Recruiting and selecting the right candidates is critical to an organization's success. In this course, students will learn best practices of how to attract and retain employees in organizations. Students will learn human resource planning and forecasting; determining job specifications; identifying recruitment sources and screening procedures; employment testing methods; and interviewing techniques. Students will learn how to participate in and conduct employment interviews. Students will examine the importance of recruitment and selection in the organizations and the costs associated.

This course provides a broad understanding of employee and labour relations in Canada. Topics included are the collective bargaining process, perspectives from employee, management, and union, and the history of unions. This course will also look at the challenges of employee and labour relations and using resources to help resolve these issues.

Health, safety, and wellness is a dynamic ever changing field in the workplace. This course will examine occupational health and safety programs in the workplace and an understanding of health and safety issues and applicable legislation. Topics include hazard awareness, psychosocial aspects, workplace violence and harassment, training, incident management, and workplace wellness.

This course utilizes hands-on learning that provides students an authentic learning experience putting into practice the skills needed to succeed in an office environment. This course integrates a wide variety of skills and knowledge through practical work experiences in a simulated office environment. Teamwork as well as the use of technical and communication skills will be emphasized with a major group project for which class time is allotted.

This course will familiarize students with the use and application of computers in daily office activities. Students will study intermediate level concepts and functions of software to meet changing industry needs.

This course provides opportunities to explore emerging technologies. Emphasis is placed on identifying, researching, and presenting current technological topics for class consideration and discussion. Upon completion, students will be able to understand the importance of keeping abreast of technological changes that affect the office professional.

This course is an introduction to office finance and provides students insights and a deeper understanding of the financial, administrative, and clerical services required for positions in public and private business offices.

Learners will understand key strategic marketing and branding concepts. Students will analyze personal and corporate branding, integrated marketing strategy and communication, and brand identity. In addition, exploration of marketing strategies that influence price, product, place, and promotion to support corporate objectives.

The purpose of this course is to gain some understanding of how modern software is developed and deployed. Students will work in teams to complete a project of their own choosing but must first receive approval from the instructor. Student teams will be expected to successfully navigate their project through all phases of the software lifecycle. Reports and presentations will be expected at various stages of the project development.

An introduction into advanced topics in the theory of computation. Topics include: basics of formal languages, models of computers, regular expressions, deterministic and nondeterministic finite automata, computability and computational complexity.