Graduate Certificate in Community Mental Health – Multidiscipline

at Niagara College - Welland Campus Canada

Design your own interdisciplinary program to help you determine which post-secondary path to pursue and ready yourself for further post-secondary education as you prepare to enter the workforce with marketable skills.

Program Highlights:

• Flexibility to explore academic courses of interest before committing to a specific field of study.
• Work closely with an academic student advisor to determine your educational and career goals.
• Gain marketable skills with the possibility of receiving transferable credits to other college or university programs.
• Graduates are ready to pursue further postsecondary studies or enter the workforce.
• Explore common subjects of interest, including psychology; counselling; health and life sciences; sociology; global studies and current events; history; health and wellness; fitness; film; music; forensic sciences; and languages.

Do you see your future in the technology trades but need a little help narrowing down your field?
As a Pre-Technology graduate you will gain a solid foundation in math, physics, and computer applications, and will be ready to pursue further postsecondary studies in a technology or technician program.

Program Highlights:

• Explore areas of interest in technology before committing to a specific field of study.
• Benefit from individual educational support and planning with assistance from an academic student advisor.
• Gain marketable skills with the possibility of receiving transferable credits to other college programs.

Are you passionate about contributing to the development of renewable energy sources for a more sustainable environment?
As a Renewable Energies Technician graduate you will install, maintain, and repair equipment that provides renewable energy power sources including solar, wind, and geothermal.

Program Highlights:

• Experienced instructors, modern equipment and spacious lab facilities enable optimal learning including hands-on practical experience.
• Enjoy a wide variety of career options in renewable energy generation.
• High demand for graduates in the Niagara Region and throughout Ontario.

Do you want to transform your enjoyment of working with electronics into a rewarding technical career?
As an Electronics Engineering Technology graduate you will solve complex technical problems in the areas of fibre-optics, systems control, telecommunications and wireless communications.

Program Highlights:

• Modern equipment and spacious lab facilities provide an optimal, applied learning experience.
• Expensive practical experience via three co-op work terms.
• Students are eligible to complete the Amateur Radio Operators & Technician-Level Certification.
• Graduates with relevant experience can apply for the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians & Technologists (OACETT) certification.

Are you a problem solver with an interest in how vehicles work and the impact of automotive technology on modern day cars and trucks?
As a Motive Power Technician graduate with a focus on the automotive sector you can choose to operate your own automotive shop, or work as an Automotive Service Technician or Parts Manager at an automotive body shop or commercial dealership.

Program Highlights:

• Hands-on, experiential learning opportunities include analyzing and solving complex motive system problems and diagnosing and repairing mechanical, electronic and electrical motive power components and systems.
• Use the latest technical equipment in state-of-the-art labs.
• Gain practical experience using troubleshooting techniques and test equipment to support automotive transportation in a co-op work term.

Do you have an engineering background and are fascinated by automation technologies and their role in business and industry?
As an Industrial Automation program graduate you will be well prepared to take on a variety of positions in the automation and control systems sectors.

Program Highlights:

• Curriculum focuses on programmable logic control, robotics, industrial networks and project management.
• Access hands-on learning opportunities via Niagara College’s high-tech manufacturing and design labs.
• Project-based learning results in well-trained automation specialists with highly skilled expertise.

Are you a detail-oriented story-teller who excels at relationship building and boasts a strong range of skills including writing and research and strategic communications and analysis?
As a Public Relations (PR) Practitioner, you are a strong written and verbal communicator with an understanding of the importance of effective communication between an organization and its publics.

Program Highlights:

• Develop the public relations and strategic communication skills needed to succeed in the fast-paced and diverse world of PR.
• Gain hands-on learning experience via a 152-hour field placement and applied learning projects involving industry clients in the second term.
• Curriculum, including an emphasis on social media, is informed by a program advisory committee to ensure industry relevance and exceeds current provincial PR program standards.
• Program runs three days a week in both terms.
• Provides multiple networking opportunities for the students to meet industry professionals.

Are you interested in engineering innovative electronic equipment to help power next generation technology?
As an Electrical Engineering Technology graduate you will be able to respond to the growing need for faster, smarter and more energy efficient power electronic systems across many industries.

Program Highlights:

• Program focuses on power electronic systems and industrial automation in areas of electrical power generation, power distribution, protection and control; energy conservation; utility planning; and renewable energy systems.
• Extensive hands-on industry experience via three co-op work terms.
• Graduates with relevant experience can apply for the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) certification.

Are you a visual storyteller with a keen interest in learning how to write, direct and produce cinematic masterpieces?
As a Film Production graduate, you work on sets, at production houses and in editing rooms across Canada and around the world.

Program Highlights:

• Introduction to all areas of filmmaking including writing, directing, cinematography, lighting, sound, editing and producing.
• Build a diverse professional portfolio of edited and mastered films including dramas, documentaries, and music videos.
• Cross-programming opportunities in Niagara College's Acting for Film and Television, Television Production and Game Development programs.
• New state-of-the-art equipment, film studio, colour correction suites and sound mixing board.
• Students apply to Broadcasting – Radio, Television and Film and select a program concentration during the first year of the program.

Do you have an interest in developing advanced electrical and electronic equipment to help power new systems?
As an Electrical Engineering Technician graduate you will work closely with engineers on the design and development of the innovative technology used for communications, power systems, computers and monitoring systems in a wide variety of fields.

Program Highlights:

• Gain a solid understanding of electrical power systems, machines and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and benefit from learning about new trends in electrical motor controls, power electronics and renewable energy.
• Receive practical, hands-on experience in state-of-the-art labs.
• Further your studies by transitioning to our Electrical Engineering Technology (Co-op) program.
• Graduates with relevant experience can apply for the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) certification.