Program Courses — Page 13

Introduction to Business

In this course, students will be introduced to business in Canada, focusing on introductory topics for those interested in employment in a business management role. Topics of study will include the relationships between the areas of finance, human resources, marketing, and operations within an organization, business ethics and social responsibility, management concepts and practices, and an exploration of the entrepreneurial spirit.

Computer Applications for Business I

In this course, students will gain practical hands-on experience using email, word processing, presentation, and accounting software. The Microsoft Office suite is the most prevalent used by business today and components of the Office package will be utilized in this course. Sage 50 accounting software is widely used across Canada by many small and medium sized businesses and will be the accounting software of choice. Students will record business transactions in the General Journal, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, and Inventory modules. Students will also calculate and account for sales taxes.

Microsoft Excel

In this course, students will have exposure to a comprehensive windows-based financial spreadsheet package to enhance their problem solving abilities. The package used will be Microsoft Excel for Windows. The student will use this as a tool to prepare calculations, reports, and presentations which are commonly performed in the modern office.

Business Law

This course presents a practical study of Canadian business law, including the legal and administrative systems, torts, contracts, employment laws, and general legal considerations that arise for a business. In addition, students will assess intellectual property, patent, trademark, copyright, and franchising laws and apply them to business cases.

Culture and Communication

Culture impacts every aspect of an international business transaction, from contract negotiation to personnel management. In fact, many international business activities fail due to cultural misunderstandings. In this course students develop an understanding of culture, cultural differences and their own cultural orientation. Verbal and non-verbal communication is examined in the context of different cultural environments and students determine their own level of inter-cultural effectiveness through the completion of a comprehensive self-assessment.

Social Media and Internet Marketing

In this course, students will study the conceptual foundation and practical techniques necessary for creating a comprehensive and effective social media marketing plan. Focus will be on identifying target audiences, setting attainable social media objectives, devising realistic platform-specific strategies and tactics, and monitoring and measuring progress and feedback of the plan. Students will be encouraged to engage in social media with a business focus and wherever possible, work with real clients in the development of their social media marketing plan.

Managerial Accounting

In this course, students will learn how to effectively use the accounting information that is required by managers to plan, direct, and control the operations of their business organization. Students will gain an understanding of managerial accounting data pertaining to cost systems, cost behaviour, cost-volume-profit relationships, decision-making, and budgeting.

Operations Management

Students will examine issues concerned with the conversion of inputs into goods and services by business and industry. Students will gain insights into how goods and services are provided and will learn how to solve some of the problems that are involved in the field of operations management.

Market Research for the 21st Century

Businesses, whether local, national or international need up-to-date market information in order to make effective decisions. This course will focus on the process of acquiring information that can be utilized to research market opportunities and design effective marketing strategies. Students will examine the research process and work with clients to design a research plan that includes a focus group assignment and create a survey. The focus group will be done in a professional on-site lab.

Business Simulation

Students will apply the business knowledge gained in the previous three semesters to develop a winning strategy for their respective companies in a computerized business simulation. While managing a simulated business, students will gain an understanding of the interdependence of business operations and how they are critical to operating a successful business.

Statistics

Students will develop the necessary mathematical skills for conducting descriptive and inferential statistical analyses with business applications. Topics will include data description and presentation, probability, probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation.

Corporate Social Responsibility

In this course, students will study the impact which corporations have on the environment, employees, communities, and stakeholders and will examine related ethical issues and concerns in these areas. Students will define "good corporate citizenship" and will look at government and private legislation/regulations which aim to make corporations socially accountable. Various approaches to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and CSR policies will be reviewed and assessed.

Statistics

This course has been designed to introduce students to descriptive and inferential statistics. Students will analyze and interpret frequency distributions, charts and graphs, statistical data, probabilities, sampling methods, central limit theorem, confidence intervals, one-sample tests of hypothesis, goodness-of-fit tests and contingency tables. Excel-MegaStat will be used to generate the quantitative and qualitative statistical information.

Project Management

In this course, students will develop managerial skills to propose, plan, secure resources, budget, and lead project teams to successful completion of projects. Students will also learn why organizations have developed a formal project management process supported by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and its Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) to gain a competitive advantage. The case study approach will be used along with an investigation of software and collaboration tools that aid in carrying out activities of project planning and project execution.

Introductory Microcomputer Applications

In GC 100 the student will receive hands-on experience using Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Word 2002, and Microsoft Excel 2002. Students attend weekly lab sessions for hands-on learning using computer simulations. The software simulations can also be installed on personal computers for out-of-lab learning. Assessment will in the form of hands-on tests and/or quizzes and/or assignments.

Child Development I

This course provides an introduction to the study of child development as it is understood by the dominant culture and as it relates to the institutional setting of the school. Students will gain an introductory knowledge of the physical, mental and social/emotional/spiritual growth of children during early, middle, and late childhood as well as during adolescence. Opportunity will be provided for students to reflect on the applicability of this knowledge to their own cultural and community norms.

Issues of Abuse

This course provides an introduction to two key issues of abuse: substance abuse and child abuse. Students will gain an introductory knowledge of the signs and symptoms of various kinds of substance abuse. They will also examine the physical and emotional impact of child abuse on children and families. The will explore positive community responses to abuse.

Recreational Programming

In this course, the student will learn the purpose and requirements of a physical education program. The source also examines children's literature. Students will learn the criteria for selecting gender-neutral, age and culturally appropriate literature.

Historical Impacts of Coloniza

The students will be provided with an overview of the historical impacts of colonial relationships between Indigenous and nonIndigenous peoples in Canada, with a particular focus on psychological and sociological impacts. This overview is essential to understanding the social dynamics within Indigenous communities, and how these dynamics are manifested in various social problems including addiction, sexual abuse and violence.

Aboriginal Economies and Self Reliance

This course will introduce the student to contemporary trends in economics, with particular focus on issues surrounding colonialism and its impacts on indigenous communities in Canada and internationally. Students will examine the history of Aboriginal communities beginning with traditional sustenance-based economies, contact with European economies, the economics of colonialism, and efforts to meet the challenges of creating self-reliance in an era of globalization.

Sustainable and Responsible Prosperity

This course will provide students with an opportunity to study alternative approaches to capitalism. Students will examine the link between individual choice and economic trends, and will come to understand how a principled foundation can inform decision-making. Topics will include business ethics for profit and non-profit groups, approaches to entrepreneurship, and a study of best practices in the Northwestern Ontario and throughout Canada.

Career Planning and Professional Development

The focus of this course is twofold. This course will assist the learner to make decisions about employment choices and career planning strategies and to develop a philosophy of life-long learning. Also, the course will give the learner the basic skills required to develop training programs for an IT environment. The first portion of the course includes techniques to tailor résumés, do a job search, and develop interview skills. Professional development and the need for life-long learning will be discussed and the student will develop a personal philosophy for life-long learning. In the second portion of the course, pedagogical concepts, instructional design, learning styles, and delivery techniques will be studied to prepare the student to develop and deliver IT training.

Forest Resources

An introductory course to the forest as a renewable resource that can be managed for conflicting goals. The history of forestry, its economics and importance will be studied on a local, national, First Nations and international basis.

People and the Forest

This course is designed to broaden the participant’s perspective on contemporary natural resource issues in Canada, with an emphasis on the history and culture of Indigenous peoples. Forested lands are an essential part of life and economy in Canada. While First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities are vastly different from each other, a close connection to the land is a commonality. They have lived on and managed the land and its forests for generations. Understanding of the past, present, and future roles of Indigenous governments in the management of their land and forests is essential for anyone planning on working on the land. The key topics of Indigenous views of land use, land claims, and the braiding of sustainable industrial development with Indigenous Knowledge into forest management are explored. Non-wood forest products and ethno-ecology are also examined.

Supervisory Skills & Conflict Resolution

Effective supervisors are able to organize and motivate their staff to successfully and productively accomplish tasks and goals. Valuable employees are able to take direction and responsibility for assigned tasks as individuals and as team members. In this class, students will learn about and practice 'people management' skills, including empathic listening and self-awareness (personal assessment and development). The art of conflict resolution in the workplace will be learned and practiced (leaders and 'team players').

Foods of North America: Indigenious

This course provides students a foundation for understanding the traditional foods of the Americas including the techniques, customs and culture surrounding the gathering, preparation, and serving of food.

Foods of the Americas

This course provides a basis for understanding the global impact that resulted from the introduction of Indigenous foods from the Americas as well as the cultural impact that colonization had on the lifestyles of the Indigenous peoples of North America.

Human Sexuality

This course examines human sexuality from a variety of perspectives: historical, biological, cross-cultural, psychological, and socio-cultural. Students will gain factual knowledge relating to sexual anatomy and physiology, contraceptive methods, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual coercion. This course will assist students to acquire current sexual information, clarify personal values, develop effective sexual communication skills, and to increase tolerance for diverse sexual views.

Building Skills for Success

This transformative course will provide you with the practical skills, knowledge and attitudes you need for success in college, your career and your life. In order to maximize your post-secondary experience, you will learn about your personal learning style, how to study effectively, how to take notes, how to manage your time, the importance of effective communication and much more. You will also discover specific abilities and characteristics that will provide you with the opportunity for personal growth and increased well-being. Learn how to maximize your potential with this course!

Introduction to Crisis Support

In this course the students will study a variety of theories, techniques, procedures, and practices that may be used to help them to deal, on a short-term and immediate basis, with a crisis situation involving family, friends, co-workers and others with whom they ordinarily do not have a counselling or therapeutic relationship. The students will examine the dynamics of, and intervention strategies for, a variety of situations including physical & sexual assault and abuse, suicidal intent, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bereavement, grief, separation, and loss, so that they may be better able to give support to those in crisis situations in order to help reduce the risk of psychological and/or physical harm, re-establish immediate coping, and assist in finding helping resources.The students will practice the application of the theories and skills to real-life situations through the use of role plays, cases, exercises, and tests.

Developmental Psychology

This course is an overview of the total development of the individual from conception to, and including, old age. The main areas of study include physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development with a view toward helping the student to understand self and others, and to work effectively with people of all ages.

Assertiveness Training

Assertiveness is a tool that is used to promote equality in relationships. Students will develop the skills to express themselves more effectively while preserving the dignity of everyone involved. Students will develop the confidence necessary to control their own lives without trying to control others in the process. This course facilitates personal growth as the students develop more effective self-expression and healthier relationships. In addition to covering theory, a heavy emphasis will be placed on the practice of assertive behaviour. Students will participate in role-play, discussions, presentations and personal evaluations.

Indigenous Voice & Vision

This course will explore and contrast the historical representation of Indigenous people in Canada by traditional media and from Indigenous people themselves. Various world views, including the history that has contributed to how and what stories get told within the mainstream media, will also be explored with an emphasis on how these stories have shaped our views of people who have either been misrepresented, or not represented at all. Students will be exposed to the emerging voices, and untold stories, of the Indigenous experience in Canada.

Human Resources

This course will provide the student with a basic understanding of the fundamental activities of human resource management, employment laws and applications. Labour unions, negotiation and collective bargaining, social responsibility and ethics will also be studied.

Self-Development

This course will focus on developing the individual potential in each student. Students will examine the fundamental principles of self-development and improve their self-awareness and intellectual growth.

Business Without Borders

Through this course, students gain an appreciation of the differences between doing business in Canada and doing business in a foreign country. Students first gain an understanding of the difficulties of a person in small business in Canada and then extend that knowledge to the challenges of doing business beyond Canada's borders. Cultural, communication and business issues are discussed.

Global Current Events

Be an informed citizen! As countries become increasingly interdependent, it is critical to develop an awareness and understanding of how events taking place in different parts of the world affect us. Now, more than ever before, we need to have an appreciation of global current events to make informed decisions in both our working and private lives. This course provides an open and respectful forum for students to air their opinions on a variety of topics. Discussions focus on current political, economic and business issues and events. Weekly assigned readings, lively class room discussion and debates and team presentations characterize this highly interactive course.

Indigenous Tourism

This course provides introductory exposure to the Aboriginal, Eco and cultural tourism sector by guiding students through a series of cultural experiences relevant to Indigenous, rural and remote communities in Northwestern Ontario. The course emphasizes an understanding of the nature of culture itself, as well as the stresses occasioned by intercultural relationships. This course is designed to address the particular challenges of approaching culture as a tourist in a manner that is authentic, experiential, and respectful. Topics covered also include an investigation of regional, national, and international markets for historical/cultural tourism products.

Science of Motion

This science course endeavours to develop an understanding of the concepts of motion encountered in the physical world. It attempts to provide understanding of why and how things move. The course uses the international system of measurement to describe motion and the cause of motion. It covers topics related to the description of moving objects and topics focussing on the causes of the different types of motion that objects undergo. It further relates how motion can be harnessed to create useful work and provide energy and power for human consumption and how work must be done and power and energy used to create different types of motion.

The Technologies of Computing

The personal computer has been adopted into society as an essential business tool as well as a family entertainment and information appliance. The PC's impact on society has markedly and steadily increased ever since IBM introduced its first mass market PC, the IBM PC, in the early 1980's. The rapid rate of change of the power and capabilities of the personal computer is a major contributing factor to the significant impact the PC has had on our lives. GE 305 is designed to give the layperson an understanding of the impact on society of the PC by acquiring an appreciation of the changing technologies within the PC. Rather than simply studying these technologies at a distance, students will experience these technologies with hands-on labs in addition to other methods of learning. This hands-on approach will help students to become better-informed consumers for both personal and business computer acquisitions as well as help students to gain an appreciation for and understanding of computing technologies.

Operations Management

This course focuses on all aspects of careful management of the processes used to produce and distribute products and services. It will examine the concepts and techniques used to solve complex problems in areas such as inventory management, quality assurance, forecasting, project management, and production planning and control. This course includes substantial analysis of internal processes to determine efficiency and effectiveness of the process.

Measuring Quality in the Workplace

This course will introduce the students to the historic background of quality and productivity and look at the impact of both on living standards. Various quality management philosophies and the tools used to improve quality will be discussed. Students will examine the core concepts of Total Quality Management (TQM) and learn how a TQM environment is established. The ISO 9000 series of quality standards will also be examined.

Health Care

This course is designed to provide the student with elementary knowledge and understanding of health care. Topics to be addressed include administration, control, monitoring of prescribed drugs and their prevention, nutrition, recording procedures, observation, identification and intervention in health care problems will also be addressed.

Indigenous Peoples and Development Issues

This course explores community development issues and the related impacts of development in Indigenous communities throughout Canada. Comparative analysis of efforts by Indigenous communities in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Latin America will be encouraged in order to examine the parallels of Indigenous Peoples' experiences with colonialism. The development of political and legal strategies to address the long-term impacts of colonialism among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada will be discussed and evaluated.

Community Development Processes

This course will explore community development issues and the process of community development in Aboriginal communities in Canada. The expertise of Aboriginal peoples and their communities in addressing issues of development will be highlighted throughout. The course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to engage communities in meaningful dialogue and to research and plan strategies to assist communities in reaching their development goals.

Aboriginal Culture

Aboriginal culture will explore the concept of culture, the world view of Indigenous Peoples and focus on an Indigenous People of the Americas, specifically Canada and in particular Northwestern Ontario. Students will look at historical and contemporary lifestyles, philosophies and issues.

The Changing Workplace

This course is designed to prepare the students to compete for the jobs, which will be available, when they enter the workplace. The student will learn job search techniques, create letters and a resume. The student will learn to use the Internet effectively and examine current workplace legislation and practices such as WHMIS, Occupational Health and Safety, Worker Rights, Canada Pension and HRDC benefits. This course places emphasis on planning to meet deadlines and working individually towards a goal.

Microcomputing Applications

This course introduces the student to the use of a microcomputer as a tool to enhance personal productivity. The student gains basic, practical skill in the use of the Microsoft Office suite in the Windows XP environment.

Introduction to Hospitality Marketing

This course will provide the student with a basic understanding of marketing and how business can use the various elements in the marketing mix to develop successful business relationships. We will examine creative ways of developing win-win strategies that benefit the hospitality guest, the hotel property owners and other stakeholders.

Housekeeping

This course provides instruction in the fundamentals of housekeeping management. It stresses employee training, record keeping, executive responsibilities, work methods, safety, sanitation, cleaning materials and procedures, interior design and flooring.

Field Placement

Through placement in an actual fieldwork situation, the student will gain practical experience in participating with local hotels, restaurants, institutional and hospitality establishments. A specific program of involvement is presented to the student for either kitchen or bake shop work experience. They will also be given the opportunity to apply classroom theory in a practical setting.

Marketing Sales for Hospitality

In Marketing, the students focus on the initial development of a marketing plan to fit their feasibility study. Using up-to-date Canadian material, students will explore and analyze a range of marketing activities related to the hospitality industry. To reinforce their knowledge, students apply techniques and strategies learned to their own marketing plan for their feasibility study.

Hospitality Management II

This course provides students with current theories of management and the applications of these theories through case studies.

Fieldwork

This course will enable the student to apply his/her knowledge and skills gained in the classroom and lab in an actual hospitality operation.

Field Placement

Applied Work Practices I

This course introduces the student to occupational health and safety, basic hand and power tools, precision measuring tools, hoisting and lifting equipment

Engine Systems

This course introduces the student to the design, construction, diagnosis, disassembly and reassembly of gasoline and diesel engines and sub-systems.

Welding Fundamentals

This course introduces the student to heating and cutting methods as well as Shielded Metal Arc Welding methods.

Applied Work Pract & Procedure

This course introduces the student to occupational health and safety, basic hand and power tools, precision measuring tools, fastening devices and torquing procedures. Heating and cutting methods are also introduced.

Engines & Ancillary Systems

This course introduces the student to the design, construction, diagnosis, disassembly and reassembly of gasoline and diesel engines and sub-systems.

Electricity and Electronics 1

This course introduces the student to the principles of electricity and electronics as they apply to the Motive Power Trade. Electrical laws, circuits, circuit calculations, test equipment and their application are covered.

Heavy Duty Fuel Systems

Heavy Duty Drivetrain Systems

Hydraulic Systems

This course introduces the student to hydraulic system principles, hydraulic schematics, controls, motors, pumps and system diagnosis.

Electrical & Electronics 2

This course reviews basic electrical/electronic principles and concepts. Starting and charging system principles, operation, testing and diagnosis are covered.

Steering, Suspension, Brakes

This course covers heavy duty steering, suspension and brake system fundamentals, design and service.

Field Placement

Students are placed for a two week period in selected industry throughout the Northwestern Ontario region and are expected to satisfactorily perform basic functions under the supervision of industry personnel. Performance evaluations will be conducted by both industry supervisors and college staff. It is important for students to practice their newly acquired skills in an actual work environment. It is an opportunity for the students to sell themselves to the industry. Industry can use this Field Placement as a tool to 'try before you buy.' This allows the employer to be aware of the new tradesperson's skills, attitude and work habits before a commitment is made for employment.

Trade Practices III

Fluid Power Systems III

Engine Systems III

Electrical Electronic Systems III

Fuel Systems III

Drive Train Systems III

Suspension and Steering Systems

Tractor/Loader/Back Operator

Dozer Operator

Excavator(Specific) Operator

Applied Work Practices & Procdures

Rock Truck

Loader

Grader

Excavator

Dozer

Applied Work Practices and Procedures

Tractor Loader Backhoe Operator

Dozer Operator

Excavator Specific Operator

Heavy Equipment Operator Grader Health and Safety

Heavy Equipment Operator Grader Operation

Health Data Acquisition & Management I

Students will be introduced to the use of health information systems and technology. They will explore the uses for data in health management in relation to management, operations, quality benchmarking, policy development, reporting and improvements. Students will explore various forms of data and learn to navigate through a variety of heath data repositories while learning about codes, communication and data sources. Ethical considerations around both acquisition and management of data will be examined.

Data Collection and Ethics

In this course, students will learn how to collect data for analysis. Students will learn about the ethical challenges around data collection and best practices for responsible data use. Students will learn both theory and practical applications for research and data collection, using a wide variety of sources and involving many different approaches. This includes both quantitative and qualitative research methods, learning how to formulate research questions, choosing the appropriate tools, and how to recruit participants.

Database Management & Warehousing

Students will be introduced to the core concepts in data and information management. The course content is centered on the core skills of identifying organizational requirements, modeling them using conceptual data modeling techniques, converting the conceptual models into relational data models and verifying its structural characteristics with normalization techniques. Students will focus on the Structured Query Language (SQL), to define and manipulate data. In addition, students will understand the data warehouse lifecycle and be introduced to dimensional modeling for data warehousing.

Health and Data Acquisition & Management II

In this course, students will explore the use of data in a variety of applied settings, including the research environment, clinical settings and public health. Students will learn the basic principles of epidemiology and how this is used by health analysts. Ethical considerations around both acquisition and management will be examined.

Statistics for Data Analytics

Students will investigate descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, linear regression and probability concepts, hypothesis testing and more foundational statistical tools that are applicable to data analytics. Students will also explore the R programming language for use in statistical computing and graphics.

Communicating with Data in an Inter-Professional Team

As key members of the healthcare team, health analysts must function as competent inter-professional collaborators and communicators. Students will develop the communication skills that are critical to the role of an analyst. The ability to effectively convey complex analytical information in a variety of situations, to a variety of stakeholders and in a format that is concise and easily understood, will be a focus of this course. The creation of oral and written information briefs, presentations and accurate summaries of complex data for use in organizational decisions will be covered while respecting the privacy, security and confidentiality of personal health information.

Data Mining for Health Analytics

In this course, students will be introduced to ‘big data analytics’ and the data mining process. Students will learn data mining processes and common techniques in mining health care data. Topics include an overview of the data mining process, standards and output protocols, and common techniques used in mining healthcare data.