This unique, optional-selective course provides students the opportunity to put classroom learning into practice in a paid, minimum 420 hour work term in the business world. The course involves 30 hours of pre-work term activities that take place in the winter semester. The work term takes place from May to August after completion of the first year of the Business Administration Diploma and is monitored and evaluated by the employer and the instructor.

Theory and application of management information systems that support activities throughout an organization are examined. Concepts covered include information security and control, business analytics, data and knowledge management, e-commerce and cloud computing. Privacy and ethics will also be discussed. Using software application tools, case study analysis and research, students integrate current best practices with emerging technology to meet a variety of business challenges.

The major concepts in this course include human systems (digestion, respiration, circulation, immune, excretory and motor systems); energy and matter exchange in the biosphere; population change; photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

The concepts in this course include nervous and endocrine systems; human reproduction and development; cell division, genetics, and molecular biology; populations and community dynamics.

This course introduces students to the field of early learning and child care. Students will observe and interact with children in a variety of early childhood community programs and will contrast the similarities and differences in environments, program practices and services provided for young children and their families. Students will attend weekly seminars throughout the practicum weeks.

This course focuses on the physical, cognitive, creative, and psychosocial development of children from 2-6 years of age and factors that contributes to individuals variations in development. Theoretical perspectives and research findings that contribute to our understanding of child development will be examined, as well as their implications for practice in Early Learning and Child Care settings.

This is normally an eight week practicum in an early childhood setting. Students will have the opportunity to apply theory to practice in their work with young children. Students will spend time in the Children's Centre demonstration program as a component of this practicum and will attend weekly seminars throughout the practicum weeks.

The adults’ role in supporting young children’s learning and development with an emphasis on a child-centered, play-based approach to curriculum planning will be examined in this course. Appropriate child centered routines, schedules, transitions and group times will also be discussed. The focus is on children from birth to age 6.

This course focuses on how the child's physical environment supports social, cognitive, physical and emotional development through the early childhood years. Students will analyze specific components of high quality environments for young children and will learn important principles that can be applied to the design of indoor and outdoor play environments for preschool children.

Students examine the role of the administrator in Early Learning and Child Care Programs, including effective staff supervision, models and techniques for evaluating and motivating staff. Students will learn about funding available from all levels of government as well as service organizations in the private sector. The budgeting process advertising and marketing strategies will be explored.

This is a practicum in a community early childhood setting such as a child care center, nursery school, kindergarten, family day home or a special placement such as a play program for children in a woman's shelter or an early intervention program. Students will attend weekly seminars throughout the practicum weeks.

This course further explores the interrelationship between self concept, self awareness and communicative processes. Strategies for dealing with stress are examined.

This course focuses on the role of the early childhood practitioner in providing family-centered care and education for children from birth to age 8. The skills, knowledge, and attributes required to develop and sustain positive, collaborative, and empowering relationships with families are examined.

Students will design and operate an eight week program for preschool children. With the support of program instructors, students will be responsible for all aspects of a program for young children in a variety of settings. Students will attend weekly seminars throughout the semester in preparation and support of this practicum.

Major concepts include: inorganic nomenclature; modern atomic structure, orbitals; ionic and covalent bonding, hydrogen bonding, metallic bonding, Van der Waal forces, ionization, electronegativity, VSEPR; solutions, stoichiometry, empirical formulas, percent composition, pH, molarity, equilibrium, Arrhenius acids and bases.

Course concepts include: thermochemical changes; electrochemical changes; chemical equilibrium focusing on acid-base systems; and chemical reactions of select classes of organic compounds. Energy changes and safety are emphasized.

Basic chemical concepts, atomic and molecules structure, chemical bonding, behaviours of liquids, solids and gases.

Chemical kinetics and equilibria, acid-base and solubility equilibria, electrochemistry and thermodynamics.

This course provides an introduction to computer communications and computer networks. Topics will include communication hardware and software, protocols, local area and wide area networks, and network management.

An introductory course to present the tools of set theory, logic and induction, and their use in the practice of reasoning about algorithms and programs. Basic set theory. The notion of a function. Counting. Propositional and predicate logic and their proof system will be studied. Inductive definitions and proofs by induction will be covered along with program specification and correctness.