Certificate in Human Services Foundation

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

Program Highlights

• Mohawk's blended learning design allows for flexible scheduling and independent learning opportunities.
• A focus on the fundamentals in math, science, and communications provides a well-rounded experience that can maximize your opportunities for further study.

What you'll learn

• Gain valuable knowledge and skills in biology, chemistry, physics, math and English.
• Explore your career options in the health field.

Note: The Pre-Health Sciences Pathway to Certificates and Diplomas program can not be used as a route to apply to the Mohawk/McMaster BScN program. Students interested in pursuing a BScN degree should apply to the Pre-Health Sciences Pathway to Diplomas and Degrees program. Pre-Health does not lead to the Mohawk/McMaster Medical Radiation Sciences Collaborative degree program.

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.

Gain a critical understanding of the important elements of global business, a cultural orientation to Canada, and the language and communication requirements to be effective in a global business setting.

This comprehensive 2-year post-graduate program will prepare you for a wide variety of business management careers.  Learning from experienced international business professionals you will gain a critical understanding of the important elements of supporting a global business while gaining a cultural orientation to Canada and the communication skills necessary to be effective in a global business setting.  

The program will expose you to foundational international and Canadian business practices and help you strengthen your English communication, math, and statistical skills, within your first year of studies. Advanced international business practices will be covered in your second year, including Supply Chain, Marketing, Sales and Negotiation, E-Commerce, Finance, Business Analytics and Project Management, leading you to the development of an international business capstone project. 

Program Highlights

• Advance your global business, language, and cross-cultural competency skills needed to launch a successful international management career.
• Apply your learning through experiential learning opportunities with online decision-making simulations, role-plays, and case analyses.
• Benefit from entrepreneurial perspectives and insights from leading industry professionals.
• Mohawk College is located in Hamilton, Ontario, amid 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

• Use industry-standard tools and techniques to transform raw data into meaningful information to support business decision-making.
• Research potential business opportunities with an understanding of cultural, financial, legal, and distribution issues.
• Take your business strategy global by understanding customer needs and gathering business requirements.
• Identify the risks and financial rewards of different international investment alternatives.
• Create strategies and business plans to develop and support the global business presence of a company.
• Develop B2B sales and negotiation skills as well as a personal brand to launch a successful professional career in Canada or abroad.

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 industry leading knowledge, skills, methods and behaviours that are required in the dynamic career path of Protection, Security and Investigation.

Program Highlights

• Learn from protection, security and investigation industry professionals.
• Participate in industry workshops, seminars and/or obtain certificates and licenses specific to your own career goals to prepare for employment.

What you'll learn

• Complete the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services required curriculum to become eligibility to write the security guard test and apply for licensing. (Optional provincial private investigator curriculum and test eligibility also offered).
• Explore techniques relevant to physical and cyber security risks and challenges.
• Understand the steps in various forms of investigations.
• Develop health, fitness and stress reduction skills relevant to emergency service careers.

Electrical energy is the backbone of the world today and everyone relies on the safe generation, transmission, distribution and protection of this energy. Hydro utilities are in need of skilled technologists that have a strong foundation of modern electrical energy and who can help the industry move forward into the smart energy efficient digital age.

Program Highlights

• Benefit from hands-on learning in the Caroline Street Substation, located in downtown Hamilton.
• Gain access to a real-world application of Energy Systems labs in The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation, the new net zero building at Fennell Campus that is the first of its kind in Ontario.
• Experience applied research in power, solar, wind energy using the state-of-the-art smart grid/microgrid at the Stoney Creek Energy Research Centre.

What you'll learn

• Gain integrated skill sets that will position you well for a variety of employment opportunities tied to various electrical energy systems.
• Study sustainability topics including clean energy sources such as wind, solar/photovoltaic, solar thermal and hybrid electric technologies and strategies for conservation and management of clean energy supported by microgrids and distributed energy systems.
• Experience a unique program introducing a multi-disciplinary approach that focuses on the generation, capture, storage, and distribution of energy and their integration

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.

Program Highlights

• High graduate and co-op placement rates.
• State-of-the-art lab equipment and facilities.
• Excellent reputation among major chemical industries and government agencies.

What you'll learn

• Industry-standard lab practices and sampling techniques.
• Chemical process unit operations and modeling.
• Instrumental analysis methods.
• Quality assessment and control protocols.
• Unit operations including distillation, evaporation and drying.
• Process control and automation using programmable logic controllers.

Mohawk’s Chemical Engineering Technology program prepares students for the workplace. Graduates have the theoretical and practical skills required to work in laboratories, chemical manufacturing plants, agriculture, refineries, pharmaceutical plants, food and beverage industries, municipal water and wastewater facilities.
Mohawk’s Chemical Engineering Technology program is recognized for its depth of hands-on laboratory experience and wide range of co-op placement opportunities.
 
Experiential Learning

• How you’ll gain skills
  • Through 600 hours of practical hands-on laboratory experience.
  • By completing collaborative projects in conjunction with industrial partners.
  • Through 16 months of co-operative work experience.
  • To learn more, please visit the Centre for Experiential Learning.

Co-op Format (Fall Intake)

Co-op Format (Winter Intake)

Program Highlights

• Emphasis on practical, hands-on learning prepares you to excel in your marketing or sales career.
•  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 second semester of one of the following programs:
  • Business - Accounting (316)
  • Business Administration (632)
  • Business Administration - Accounting (364)
  • Business Administration - Human Resources (363)
  • Business Administration - Marketing (362)
  • Business - Financial Services (303)
  • Business - General (320)
  • Insurance (318)

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.

Specialize in the creative or business stream, experience working with real-world clients and join the ranks of award-winning alumni.

Program Highlights:-

• Program is well-recognized by industry professionals locally and nationally.
• Specialize after first year in a creative or business stream.
• Interview industry professionals, tour agencies, participate in mock interviews and build your portfolio.

What you'll learn:-

• A solid foundation in integrated marketing communications including advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing and public relations.
• Art direction, copywriting, layout design, basics of photography and graphic design, and idea generation techniques.
• Account and project management, media buying and placement, and the strategy behind ad campaigns.
• How to professionally present materials to real clients.
• An understanding of Adobe Creative Suite for photo editing, layout design, and video editing and effects.
• Grads from our program can easily find work in advertising agencies of all sizes. You’ll find Mohawk Advertising and Marketing Communications Management grads working in Media Planning and Media Buying, Account Management, Project Management, Print Production, Studio production and assembly, and in Creative Departments as Art Directors and Copywriters.

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