Certificate in Professional Cook

at Camosun College - Interurban Campus Canada

Two exclusive disciplines in one comprehensive program
This unique program that combines athletic and exercise therapies will guide you into an exciting career where you will assess injuries and conditions, and prescribe and supervise rehabilitation programs.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Hands-on learning—literally!
Our four-year degree combines both athletic therapy and exercise therapy into one unique and comprehensive program.
You'll have the opportunity to practice and refine your field and clinical skills. Starting in second year, you'll have accumulated a minimum of 1,200 hours of practical experience.

What to expect
The Bachelor of Athletic & Exercise Therapy is a four-year program located at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence on the Interurban campus. The program includes a minimum of 1,200 clinical and fieldwork hours.
Year 1:- In your first year, you'll cover the basics of human anatomy, psychology and health. You'll also be introduced to a range of sport and fitness activities including skiing, kayaking and cycling.
Year 2:- In second year, you'll do your first two practical placements. You'll start learning about injury prevention and treatment, as well as health maintenance.
Year 3:- In third year you'll begin to learn about injury assessment and rehabilitation. You'll also be introduced to the concepts of health and fitness promotion. In addition to classroom learning, direct patient care will be a part of your daily regimen.
Year 4:- In fourth year all of your theoretical and clinical knowledge comes together. In your final clinical placements, you'll have greater independence and responsibility, and be able to demonstrate the concepts of manual therapy, research methods, and ergonomics.

Learn from the best
Our faculty are knowledgeable professionals who work in a wide range of athletic and exercise therapy fields. Collectively, they bring a wealth of real-world experience gained from working with organizations such as the Montreal Canadiens, Rugby Canada, Ringette Canada, and the Canadian Forces; as well as with teams that participated in the Salt Lake Winter Olympics, the Commonwealth Games, the Pan-Am Games, and the Vancouver Paralympic Games.

Is Athletic & Exercise Therapy right for you?
Camosun's Bachelor of Athletic & Exercise Therapy is an intense, immersive program that combines classroom study with on-site experience. If you're passionate about sport and fitness, dedicated to helping others, and up for a challenge, Athletic & Exercise Therapy could be your path to an exciting and fulfilling career.

Start your career as a Medical Office Assistant at Camosun!
The Medical Office Assistant certificate program prepares you for the administrative and clinical duties of an office assistant in a medical or healthcare office. As Medical Office Assistant student, you gain general knowledge of medical terminology, business communications, financial management, information technology, medical transcription and billing.

Electronics and computer engineering embodies today’s high technology applications. This program puts you at the leading edge.

What You’ll Learn
In the classroom, you’ll learn the theory behind analog and digital circuits, electronic devices and the major renewable energy sources being tapped today. In the laboratory, you’ll work with semiconductor devices, microprocessors, programming languages, solar panels, hydrogen fuel cells and small wind turbines.

In your first year, you'll learn some fundamental electrical theory and apply this to semiconductors. You'll learn to program in the C language and will have completed your first microcontroller course.
Digital fundamentals will be understood and you'll have the opportunity to program PLDs using both a graphical interface as well as by VHDL. You'll also be introduced to a wide range of renewable energy technologies.

In second year, you'll expand your knowledge to include more semiconductor devices and will learn about wireless communications.
You'll also learn about embedded Ethernet controllers, power electronics, control systems, DSP, operating systems such as LINUX, ARM microcontrollers, raspberry pi embedded systems, Internet of things technology, circuit board design, and transducers.

You will have one final semester in the third year that covers project management and design for manufacturing.
Also in this third year you will work on a major Capstone project in a small team to design and build a prototype system. There will be a showcase event where you will be able to present your project and participate in a tradeshow-like environment.

Co-operative Education
In your co-op program, you’ll complete five academic terms and at least six months of work terms during the first two years. During the final year of the program, you'll complete the last two academic terms as well as a final work term.

You'll gain valuable business skills while building on past learning. You will study a broad range of marketing concepts with opportunities to develop competencies in corporate communications & marketing, consumer behaviour, and services marketing.

Work Experience
You will gain practical skills and experience by combining your academic studies with relevant work experience in the Internship designation. You'll graduate with practical work experience and employer references. Employers value internship as a source of eager and well-prepared talent and often use the internship process as a means of recruiting permanent employees.

We focus on the management skills, rather than a policy orientation, with an emphasis on strategic planning, financial management, leadership, communication and negotiation. You will have the knowledge, skills and abilities you’ll need to enter the public administration field as a beginning practitioner.

The Learning Experience
You'll have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience through our Co-operative Education and Internship programs.

The Post Degree Diploma in Sport Management provides students with a combination of business and advanced sport management knowledge and competencies.  Designed for students who have already completed a bachelor’s degree, students will study foundational business courses alongside advanced sport management courses in the areas of event management, sport marketing and project management, sport analytics, sport organizational behaviour, and professional sport delivery.

Students will develop knowledge and capacities that will enable them to enter careers in sport related business, leadership, event, and program and project development positions in not-for-profit, corporate, and community sports environments at the local, provincial, national, and professional level.  

Graduates of this program will have studied analytical and strategic thinking concepts preparing them to practice professionally, responsibly, and ethically in the sport management industry.

This dynamic, 4-year applied degree program prepares graduates with leading-edge theoretical and applied knowledge, and skills to work in the fields of exercise physiology, kinesiology, exercise therapy, fitness, high-performance sport, adapted physical activity, health, and community recreation.

At Camosun
The Centre for Sport & Exercise Education offers innovative programing in the areas of Sport Management, Sport & Fitness Leadership, Kinesiology, Athletic & Exercise Therapy, Massage Therapy and Adventure Education. As a Sport & Fitness Leadership student, you will become an integral part of the Centre for Sport & Exercise Education (CSEE).

Is Sport & Fitness Leadership right for you?
Graduates of the program gain relevant certifications and work with diverse populations to facilitate change, both in the lives of individuals and within communities. If you're committed to living and promoting an active and healthy lifestyle, and want to make a difference, this may be your path to a fulfilling career.

Explore arts and science
The Diploma in Arts and Science Studies allows you to design your own full- or part-time program. Discover your passions by taking courses from many disciplines, or concentrate on a particular subject area if you already have a specific educational goal in mind.

Explore your educational interests:-
Chart your own course with the highly flexible Diploma in Arts and Science Studies. Choose a wide variety of courses, specialize in one area or take an optional work term to complement your education.

Work experience:-
During your Diploma in Arts and Science Studies, you can take a Co-op or Internship option to complement your studies.
You will gain practical work experience, which may be paid or unpaid, through either one four-month internship or two co-op work terms. You can take your work term after you have completed at least eight courses in the program.

We offer three credentials that ladder together. You can apply, exit and return at any stage. In addition, the Business Admin program now offers a flexible trimester system, which means you can choose to get started in January, May or September.

In the first year, you’ll work through introductory–level courses in accounting, finance, economics, and marketing. Exit the program now with a Certificate in:

• Business Administration
• Indigenous Business Leadership

In your second year, you’ll choose one of the five options. Exit the program now with a Diploma in Business Administration in:

• Accounting
• Finance
• General Management
• Indigenous Business Leadership
• Marketing

In the third year, you'll choose one of the three majors, and exit with a Bachelor of Business Administration in:

• Accounting
• Human Resource Management & Leadership
• Marketing (pending DQAB approval)

The Computer Network Electronics Technician certificate program has a practical career-oriented approach, giving you the knowledge and hands-on experience you need to be able to install, repair, and maintain computers, servers, computer networks, and electronic systems.

Skills you'll gain
You don't need any previous knowledge of computers or electronics to enrol in this program. By the time you graduate, you'll possess a wide variety of skills, such as: installation and maintenance of computer networking systems; maintenance and repair of personal computers; maintenance and repair of server systems; analog and digital circuit assembly, installation, repair, and maintenance; installation, repair, and maintenance of microprocessor-based equipment; and technical sales support.

Optional Co-op/Internship
The co-op or internship is an optional component of the program. It is paid work experience that can enable you to experience different employment fields and often leads to permanent employment.