skills. This program is ideally suited for students who have not completed the Grade 12 courses as required for admission to many diploma programs.

Program Highlights

• Introductory courses in many areas of technology provides you with insight to help you decide where and what you want to study next.
• You will have an opportunity to ease and adjust into postsecondary education after time away from school.

What you'll learn

• Improve foundational math, science, computer and communication skills prior to entering a technician/ technology diploma program.
• Acquire course credits that transfer to your chosen diploma program after successful completion of the program.

Students in the Business Administration - Human Resources program will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to enter the field of human resources across various industry sectors (e.g. business, non-profit organizations, or government).

Topics such as organizational behaviour, training and development, recruitment and selection, health and safety, planning, performance management, employment legislation and career development, with additional functional areas of human resources will be presented throughout this program.

Program Highlights
Includes the nine courses required by the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) in order to obtain the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation. Read more at hrpa.ca.

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.

Do you have a passion for writing? A talent for communicating? Public Relations training could be for you. 

In our digital online global society, maintaining open and effective communications between corporations, governments, organizations and their public demands highly-trained public relations practitioners. We will cover a lot of ground over two semesters, beyond just PR strategies and tactics. You will learn best practice in:

• Social media and digital communications
• Digital publishing
• Media relations management
• Issues and crisis communication
• Public relations event planning and execution, to name a few

Let your writing and communication skills shine through hands-on experiential learning in environments designed to simulate industry experience.

Program Highlights
Public relations students begin receiving hands-on experience as early as week two, ensuring a well-rounded learning opportunity through:

• Community-based client work based out of our in-house full-service communications agency – The Agency
• An unpaid 140 hours field placement in an industry setting, taken anytime through the two-semester program
• Networking and learning from industry leaders through our guest speaking series, informational interviews, mock job interviews, and strong relationships with partners from the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) and the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)

You will graduate with a portfolio of materials and projects that demonstrate your ability to function at a professional level. Some students even find their first job in the field from connections made through our vast industry connections.

What You'll Learn

• Formulate PR strategies and execute tactics in corporate and not-for-profit communications.
• Learn to use social and digital media in PR planning and execution.
• Explore media relations, electronic publishing, crisis communications and advertising.
• Acquire expertise in PR analysis and planning.
• Write professional-level public relations materials.
• Develop visually creative materials to meet PR objectives.
• Plan and execute an event.
• Learn the principles of fundraising and execute a fundraising activity.
• Receive an introduction to the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) and the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).
• Work with a team of classmates on organizational communications challenges.

Recently, there has been increasing recognition of the unique needs of people who live with concurrent disorders in the helping professions. Co-occurring substance use and mental health problems present challenges for people in accessing comprehensive support and services. Most promising practices in social and health service agencies include integrated treatment approaches that are based on processes of empowerment that complement a person-centred model of wellness and health. Similarly, stakeholders locally and provincially, have acknowledged the need for employees with an understanding of people who live with concurrent disorders as well as supports, resources, and evidence based approaches.

Program Highlights

• Building on your previous academic work, you will incorporate specialized knowledge and skills to provide support to individuals with concurrent mental health and substance abuse issues.

What you'll learn

• Understand concurrent disorders and their impact on individuals and families.
• Gain an understanding of treatment modalities utilized in treating concurrent disorders.
• Develop an understanding of substance abuse, mental illness and the use of drugs.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training (NVCI)
• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)