Introduction to the role of communication in professional nursing. Incorporates oral communication, therapeutic communication techniques, and interprofessional communication. Focus is on communication for the nurse-client relationship.

Students will have the opportunity to apply concepts of community health nursing. Nursing practice will include health assessment and interventions with child-bearing families. Students will develop competence in both family and community assessments, the use of therapeutic communication skills and the planning, implementation and evaluation of community nursing interventions.

Focus is on the philosophical and theoretical domains of nursing individuals, families and groups in the community across the lifespan. Students will also specifically explore theory related to the nursing care of the child-bearing family. Community nursing management and intervention consistent with the principles of primary health care will be explored and fostered.

Introduction to concepts, theories, and practices of community health nursing. Focus is on health promotion strategies for communities as client.

The course covers theories, ethics and evidence-informed approaches to community health nursing including primary health care, population health, health maintenance and promotion, and disease and injury prevention. It includes exploration of concepts of community-based assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation with community-as-client. The practicum portion of the course includes a variety of community settings. Nursing practice will include health assessment and interventions for clients throughout the lifespan and care continuum.

The course includes comparative anatomy of the vertebrates with special emphasis on the mammals.

An organization cannot be as successful if they do not have the tools and resources to develop, measure, and reward employee performance. Developing and administering compensation and total rewards systems are key as employees expect fair and equitable compensation. Students will leave the course with and understanding of allocating financial and non-financial rewards (including learning and development) to employees. They will learn about different forms of pay models, aligning compensation with the organizational goals and strategies, and the internal and external pressures on compensation. Specifically, the subjects of job analysis, job evaluation, wage and salary structures, and types of compensation plans will be addressed as well as issues in compensation.

This course will help students become more sophisticated users and producers of written texts. Instruction will include basic academic essay writing skills and the various rhetorical approaches used when addressing specific audiences. The main goals of the course are to help students integrate reading and writing and to become familiar with the conventions of college- (and university-) level writing. This includes producing coherent, logical texts that are relatively free of surface errors. To achieve these goals, the course encourages students to think critically, to read closely and analytically, and to compose responses to a variety of texts, both written and visual.

Review of the courses they have completed. Students will receive special presentations, guest speakers and discussion of cases or rounds on the clinic rotations when possible.

This course will cover preparation for the Veterinary Technicians National Exam (VTNE). Students will receive special presentations, guest speakers and discussion of cases or rounds on the clinic rotations when possible.

Beyond continuing to improve keyboarding skill, this overview course introduces principles and practices common in several software applications. Practical projects include document preparation, formatting, revision and storage.

This course provides students with the opportunity to explore the functions and capabilities of commonly used accounting software. Students will use accounting software to record transactions, maintain financial records, and generate reports in a timely and accurate manner. The knowledge gained in this course can be applied to other computerized accounting systems.

This course includes not only advanced software applications but also the study of terminology and concepts related to computer hardware and software. Features and capabilities of computers will be assessed in relation to specific user needs.

This course will act as a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and issues in new media technologies with an emphasis on computer games. Students will gain an appreciation of the broad range of perspectives which new media and games encompass, including graphics realism and aesthetics, culture, sociology, psychology, philosophy and literary studies. Ultimately, these will converge on discussions relating to current game designs and development, as well as visioning directions and medium for the next generation of games.

This course will act as a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and issues in new media technologies with an emphasis on computer games. Students will gain an appreciation of the broad range of perspectives which new media and games encompass, including graphics realism and aesthetics, culture, sociology, psychology, philosophy and literary studies. Students will be expected to work in small groups to develop several small and one intermediate length games using commercial game engines.

General introduction to number representation, architecture and organization concepts of von Neumann machines, assemble level programming, exception handling, peripheral programming, floating point computations and memory management.

Digital circuits, combinational systems, memory, register transfer, control logic design, CPU design, and advanced topics on micro-architectures.

Under the direction of a regulated health-care professional, learners will work in a health-care setting such as continuing care or acute care, providing person-centred care and support for clients and their families.

An introductory study of the techniques of contemporary dance. The focus is on discovering new performance awareness through study of Graham technique.

Further elementary study of the techniques of contemporary dance.