Advanced Diploma in Computer Systems Technology – Information Systems Engineering (Co-op)

at Sheridan College - Trafalgar Road Campus, Oakville Canada

Create characters and creatures audiences will remember
Working in the Sheridan Centre for Animation and Emerging Technologies (SCAET), you'll advance in your ability to create memorable characters/creatures, from script to storyboard to modelling and advanced rigging, all the way through to post-production.

Develop career-ready skills

• Study advanced computer animation techniques
• Study and apply physically accurate and technical animation
• Study advanced rigging and modelling
• Expand your portfolio
• Showcase your technical skills and creativity

In our two-year Visual and Creative Arts diploma, you’ll get rigorous in-studio training in every semester of the program. You’ll study 2D and 3D design, observational drawing, colour theory and painting. In second year, you’ll choose from electives to specialize in areas of interest and build a broader set of marketable skills to help you find work after graduation.

During your second year, you'll learn how to apply your studio skills to many art and design related careers, learning the basics of:

• Time management and deadlines
• Project budgeting
• Writing proposals
• Contemporary practices

Sheridan has a reputation as one of the best art schools in Canada, and we’re globally recognized for our illustration and animation programs. You’ll learn art in world-class studios and immerse yourself in our one-of-a-kind creative campus atmosphere. You’ll also learn from experienced faculty who are connected to galleries, studios, agencies and others in the Greater Toronto Area's arts scene.

Sheridan’s Child and Youth Care program prepares you to work with young people who are experiencing significant life challenges:-

Exceptional educators, innovative learning
All of our professors have been active in the field within the past five years. Their curriculum is cutting edge and provides a strong theoretical and practical foundation for your future career. You'll learn to develop and implement a range of prevention, intervention and treatment strategies based on a foundational understanding of human development, family systems and cultural diversity.

Things you'll learn to do

• Develop and implement prevention, intervention and treatment strategies based on an understanding of human development, family systems and cultural diversity.
• Guide at-risk youth through their daily challenges.
• Teach social and life skills and support efforts to manage behaviour.
• Facilitate personal growth and positive change in young people.

A Computer Systems Technician – Software Engineering diploma is exceptionally marketable in our rapidly changing computer-driven world:-

The 4 cores of software engineering
As a program accredited by the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), we concentrate on four core areas of software engineering:

• Programming and software development in Java, C and C#
• Web technologies and web application development
• Database management and administration
• Network administration and security

Competitive edge
In this program, you'll gain practical software engineering skills that give you a competitive edge in the job market. You'll study computer hardware (including Computer Architecture and Linux/Unix Operating System) and business practice, management and analysis. There's also a concentration on math that will provide you with a deeper understanding of software engineering principles.

Beginning in your first year of studies, you’ll take courses in each of the five streams of our Craft and Design degree: Glass, Ceramics, Textiles, Furniture and Industrial Design. You’ll understand how to combine multiple materials and processes into one project, helping you develop your own unique artistic voice.

Sheridan's Computer Programming diploma program offers highly marketable skills in the field of information technology.

The most up-to-date curriculum

• Sheridan's dedicated professors are constantly working to keep the program current within a rapidly changing industry. A practical applied approach is taken with an emphasis on individual programming skills including the mobile environment, communication skills, problem solving and teamwork.

Mobile computing

• The applied approach is facilitated by an interactive classroom experience each student has their own personal laptop and the most current versions of industry standard computer programming software available through Sheridan. We offer a well-respected computer programming college credential that will give you many workplace options and pathways to further study.

Learning Outcomes

• The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
  • Use documented solutions to troubleshoot problems associated with software installation and customization.
  • Develop, test, document, deploy, and maintain secure program code based on specifications.
  • Perform routine maintenance on a database.
  • Apply knowledge of networking concepts to develop, deploy, and maintain program code.
  • Gather and document required information and assist in an analysis of a business.
  • Use relevant methodologies, policies, and standards to develop secure program code.
  • Maintain effective working relationships with clients.
  • Conform to workplace expectations found in information technology (IT) environments.
  • Contribute to the successful completion of the project applying the project management principles in use.

Sheridan’s Early Childhood Education – Intensive program helps you provide young children with the best possible education and care

This program was created specifically for students who have already completed university or college programs in a related field and want to fast-track their early childhood education career. The ECE – Intensive program is of particular interest to those returning to a second career educating children or for those who have international credentials not currently recognized as equivalent to ECE.

What you'll learn

• Best practices for supporting young children's learning and development
• Current issues and theories of child development
• Roles and responsibilities of the early childhood educator
• Curriculum theory and approaches
• Programming for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
• Professionalism and advocacy in early childhood education

Sheridan’s Bachelor of Animation program is designed to prepare you for a wide variety of employment opportunities within the dynamic and ever-growing field of animation. In our Animation degree program, you’ll learn from industry professionals, using the same techniques and tools that you'll eventually need in the workplace. Using state-of-the-art software and hardware, you’ll create your own stories, designs, characters and layouts, and produce your own films.

Sheridan’s animation program emphasizes classical principles of animation in a variety of forms, including 2D digital, 3D and stop motion. You’ll learn the art of storyboarding and hone your life drawing, layout and digital painting skills. Working collaboratively or individually on productions, you’ll have the opportunity to explore all aspects of animation filmmaking.

After Year 3, you’ll gain professional experience during a three-month work placement. And at our annual Industry Day, employers will fly in from across North America to meet you, see your work and conduct interviews.

This program was designed specifically for those who have completed university or college programs. It is also open to those already working in the school system as Educational Assistants who wish to further their understanding of exceptionalities in Ontario classrooms and obtain an Ontario College Diploma.

Outstanding career preparation
This program will equip you with competencies to support students with diverse learning needs while maintaining a safe and professional environment that promotes students' well-being.

Things you'll do and learn

• Support students with academic, behavioural, and personal care needs in educational settings from kindergarten through high school
• Use Universal Design for Learning principles
• Foster social inclusion
• Work as part of the special education team
• Accurately report information related to student learning

Field placements
In Semesters 1 and 2, you'll be placed in a school where you'll support students with special needs in the classroom. Sheridan arranges the field placement experience for you. During your placement experience, you'll encounter students with a range of exceptionalities including physical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, behavioural disorders, visual or hearing impairments and autism.

In this program, you'll also:

• Use assistive technology and other educational resources to implement individualized educational goals.
• Report information related to the learning environment.
• Maintain a safe and professional environment that promotes the well being of the student with special needs.
• Support inclusion of the student to aid his or her social development and sense of belonging.

You’ll learn from professors with specialized graduate degrees and who are highly experienced in the field of special education. Your Educational Support classroom activities will include:

• Group seminars and cooperative learning.
• Reflective practice linked to field placement experiences.
• Lectures combined with activity-based learning that incorporates the laptop.

The Sheridan Media Fundamentals program offers foundation curriculum in film, broadcasting, journalism and digital media:-

Gain great skills:-
You'll acquire basic skills and concepts in:

• Web and computer technology
• Sound and camera
• Television and film production
• Media history
• Communications theory
• Visual design
• Radio